Chapter 6 and 7

Question 1

the built environment that is modified in a distinct way that reflects the beliefs and value of the culture

Answer 1

cultural landscape

Question 2

the structures and organizations of a culture which influence social behavior

Answer 2

sociofacts

Question 3

when a cultural trait diffuses from a group of lower status to group of higher status

Answer 3

reverse hierarchical diffusion

Question 4

cultural traits that spread quickly over a large area and are adopted by various groups

Answer 4

global culture

Question 5

passing down long-held beliefs, values, and practices, and strongly resistant to change

Answer 5

traditional culture

Question 6

when a cultural trait spreads outwards from the most interconnected places from the centers of wealth and influence

Answer 6

hierarchical diffusion

Question 7

adopting traits, icons or elements of another culture, sometimes in a disrespectful or degrading way

Answer 7

cultural appropriation

Question 8

one group is dispersed thought a variety of locations, but still maintains some foundational cultural traits

Answer 8

diaspora

Question 9

when a cultural trait spreads continuously outward, from its cultural hearth, through contact among people

Answer 9

contagious diffusion

Question 10

the beliefs and practices of small, homogeneous groups of people , often living in isolated, rural areas

Answer 10

folk culture

Question 11

when ethnic groups move in and out of neighborhood, creating layers of cultural imprints on the landscape

Answer 11

sequent

Question 12

the spread of cultural traits through exchange without miggration

Answer 12

expansion diffusion

Question 13

the degree of adherence to tradition and doctrine within a given religion

Answer 13

fundamentalism

Question 14

the worldwide uniformity of certain cultural traits as a result of glbalization

Answer 14

pop culture

Question 15

a byproduct of pop and global culture where there are similarities in the built environment from location to location

Answer 15

placelessness

Question 16

when a person’s or group;s culture is understood solely thought the perspective of outsides of the group

Answer 16

cultural relativism

Question 17

members of an ethnic group residing in their ancestral lands and possess unique cultural traits, such as distance language

Answer 17

indigenous

Question 18

tangible things that can be experience with interpreted by the human senses

Answer 18

artifacts

Question 19

the spread of culture by people who migrate and carry their cultural traits with them

Answer 19

relocation

Question 20

when a person’s or group’s culture is understood solely through the perspective of insider of the group

Answer 20

ethnocentrism

Question 21

the historical and contemporary relationships between language families

Answer 21

language tree

Question 22

belief system that has a shared historical experience and rarely seeks new adherents; Judaism, Hinduism

Answer 22

Ethnic

Question 23

a saying that attempts to express a truth about life

Answer 23

Adage

Question 24

a person who uses the language they learned from birth

Answer 24

native speaker

Question 25

the boundary between variations in pronunciation and word usage

Answer 25

isogloss

Question 26

when a cultural changes over time as distance, time, physical separation, and modern technology creates divisions

Answer 26

cultural divergence

Question 27

variation in accent, grammar, usage, and spelling within one language

Answer 27

dialect

Question 28

common language used by people who do not share the same native language

Answer 28

lingua franca

Question 29

the coexistence of several cultures in one society with the ideal of all cultures being valued and worth of study

Answer 29

multicultuarlism

Question 30

a religious journey taken by a person to a sacred place of religious significance

Answer 30

pilgramage

Question 31

globalization causing cultures to become more similar by sharing cultural traits, ideas, and beliefs

Answer 31

cultural convergence

Question 32

belief system that actively seeks new adherents regardless of ethnic background; Christianity , Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism

Answer 32

Universal religion

Question 33

when a minority ethnic group adopts the values and practices of the dominant cultural group, while still maintaining valuable elements of their own culture

Answer 33

Acculturation

Question 34

a simplified mixture of two languages the when speakers have extensive contact with each other

Answer 34

Pidgin language

Question 35

When a minority ethnics group can no longer be distinguished from the dominant cultural group

Answer 35

assimilation

Question 36

when the relative distance between places decreases, the interaction among cultures incresased

Answer 36

time-space

Question 37

the blend of two distinct cultural traits into a new, unique hybrid trait

Answer 37

syncretism

Question 38

when tow or more distinct languages mix and develop a more formal structure and vocabulary

Answer 38

creole language

Question 39

a language designated by law to be the language of government

Answer 39

official language

Question 40

anti-immigrant attitudes (and policies) from the dominant cultural group, which sometimes result in violence and/ or government actions

Answer 40

nativism