Cool Culture
As two cultures interact, they become more like another. This is called
Cultural Convergence
A force that pushes people together and unifies them
Centripetal Force
A government accepted language in a country that is used for everything. The United States does not have one.
Official Language
This religion believes their Messiah ascended to heaven in Jerusalem, after he was crucified by the Romans
Christianity
How people affect the world around them to display their cultural values
Cultural Landscape
A widely accepted practice or behavior that a culture does
Custom
Nationalism
A widely adopted language used worldwide for ease of communication, which is usually not their native language.
Lingua Franca
This religion believes in 5 core "tenets" that guide its practices. One of these tenets is to travel to the holy land at least once in life.
Islam
When older architecture occupies the same place as modern buildings, this is an example of:
Sequent occupation
The only form of diffusion that local/folk culture spreads by
Relocation Diffusion
The fragmentation of a large state into smaller states based on ethnicity.
Balkanization or Separatism or Secessionism
When two language groups can't understand each other, they form this form of rough language to communicate
Pidgin Language
This religion believes that spirits and demons live on Earth with humans, living similar experiences. They also believe that its islands were created from water droplets off a spear.
Shinto
A genealogical representation of languages in an arboreal format
When two different religions interact (usually a universalizing and ethnic,) one religion will adopt the others traits in order to be more appealing.
Sycretism
The systematic "removal" of an ethnicity by another ethnicity.
Ethnic Cleansing
A form of a language that is specific to a region or social group
Dialect
This religion that life is a cycle, and in order to break that cycle, you must achieve enlightenment to save your soul(atman).
Hinduism
A form of religion that upholds strict and literal interpretations of the original text
Fundamentalism
The way of looking at other cultures, while assuming your culture is the standard or superior culture
Ethnocentrism
A place with a high concentration of an ethnic group, that is distinct from those in the surrounding area
Ethnic Enclave
A language that forms when two languages interact with each other for long enough, forming its own distinct language
Creole Languages
This relatively new religion originated in northern India, and also forbids hair removal in any form.
Sikhism
A line on a dialect map marking the boundary between linguistic features.
isogloss