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What 3 religions have the same hearth, Southwest Asia
Christianity, Judaism, Islam
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The map shows the spread of
Buddhism
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The most widely used Indo-European language today is
English
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What type of diffusion is demonstrated below –
“A family immigrates from Cuba to the United States. Upon entering the United States, they open an authentic Cuban restaurant serving food from their native country.”
Relocation Diffusion
25
Culturally forbidden behaviors.
taboo
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A large heterogeneous group in an urban area would be considered what kind of culture?
Popular Culture
25
The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people, is a
Custom
50
What religion is depicted in the below above?
Judaism
50
From the eighth through fifteenth centuries a.d., Spain was under the influence of what religious leadership?
Muslim/Islamic
50
a mix of indigenous and colonial languages
creole language
50
What type of diffusion is demonstrated below –
“Taco Bell alters there menu so that items can be sold in India – such as changing all of their tacos options to either black bean or shrimp, eliminating beef
Stimulus
50
A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.
dialect
50
A small homogeneous cultural group living in a rural area would be categorize as what type of culture?
Folk Culture
50
A descriptor of how cultural traits, such as beliefs, values, ideas, take on a life of their own spanning over generation, and are conceivable as objects
Mentifacts
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What are the 2 ethnic religions?
Judaism and Hinduism
75
Individuals who attempt to convert people to join their religion.
Missionary
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When a common language is used within a country or region, mainly for international business & trade
lingua franca
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COVID-19 is an example of what type of diffusion (has to be direct contact from person to person)
Contagious Diffusion
75
the reduction in the time it takes for something to reach another place due to technology
space-time compression
75
Folk cultures are spread primarily by
Relocation Diffusion
75
The wide range of beliefs, values, myths, and symbolic meanings of a culture form its:
Nonmaterial culture
100
What are the 3 universalizing religions?
Christianity, Islam, Buddhism
100
What are the two main branches of Islam?
Sunni and Shi'ites (or Shia)
100
This is an example of what type of language (a form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary)
Pidgin
100
Which of the following processes describes how missionary activities change the geographies of universalizing religions outside of their founding hearths?
Expansion Diffusion
100
literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion
Fundamentalism/Orthodoxy
100
These are historical causes of cultural diffusion
Colonialism, trade and imperialism
100
The process through which people lose originally differentiating traits, such as dress, speech, particularities, or mannerisms, when they come into contact with another society or culture.
Assimilation
125
____________________________ is when successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place that add up to the cultural landscape (it is also depicted by the image below)
Sequent Occupance
125
This country has the largest population of Muslims in the world.
Indonesia
125
A geographic boundary within which a particular linguistic feature occurs is called
Isogloss
125
A fashion trend was started when an actor appeared on a television show wearing a shirt and tie of the same color. Within weeks, people began to follow this trend in both large cities and small towns across the United States. Which pair of diffusion types explains the spread of the fashion trend in this example? (TWO TYPES OF DIFFUSION - NAME BOTH)
Hierarchical and Contagious Diffusion
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the scattering of people who have a common background or beliefs from their homeland/cultural hearth
Ex. Jew populations
diaspora
125
Cultures become LESS alike due to both cultural and physical barriers. The process of a culture restricting contact with other cultures.
Cultural Divergence
125
When two culture’s traits blend together and form a new cultural trait. This can happen through contact between peoples such as imperialism, military conquest, immigration, or intermarriage.
Syncretism