Vocab 1
The state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition.
What is Ethnicity?
This type of culture originates in a hearth and remains localized to a specific population or region.
What is folk culture?
To practice this means to worship only one deity.
What is monotheism?
This religion recognizes Abraham as its founder and reads the Torah as its holy scripture.
What is Judaism?
A person or persons from a different culture adopts the culture that is dominant in the area they moved or migrated to
What is assimilation?
This occurs when people move to another place and bring their ideas and culture with them.
What is relocation diffusion?
This music generally comes from an anonymous source and slowly and disseminates from its birthplace through word of mouth.
What is Folk music?
This is the term used to describe the place of origin for any cultural trait.
What is a hearth?
This religion began in Arabia in the 7th Century. Holy book is the Quran.
What is Islam?
Rejection of dominant culture and maintaining one’s original culture
What is separation?
This describes the way humans alter their physical surroundings to reflect their culture.
What is cultural landscape?
What is an example of a folk sport?
This is the belief and worship of a higher power or powers. When someone practices this, they ascribe to follow certain laws and moral codes.
What is religion?
This religion believes that Jesus of Nazareth is the messiah prophesied about in the early days of the nation of Israel.
What is Christianity?
Rejection of both their original culture and the dominant culture (confusion)
What is marginalization?
Activities that are not necessary for survival but are instead participated in for pleasure.
What are leisure actvities?
Pop culture generally spreads through this type of diffusion , through communication.
What is hierarchical diffusion?
The ancient Greek pantheon and Norse Mythology would be examples of this 10 letter term meaning to worship multiple gods.
What is Polytheism?
This religion started by a wealthy Indian prince, practices the eightfold path towards enlightenment. Think grunge.
What is Buddhism?
What is Integration?
A repetitive act of a group, performed to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group, such as men wearing a suit and tie at business meetings.
What is a custom?
What is the major obstacle to diffusion of pop culture?
What is the lack of funds or resources to obtain elements of it?
A restriction on behavior imposed by a social custom.
What is a Taboo?
Brahman is the creator and is present in all things. This religion reads the Upanishads and worships the 4 Devas.
What is Hinduism?
A group no longer works as a communicative system; failure to communicate.
What is cultural extinction?