Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Vocabulary 3
Examples 2
100

The adoption of one cultural trait or characteristic from one society to another/ change in societal climate


Acculturation

100

Region from which innovations or innovative ideas originate

Hearth

100

A shared language that is widely accepted.  Is a common language to bridge the gap from two speakers of different languages.

Lingua Franca

100

When a phenomena brings people together

Centripital force

200

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

200

Notion that successive societies leave imprints on their place which influences future development

"China's Architecture" or "Aztec Society Taxation System"

Sequence Occupancies

200

A religion that attempts to be global or appeal to all people

Universalizing Religion

200

A phenomena that pulls people apart

Centrifugal Force

300

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

300

The spread of a characteristic through a place or population/ trends from person to person

Contagious Diffusion

300

The boundary line between two different linguistic regions

Isogloss

300

Spanglish is an example of

Pidgin

400

Spread of ideas made possible by physical movement of people through places

Relocation diffusion

400

a class structure that is determined by birth.  

Caste System

400

A language used in education, work, media, government.

Institutional Language

400

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

500

The beliefs that different cultural groups should remain/be accepted in their distinct form instead of assimilating to a “norm”

Multiculturalism

500

To control a country you have taken over and settled over “colonizing”

Colonialism

500

Language that forms from mixing colonized language and antive language

Creole

500

Judaism and Hinduism are two prime examples of

Ethnic Religions

600

To influence a country politically culturally or economically Without settling.

Imperialism

600

Innovations believes culture spread across new places while staying strong in their place or origin

Expansion Diffusion

600

Equal exchange of culture traits between two cultures

Transculturation

600

Pilgrimage

700

The spread of ideas from one with power or authority to others at a large scale

Hierarchical Diffusion

700

Losing distinguishing traits such as mannerisms when they come in contact with another society.

Assimilation

700

Blending two traits or aspects from different cultures to form a new trait

Syncresims

700

When you combine the Physical Landscape with Human Influence, you get

Cultural Landscape