Pop/Folk Culture Diffusion
True or False: Sometimes assimilation is forced.
Extra 100 points. Give an example of voluntary assimilation.
True.
Any example where a person decides, of their own free will, to take traits of the new culture.
What is a dialect?
Regional variation of a language
Name an ethnic religion.
Hinduism, Judaism, Shinto (one of these)
What is the current lingua franca of the world?
English
______________diffusion often goes through systems of _____________. An example of these systems is social media influencers.
Hierarchical; power.
This culture is found among homogeneous groups, usually in small regions with lack of internet and TV access.
Folk Culture
A pidgin language has no ________ __________
Native speakers
Compare a universalizing religion vs. an ethnic religion.
Universalizing religions attempt to be global and appeal to all people (they try to gain followers). Ethnic religions appeal primarily to one group of people living in one place and don't try to gain other followers around the world.
English is the official language in how many countries?
32, 48, 67, or 102
67 countries
Name the types of expansion diffusion.
Extra 200 points: Which specific kind of diffusion is when a trait spreads to everyone in society with no barriers?
Stimulus, hierarchical, and contagious.
Extra 200: Contagious.
What describes the existence, acceptance, or promotion of multiple cultural traditions within a single nation or region.
What is Multiculturalism
What do we call the Latin that was spoken by the masses, not the literary form?
Vulgar Latin
How are ethnic religions spread? (Which type of diffusion)
Relocation Diffusion
Extra 300: How is Chinese writing different form phonetic alphabets?
Logograms
Logograms represent a word or phrase from one character. Phonetic alphabets represent different sounds to make up words.
Name 2 barriers or obstacles to cultural diffusion?
Language barriers, political barriers, physical barriers, cultural differences, economic barriers
Give an example of syncretism.
Any example that makes sense :)
What is the name of the (theoretical) common ancestral language for all languages discussed in the key issue?
Proto-Indo-European
What are three universalizing religions?
Christianity, Islam, Buddhism are the main 3.
Name languages that are hybrids of English and another language and which languages they come from.
Fr________
Sp________
De________
Franglais/French
Spanglish/Spanish
Denglish/German
A big obstacle to cultural diffusion is when countries block or harass citizens due to internet activity. Which 3 countries are the worst offenders for harassing their citizens in this area?
Iran, Syria, and China
What 2 cultures meet or collide, what are the 4 possibilities?
As____________
Ac____________
Mu___________
Sy____________
Assimilation
Acculturation
Multiculturalism
Syncretism
Ge__________
In_____-Ir________
In_____ Ea________
Ir_______ We________
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Indic Eastern
Iranian Western
Which type of religion might Mormonism be described as? Universalizing or ethnic? Why?
Can be described as either. Just give a good reason. Universalizing because LDS members proselytize, but ethnic because in many ways it doesn't appeal to a lot of people wherever they reside.
What are the 2 theories of the origin of the theoretical common ancestral language discussed in this key issue? Which one is the "war" hypothesis, and which one is the "peace" hypothesis?
No________ Wa________ Theory
Se_______ Fa________ Theory
Nomadic Warrior Theory (War)
Sedentary Farmer Theory (Peace)
The Amish culture has spread through ___________ diffusion.
Fashion usually spreads through ___________ diffusion.
McDonald's around the world with their varying menus but keeping their same name is an example of _____________ diffusion.
Relocation; hierarchical; stimulus