Cultural Traits
What are the three cultural traits that make up culture?
Artifacts, Sociofacts, and Mentifacts.
What is the notion that societies leave behind a cultural imprint?
Sequent occupance
What are the two types of forces? (and explain the difference)
Centripetal- force that unifies people
Centrifugal- force that pulls people apart
What is a language of international communication?(and example)
Lingua Franca
ex. English
What are the Lost Boys of Sudan an example of?
Assimilation
What cultural trait does religion and language fit into?
Mentifact
Is every landscape a cultural landscape?
Yes
What is English classified as?
Institutional language
How was English diffused?
People of England migrated with their language when establishing colonies.
Being empathetic about someone's culture.
Cultural relativism
What cultural trait is easily changed?
Artifact
What is a "sense of place?" (And example)
A place where you belong and feel comfortable.
ex. Gendered spaces (man cave/she shed) or gay villages
What are the 5 ways languages are classified?
Institutional, developing, vigorous, threatened, and dying language.
What are three examples of informal languages?
Franglais, Spanglish, and Denglish
What are the top two language families?
Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan
True or False?
Traits don't have to be shared by a population.
False
What city is an example of sequent occupancy?
New Orleans Many cultures have modified the landscapes over time.
How are the worlds languages organized?
Into language families, branches, and groups.
How do groups construct a pidgin language?
They learn a few grammar rules and words of the lingua franca and mix in some elements of own language.
How do dialects differ?
Spelling, vocabulary, and pronunciation.
What is it called when two or more culture traits interact with each other?
Cultural complex
What are the factors of cultural landscapes? (Must name at least two)
Physical features, agricultural and industrial practices, religious and linguistic characteristics, evidence of sequent occupancy, traditional and modern architecture, and land-use patterns.
Earth's heterogeneous collection of languages is an example of what?
Cultural diversity
What are the 6 official and working languages?
English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, and Chinese.
What are the 4 most popular language branches of Indo-European?
Indo-Iranian, Germanic, Romance, and Balto-Slavic.