Lecture 9 Flashcards
(12 cards)
4 main religions in the world
- christianity
- islam
- hinduism
- buddhism
what is a core country
developed / central to global economy
- northern hemisphere
what is religion
a belief system & set of practices that recognize the existence of a power higher than humankind
what is language
a way of communicating ideas or feelings by means of a conventionalized system of signs, gestures, marks or vocal sounds
what has been a key element in changing geographies of religion
missionizing
describe christianity (4)
developed in present day israel & jordan
- worlds largest religion
- spread early in europe via missionaries then to africa/ north and south america
can be catholics or protestants
islam (3)
developed from the deserts of middle east
- second largest
- concentrated in south east asia & africa
hinduism and buddhism
hinduism - originated in lowlands of india
buddhism (sikhism) - evolved from hinduism as reform religions
- dispersed to other parts of india and was carried to other parts of asia
why is language so important for cultural systems
- without could not be transmitted from one generation to the next
- reflects the ways different groups regard & interpret world around them
what is a language family and example
collection of individual languages believed to be related in prehistoric origin
ex.
indo-european (english/french/italian/spanish)
what percent speaks an indo-european language family
about 50%
is there going to be an emergence of a single global culture
no
even with US style products globalizing (americanization)
places adapt to have someting similar but their own
ex. hollywood —> bollywood, nollywood
