Cultural Concepts
A language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different.
What is lingua franca?
A group of languages that have a common ancestor
What is a language family?
This type of diffusion describes how Judaism is spread.
What is relocation diffusion?
It is often characterized by a strong connection to a specific place and traditions passed down through generations.
What is folk/traditional culture?
They are established to provide a sense of community and cultural identity for immigrant populations.
What are Ethnic Enclaves?
The area where a particular culture or civilization originated
What is a cultural hearth?
The policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, military force, or other means.
What is imperialism
Indo-European language
What is the largest language family in the world?
He made Christianity the official state religion of the Roman Empire.
Who is Emperor Theodosius?
Ideas, values, and beliefs are examples of these.
What are mentifacts?
The process by which successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place.
What is sequent occupancy?
A force that divides people and weakens the state
What is a centrifugal force?
A simplified language that develops as a means of communication between speakers of different native languages.
What is a pidgin language?
A group of related languages within a larger language family that share a common ancestor.
What is a language branch?
Which religion began in Mecca and Medina (Saudi Arabia)?
What is Islam?
The social structures and rules that govern a culture.
What are sociofacts?
The visible imprint of human activity on the landscape.
What is a cultural landscape?
A large area characterized by a specific set of cultural traits
What is a cultural realm?
Haitian Creole
What is an example of a pidgin language?
The theory that language spread through the conquest and migration of warriors from the steppes of Central Asia.
What is the Kurgan Warrior Theory?
Universalizing religions seek to appeal to all people, while ethnic religions are closely tied to a specific cultural or ethnic group.
What is the main difference between universalizing and ethnic religions?
A tool, a piece of art, or a historical object
What is an example of an artifact?
This process occurs when one culture adopts another’s traits completely
What is assimilation?
An agricultural practice where crops are grown on stepped levels of land
What is terrace farming?
It facilitated trade and cultural exchange between East (Europe) and West (Asia).
What is the Silk Road?
A boundary that separates regions with different language features
What is isogloss?
Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
What are the Abrahamic religions?
The shared beliefs, values, norms, and practices of a group of people.
What is culture?
The loss of uniqueness of place in the cultural landscape
What is placelessness?
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