Religion
Language
Culture
Diffusion
Grab Bag
100

The hearth of which religion is best identified as South Asia?

Hinduism

100

Most popular lingua franca

English

100

The place where a culture or cultural trait begins

Hearth

100
Type of diffusion; spreads when people move from one place to another

Relocation diffusion

100

Asserting power through political/economic/cultural influence

Neocolonialism

200

A name based on a cultural feature of the site is called a-

Toponym

200

An extremely simplified language used to communicate

Pidgin language

200

This type of culture includes widespread beliefs, behaviors, and practices at a given time; currently spread through TV, the Internet, etc.

Pop (Popular) Culture

200

Type of diffusion; when a trait spreads from a place of power to less powerful areas

Hierarchical diffusion

200

Bluegrass music is an example of this effect of diffusion

Syncretism

300

Which religion spread via relocation diffusion (and colonization) to the Americas?

Christianity

300

Pidgin language that has developed into a combined language with native speakers; frequently created through colonization/slavery 

Creole Language

300

The cultural landscape is also known as the __ landscape.

Built

300

Type of diffusion; when an idea spreads through contact between people

Contagious diffusion

300

Largest language family

Indo-European

400

Describe the location of the hearth of Islam.

Middle East

400

A type of language used by speakers of two different languages to communicate in business

Lingua franca

400

The belief that one's culture is superior to another.

Ethnocentrism

400

Type of diffusion; spread of cultural outward from its hearth

Expansion diffusion

400

When the perceived distance between people gets smaller due to technology

Time-Space Compression

500

This city is a significant cultural landscape to Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.

Jerusalem

500

Using military force to conquer and settle another territory

Colonialism

500

A cultural landscape within communities of people outside of their areas of origin.

Ethnic Enclave/Neighborhood

500

Type of diffusion; when the fundamental idea behind a cultural trait is preserved but adapted for the culture

Stimulus Diffusion

500

Evidence of past cultures found in a landscape

Sequent occupance