Cultural Landscapes
The visible imprint of human activity on the natural environment
What is cultural landscape?
The process by which a characteristic spreads from one place to another
What is diffusion?
The shared experiences and activities of a group of people
What is culture?
This is one universalizing religion.
What is Christianity, or Islam, or Sikhism, or Buddhism?
The most common language family in the world.
What is the Indo-European language family?
The definition of sequent occupancy.
What is when different cultural groups replace each other in the same space over time?
The type of diffusion that occurs through the physical movement of people.
What is relocation diffusion?
The difference between folk culture and popular culture.
What is folk culture is practiced by small, homogenous groups while popular culture is practiced by diverse groups?
This is is the term for the spread of a religion from its place of origin
What is diffusion?
Lingua Franca
What is a common language used among speakers of different native languages?
The way landscape features reflect cultural beliefs
What is the use of land and resources that shows values and identity of a culture?
These are the three types of expansion diffusion.
What are contagious, hierarchical, and stimulus diffusion?
The way regional patterns of language affect a sense of place
What is the way regional patterns of language create unique identities and cultural landscapes in specific areas?
The way universalizing religions differ from ethnic religions.
What is universalizing religions seek converts while ethnic religions are usually tied to specific cultural groups?
The way the diffusion of language families reflect historical processes.
What is languages spread through migration and colonization, leaving their imprint on new regions?
This is how cultural traits can be seen in architecture.
What is a religious building style, such as a pagoda in East Asian cultures?
The way colonialism affected the diffusion of languages.
What is by spreading languages through colonization and imperialism?
The role centripetal and centrifugal forces play in cultural patterns?
What are centripetal forces unify while centrifugal forces divide cultures or regions?
This is the concept of syncretism in religion.
What is the blending of two or more religious beliefs to create a new practice?
The way globalization has affected indigenous languages.
What is the spread of English and other dominant languages has led to the decline of indigenous languages?
This is the way attitudes towards ethnicity and gender shape the use of space in societies.
What are factors that influence where groups live and how they interact with their environment?
The impact of social media on cultural diffusion today.
What is the rapid spread of cultural traits and practices across the globe?
The way cultural traits can lead to either acculturation or assimilation.
What is acculturation retains some original traits while assimilation typically leads to the loss of them?
The ways historical events have impacted the spread of a religion.
What is events like colonization or migration have facilitated the spread of religions like Islam and Christianity?
This is an example of how technology aids in the diffusion of language today.
What is social media platforms allowing for the rapid exchange of languages and cultural expressions?