Butter!
Occurs when a cultural trait spreads continuously from its hearth through contact among people
Contagious Diffusion
collection of shared practices, technologies, attitudes, and behaviors transmitted by a society.
Culture
a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament.
Christianity
a collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor, long before recorded history
Language Family
occurs when an ethnic or immigrant group moving to a new area adopts the values and practices of the larger group that has received them, while still maintaining major elements of their own culture.
Acculturation
spread of culture outward from the most interconnected places or from centers of wealth and importance
Hierarchical Diffusion
price/gift paid to a groom's father by the bride's father in arranged marriages
Dowry
a monotheistic religion that originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people. They preserved the early history of the Old Testament.
Judaism
language used among speakers of different languages for the purpose of trade and commerce
Lingua Franca
When an ethnic group can no longer be distinguished from the receiving group because they have adopted the receiving group's culture
Assimilation
occurs when people in a culture adopt an underlying idea or process from another culture, but modify it for their own purpose
Stimulus Diffusion
Placelessness
religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed which stresses belief in Allah, Paradise and Hell, and a body of law written in the Quran.
Islam
variance in the standard language based on regional or ethnic lines
Dialect
process by which other cultures adopt customs and knowledge and use them for their own benefit
Cultural Appropriation
the diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin
Distance Decay
The study of how places get their name
Toponymy
the belief that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth.
Buddhism
a language that developed by combining parts of different languages, that then becomes a society's first language.
Creole Language
Evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture.
Ethnocentrism
a blending of two or more cultural or religious traditions
Syncretism
behaviors heavily discouraged by a culture
Taboo
a religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by the belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms
Hinduism
a family of languages consisting of most of the languages of Europe, as well as those in Iran, the Indian subcontinent and other parts of Asia
Indo-European
the process through which something that previously was not regarded as an object to be bought or sold becomes an object that can be bought/sold/traded in the world market
Commodification