Religion
This type of religion seeks converts and spreads globally
What is a universalizing religion?
This term refers to a language that is mutually understood and commonly used in trade or communication by people who have different native tongues.
What is a lingua franca?
This type of boundary separates two ethnic groups and is often the source of conflict.
What is an ethnic boundary?
A force that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state, such as a common language or religion.
What is centripetal forces?
This religion, dominant in India, is an example of an ethnic religion
What is Hinduism?
This is the world's largest language family, encompassing languages spoken by nearly half of the global population, including English, Spanish, and Hindi.
What is Indo European?
These are neighborhoods in cities where a high concentration of a specific ethnic group lives, often for cultural support and economic opportunities.
What are ethnic enclaves?
The process by which a less dominant culture adopts some of the traits of a more dominant culture while still maintaining its own distinct identity.
What is acculturation?
The blending of local and foreign religious traits during diffusion is called this
What is syncretism?
These are place names that reveal the historical, cultural, or social character of a location, such as "San Francisco" reflecting Spanish colonial and religious influence.
What is a toponym?
This process involves the forced removal of an ethnic group from a territory in order to make it more culturally or ethnically uniform.
What is ethnic cleansing?
The loss of uniqueness of place in the cultural landscape so that one place looks like the next
What is placelessness?
The physical process of shaping Earth’s surface (sometimes tied to sacred landscapes)
What is landform?
This term describes when a region has numerous distinct languages spoken in a small area because physical barriers prevent interaction.
What is linguistic fragmentation?
This term refers to the spread of an ethnic group over a large geographic area, often due to migration or displacement.
What is a diaspora?
Unlike popular culture, which is urban and changes quickly, this type of culture is typically practiced by small, homogeneous, rural groups living in relative isolation.
What is Folk Culture?
What is the term for a boundary that divides a single religion into two or more distinct branches, such as the Sunni-Shia divide in Islam or the Catholic-Protestant divide in Northern Ireland
What is an intrafaith boundary?
This specific theory proposes that the Indo-European language family spread from present-day Turkey through the peaceful sharing of agricultural practices rather than military conquest.
What is Anatolian Hearth Theory?
This concept describes the process by which an ethnic group loses its distinct cultural traits as it adopts those of a dominant culture, often over generations, and is commonly contrasted with multiculturalism.
What is assimilation?
A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom, such as the prohibition of eating pork in Jewish or Muslim cultures.
What is a taboo?