Diffusion
Religion
Language Vocab
Vocab
Country Identification
100
What type of diffusion spreads from a person of power or influence, top down
Hierarchical Diffusion
100
What religion has the Torah as their religious text? Discuss if the religion is either universalizing or ethnic?
Judaism, ethnic
100
Which type of language is spoken in daily use but lacks a literary tradition
Vigorous Language
100
Define ethnocentrism
judging other cultures in terms of one’s own standards and often includes the belief that one’s own culture/ ethnic group is better than others.
100
Identify the country
Portugal
200
what type of diffusion spreads while still remaining popular in original location, growing in total number of followers/participants
Expansion Diffusion
200
What is salat and how many times a day does it occur? What religion is it affiliated with?
Islamic prayer, occurring five times a day.
200
Which type of language is common language used by people who do not share the same native language, has native speakers
Lingua Franca
200
Define Cultural Relativism
an unbiased way of viewing another culture, the goal of this is to promote understanding of cultural practices that are not typically part of one’s own culture. Leads to the view that no one culture is superior to another culture when compared.
200
Identify the country labeled on the map
Greece
300
Which type of diffusion spreads from movement of people, the hearth moves, doesn’t grow in number of followers
Relocation Diffusion
300
Where is the hearth of Buddhism, how did it diffuse?
Hearth is India, it diffused through contagious and relocation diffusion.
300
Which type of language is simplified mixture of two languages that no no native speakers
Pidgin
300
Define Secularism
process whereby religion become a less dominant force in everyday life than it was in the past.
300
Which country is labeled on the European map?
Germany
400
What type of diffusion rural to urban, poor to rich, bottom up
Reverse Hierarchical Diffusion
400
Where is the hearth of Christianity and how did it diffuse?
Israel, spread through contagious, hierarchical, relocation diffusion.
400
Which type of language is a type of pidgin language that mixes an indigenous language with the language of a colonizer
Creole
400
Define the term taboo and give an example
behaviors heavily discouraged by a culture, not eating pork, not eating beef.
400
What country is labeled on the Europe Map
Austria
500
Which type of diffusion spreads from contact, quickly
Contagious diffusion
500
What are the branches of Islam?
Sunni and Shiite
500
Which type of language came back from near extinction, give an example
Revived Language, Hebrew
500
What is an ethnic enclave, give an example
People of the same ethnicity that cluster together in a specific location, typically within a major city. Little Italy or China Town
500
What country on the Europe is labeled?
Belarus