Culture and Diffusion
The idea that the environment sets certain constraints, but culture is otherwise determined by social conditions
What is environmental possibilism?
A language that is used by people who speak different native languages
What is Lingua Franca?
The belief in one God
What is monotheism?
These religions are universalizing religions.
What are Christianity and Islam?
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What is 1+1?
The term for the spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another?
What is relocation diffusion?
What languages can I speak? (Must name at least 3)
What is Yoruba, English, Pidgin, Portuguese, Spanish
The Principal Religion of Central and South America
What is Roman Catholicism?
Loyalty and devotion to a nationality
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What does AP HUG stand for? (Accurate answers only)
What is Advanced Placement Human Geography?
The spread of cultural elements from one society to another.
What is the concept of ’Cultural diffusion’?
The process of less dominant cultures losing their culture to a more dominant culture
What is Assimilation?
A religion that attempts to appeal to all peoples, regardless of location or culture
What is Universalizing religion?
This means belief in more than one God
What is polytheism?
When’s my birthday?
What is November 23?
When two cultural ideas are joined and produce a new cultural idea?
What is syncretism
The name of the language family including English, Spanish, and Hindi
What is Indo-European?
This south Asian religion has a heavy emphasis on reincarnation.
What is Hinduism?
This is the third largest religion with more than 1 billion followers.
What is Hinduism?
The score Ms. Bennett wants us to get on our AP exam.
What is 5?
Give an example of a cultural trait that has spread through contagious diffusion.
What is a disease, a popular song, an internet meme
The term for a geographic boundary within which a particular linguistic feature occurs
What is isogloss?
This city is claimed by all three of the monotheistic religions.
What is Jerusalem?
Loyalty and devotion to a nationality
What is nationalism?
When two cultural ideas are joined and produce a new cultural idea?
What is syncretism?