Culture
the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group
What is Culture?
The "spreading" of a cultures characteristics
What is Diffusion?
a system of communication that used signs, gestures, marks, or vocal sounds to communicate thoughts, feelings or ideas.
What is Language?
A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location
What is Universalizing Religion?
The "Correct" term for a "Water Fountain".
What is a Bubbler?
The original source or beginning of a culture
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What is a Hearth?
When cultural attributes are spread from one place to another because someone moved there
What is Relocation Diffusion?
Asking your friend for directions would be an example of what kind of communication (Or language)?
What is Verbal Language?
Christianity, Islam, Buddhism
What is the "Big Three"?
trends or popular ideas that catch on.
What is Pop(ular) Culture?
An action that one person does repeatedly
What is a Habit?
ideas and cultural attributes are spread around the world by groups of people migrating
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What is Expansion Diffusion?
Flipping someone the middle finger is an example of what kind of communication (or language)?
What is Non-verbal language?
Religion tied to a single group of people in one place
What is Ethnic Religion?
associated with tradition, historical continuity, sense of place, or belonging
What is Folk Culture?
An action of a group done often enough that it becomes a characteristics of the group
What is a Custom?
Relies on person-to-person contact for the spread of ideas, information, knowledge, and disease
What is Contagious Diffusion?
A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.
What is Dialect?
The book of holy writings of a community of faith
What is a Sacred Text?
When someone adopts aspects of a new culture while still managing to keep their original culture (in some capacity).
What is Acculturation?
when a person from a certain culture becomes surrounded by a certain culture for so long that they forget their original culture and adopt the new culture completely.
What is Assimilation?
When people in high societal prominence spread cultural attributes to people who are at lower levels of prominence in society
What is Hierarchical Diffusion?
What is an endangered language?
A specially designed structure or space where a group of people come together to perform acts of devotion, worship, and religious study.
What are places of worship?
BONUS: Extra 100 points if you can name a holy place other than a church.
the deliberate killing of a group because of their ethnic, national, racial, or religious identity.
What is Genocide?