#Religion
this type of culture changes over time
What is popular culture
forced to adopt cultures of a new society
What is assimilation?
study of names of places
What is toponmy?
Which religion, universalizing or ethnic, seeks converts?
What is universalizing?
Religion that dominates east Asia and who's hearth is in modern day Nepal
What is Buddhism?
Incest, certain foods, babies before marriage may all be examples
What is a taboo?
Originally who lived in ghettos
Who are Jews?
Name for a country that uses more than one official language to run their affairs.
What is a multilingual country?
Islam, Christianity, and Judaism trace ancestry back to this man
Who is Abraham?
Islam's Holy Book
What is the Qur'an?
example of non-material culture
What are beliefs?
Norwegian, Yoruba, Chinese, Hispanic are examples
What is ethnicity?
speaking the same language, just with different pronunciations, spellings or words
What is dialect?
Is Judaism an ethnic or universalizing religion?
What is ethnic?
The hearth of Christianity
What is Jerusalem, or modern-day Israel?
Believing that your culture is superior to another and judging others as a result.
What is ethnocentrism?
What are centrifugal forces?
language boundaries
What is isogloss?
Most spoken language in the world when you include non-native speakers
What is English?
The mixing of traits from two cultures which results in the creation of a new cultural trait. Voodoo is an example.
What is syncretism?
Example of a commodification of a toponym
What is the Mercedes Benz Dome in ATL?
ethnic neighborhood in Latin America
What is barrio or favela (Brazil)?
Languages with shared ancient origins like Indo-European
What is language family?
Languages change as a result of these two things.
What is time and distance (isolation)