Culture Basics
What is the difference between a habit and a custom?
A habit is done by an individual; a custom is done by a group.
The world’s main lingua franca is ___
English
A religion that tries to be global and appeal to everyone is called a __________ religion.
Universalizing
Identifying with a group that shares the same cultural traditions is called __________.
Ethnicity
What group in the U.S. still uses the horse and buggy as an example of folk culture?
The Amish.
A language that has no relationship to others nearby is called an __________ language.
Isolated
Name the world’s largest universalizing religion.
Christianity
Identifying with a group that shares the same biological past is called __________.
Race
Folk culture spreads mostly through __________ diffusion.
Relocation
A language that has lost all speakers is called __________.
extinct language
Name an example of an ethnic religion.
Hinduism, animism, Confucianism.
Hispanic Americans are mostly clustered in which region of the U.S.?
The Southwest
Jeans are an example of which type of culture?
Popular culture.
Identify one way an endangered language is being preserved.
Teaching the language in schools, Recording native speakers, passing down from generation from generation
Where is Hinduism mostly concentrated?
India
African Americans are mostly clustered in which region?
Deep South, South, or Southeast
Contagious
How are languages distributed?
Through diffusion
Buddhism is mostly distributed in __________.
China
Asian Americans are mostly clustered in which region?
West or California