The adoption of one cultural trait or characteristic from one society to another/ change in societal climate
Acculturation
Region from which innovations or innovative ideas originate
Hearth
A shared language that is widely accepted. Is a common language to bridge the gap from two speakers of different languages.
Lingua Franca
When a phenomena brings people together
Centripital force
Ideas that spread from there cultural hearth to other places, usually will have to change to accommodate the new location's tastes
"El Paso Chinese Food"
Stimulus Diffusion
Notion that successive societies leave imprints on their place which influences future development
"China's Architecture" or "Aztec Society Taxation System"
Sequence Occupancies
A religion that attempts to be global or appeal to all people
Universalizing Religion
A phenomena that pulls people apart
Centrifugal Force
The sense of identity derived from a place through the meaning, ethnicity, culture etc. of that place "Grandma's House" Or "Peter Piper"
Sense of Place
The spread of a characteristic through a place or population/ trends from person to person
Contagious Diffusion
The boundary line between two different linguistic regions
Isogloss
Spanglish is an example of
Pidgin
Spread of ideas made possible by physical movement of people through places
Relocation diffusion
a class structure that is determined by birth.
Caste System
A language used in education, work, media, government.
Institutional Language
varieties that are based on
French, such as Haitian Creole, Louisiana Creole, and Mauritian Creole;
English, such as Gullah (on the Sea Islands of the southeastern United States), Jamaican Creole, Guyanese Creole, and Hawaiian Creole;
and Portuguese, such as Papiamentu
Creole
The beliefs that different cultural groups should remain/be accepted in their distinct form instead of assimilating to a “norm”
Multiculturalism
To control a country you have taken over and settled over “colonizing”
Colonialism
Language that forms from mixing colonized language and antive language
Creole
Judaism and Hinduism are two prime examples of
Ethnic Religions
To influence a country politically culturally or economically Without settling.
Imperialism
Innovations believes culture spread across new places while staying strong in their place or origin
Expansion Diffusion
Equal exchange of culture traits between two cultures
Transculturation
Pilgrimage
The spread of ideas from one with power or authority to others at a large scale
Hierarchical Diffusion
Losing distinguishing traits such as mannerisms when they come in contact with another society.
Assimilation
Blending two traits or aspects from different cultures to form a new trait
Syncresims
When you combine the Physical Landscape with Human Influence, you get
Cultural Landscape