World Religion
What religion believes in Jesus Christ as their lord and savior?
Christianity
Describe Popular Culture
Large in population, usually urban, easily distributed, found all over the world
What is the process of transmitting cultural beliefs or traits from one culture to another?
Cultural Diffusion
What language are most people in the world trying to learn?
English
Define the Term - Polytheism
A person that believes in more than one God/Goddess
Of the five major religions, what religion believes in multiple Gods/Goddesses?
Hindu
Describe Local Culture
Small population, usually rural, found in small areas, culture passed down through family
The kind of cultural diffusion caused by the physical movement from one location to another
Relocation Diffusion
What is Language?
A method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words and structured in a conventional way
The belief that when a person dies, their soul is reborn into a new body
Reincarnation
Order the five major world religions in order from oldest to youngest religion.
Hindu, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam
Give me an example of a kind of popular culture you are part of right now and how this impacts your life.
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In a __________ religion, missionaries are sent out to convert others to a new religious culture
Universalizing (Religion)
What is an Endangered Language and why are they important to record?
An Endangered Language is a language at risk of falling out of use and being forgotten due to death of its speakers or speakers shifting to a new language
The belief in Reincarnation is shared by what two major religions?
Hinduism and Buddhism
What three major world religions are monotheistic?
Christianity, Judaism, Islam
A Chinatown located in a major city would be an example of...
Local Culture
A __________ religion does not look for new followers, religious culture is spread through family. Hinduism is the largest example of this kind of religion.
Ethnic (Religion)
What is a Language Branch?
Language Branches are subdivisions of language families on a language tree
Name two regions in the world where Islam is the dominant religion
The Middle East, Northern Africa, Southeast Asia
The cities of Mecca and Medina are important to the origin of what major world religion?
Islam
K-Pop having huge fans in America would be an example of...
Popular Culture
Fashion trends from the rich becoming popular with the common people is called...
Hierarchical Diffusion
What is a Language Family?
A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestral language or paternal language
What is the largest Universalizing Religion in the world?
Christianity