Cultural Patterns & Landscapes
Physical objects that are created by cultures
What are artifacts?
The spread of a cultural trait as people move from one place to another
What is relocation diffusion?
What are absorbing barriers?
Advancements in technology and communication allow this cultural process to expand faster than ever
What is globalization?
The place where a culture originates
What is a cultural hearth?
Forces that fracture societies, such as ethnic tension or religious conflicts
What are centrifugal forces?
The spread of an idea or phenomenon from person to person within a community
What is contagious diffusion?
Cultural barriers that allow certain cultural traits to spread, but with a diminished impact
What are permeable barriers?
The desire to move to a center of innovation helps lead to this cultural process
What is urbanization?
This language branch produced the Italian, French, and Spanish languages
What is Italic-Romance?
Cultural imprints of various groups as they move in and out of a specific area
What is sequent occupancy?
The spread of Christianity from city to city is an example of this
What is hierarchical diffusion?
An example of this type of language is Latin spoken at Catholic masses
What is a lingua franca?
This syncretic belief that mixed Catholicism with aspects of African values formed in Haiti during the late 17th century
What is voodoo?
This is the second largest language family
What is Sino-Tibetan?
The elimination of characteristics that make a place unique or special
What is placelessness?
A cultural adaptation in which something is altered to fit a new culture
What is stimulus diffusion?
Often thought of as "slang" language, this style of language forms mostly for trade and business is a specific region with various cultures
What is pidgin?
Natural or intentional barriers that separate cultures and prevent them from assimilating or adapting to cultures around them
What is cultural divergence?
This ethnic religion has over 1 billion followers
What is Hinduism?
Central Park and Times Square are examples of this strategy of urban projects to promote a specific location
What is placemaking?
The fusing of two cultures together to create something new
What is syncretism?
Haitian Creole formed from African and native dialects mixed with this lingua franca
What is French?
This occurs when similar relationships form among different cultures due to close proximity and exposure time
What is homogeneity?
This Afro-Asiatic language group contains Arabic and Hebrew
What is Semitic?