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Shared Cultural Practices

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Culture traits shared between different groups

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Cultural Traits

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Traits shared by a group of people that form the basis of a culture

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Cultural Relatavism

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Judging a culture through their own standards

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Ethnocentrism

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Judging a culture through the lens of your own

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Taboo

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A practice discouraged or looked down upon by a culture collectively.

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Popular Culture

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The set of practices, beliefs, and objects that embody the most broadly shared meanings of a social system

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Cultural Landscapes

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The visible reflection of a culture

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Agricultural and Industrial Practices

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Practices of a culture used in agriculture or industry.

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Religious Characteristics

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Characteristics of a landscape relating to religion

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Linguistic Characteristics

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Characteristics of a cultural landscape relating to linguistics

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Built Environment

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Anything human-made

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Sequent Occupance

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The process of cultures in an area compounding a building a new culture

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Traditional Architecture

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The architecture traditionally built by a folk culture.

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Postmodern Architecture

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The architecture trends built by a popular culture.

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Land-Use Patterns

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The layout of land usage

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Ethnic Neighborhoods

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An urban ethnic enclave

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Isogloss

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The borders between different accents, dialects, ect.

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Adage

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A figurative saying expressing a truth about life.

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Lingua Franca

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A non-native language used as a means of communicating between groups.

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Bilingual

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Being able to speak two different languages.

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Accent

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A way of speaking specific to a group or area.

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Pidgin Language

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A mixture of multiple languages from groups with extensive contact with each other, creating an informal language

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Agnostocism

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The belief that there may or may not be a god(s)

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Fundamentalism

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A literal interpretation of a faith

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Hierarchical Religion
A religion with an organized administrative hierarchy
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Missionary
Someone who tries to spread their religion
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Monotheism
The belief in one god
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Polytheism
The belief in multiple gods
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Sacred Space
A holy place where a religious group can come together to worship
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Sect/Denomination
A specific grouping within a religion
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Secularism
The lack of belief in a god(s)
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Theocracy
A government built on and intertwined with religion
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Exclave
A area/group separated from its main area/group
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Enclave
A distinct area/group surrounded by a different, larger area/group
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Caste
A class in a hierarchy
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Ethnic Group
A group united by language, history, culture, etc.
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Ethnic Homeland
The place where an ethnicity originated
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Sense of Place
A collective fiction/idea about what a place is
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Centripetal Forces
Something that brings a group together
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Centrifugal Forces
Something that divides a group
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Relocation Diffusion
Diffusion through the movement of people
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Expansion Diffusion
Diffusion through the direct or indirect exchange of traits
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Contagious Diffusion
Diffusion where the trait spreads out continuously outward from the origin point
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Hierarchical Diffusion
Diffusion from the largest/wealthiest/most connected groups to the next largest/wealthiest/most connected etc.
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Stimulus Diffusion
Diffusion in which some traits are taken and others are rejected
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Creolization
The process by which languages combine and become a more formal creole language
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Creole
A mixture of multiple languages from groups with extensive contact with each other, combined with a long period of time for the language to standardize, creating an formal language
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Colonialism
The process of conquering and subjugating an area for a country without absorbing it fully into the country
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Revived Language
A extinct language that has been relearned
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Shaping Patterns and Practices of a Culture
The process of changing and shaping a culture
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Globalization
The process of places becoming more interconnected
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How Culture is Diffused and Affected by Media
The impact media has on a culture and its spread
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How Culture is Diffused and Affected by Technology
The impact technology has on a culture and its spread
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How Culture is Diffused and Affected by Politics
The impact politics has on a culture and its spread
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How Culture is Diffused and Affected by Economics
The impact economics has on a culture and its spread
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How the Internet Affects Interactions Between People and Cultures
The impact internet has on a culture and its spread
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Time-Space Convergence
The decrease in time for interaction between places
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Increasing Use of English
The process of English becoming more commonly used (i.e. as a lingua franca)
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Loss of Indigenous Languages
The process of indigenous languages going extinct
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Endangered/Extinct Languages
Languages that have few or no native speakers
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Cultural Convergence
The process of cultures becoming more similar as they interact
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Cultural Divergence
The process of cultures becoming more different due to lack of interaction
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Language Tree
A model used to show the relations between languages
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Dialect
A subdivision of a language
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World Religion
A religion spread across the world
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Ethnic Culture
A smaller local culture contained within an area
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Gender Roles
The traditional ideas about the jobs of men and women
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Cultural Hearth
A focal point for a culture
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Indo-European Language Family
The language family that includes the Indo-Iranian and European languages (i.e. Romance languages, Indian languages, etc.)
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Toponym
The name of a geographic place
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Universalizing Religions
A religion that aims to spread across many cultures and areas
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Ethnic Religions
A religion that is contained within an ethnicity
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Diaspora
A global migration spread of people group outside of their homeland/hearth
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Pilgrimage
A temporary religious migration to a holy site
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Religious Hearth
The origin point of a religion
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Acculturation
The process of a culture taking some traits from new cultures and rejecting others
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Assimilation
The process of someone from one culture being completely converted to another culture
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Syncretism
The combination of multiple different cultures
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Multicultualism
The coexistence of multiple cultures in an area

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