Unit 3

Question 1

accent

Answer 1

the manner in which people speak and the way words are pronounced in different parts of the world

Question 2

acculturation

Answer 2

when a culture adopts cultural traits of another when coming into contact

Question 3

artifact / material culture

Answer 3

visible traits of a culture (clothes, housing, etc.)

Question 4

assimilation

Answer 4

completely abandoning the original culture for another (voluntary/forced)

Question 5

autonomous religion

Answer 5

a region that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally

Question 6

creole language

Answer 6

a language that is combined with two different language

Question 7

cultural convergence

Answer 7

cultures are more similar the more interaction that they have

Question 8

cultural ecology

Answer 8

the relationship between culture and the environment

Question 9

cultural landscape

Answer 9

a landscape that has been modified to show it’s cultural values/beliefs

Question 10

cultural perception

Answer 10

people will interpret things differently based on their culture (ex: colors, symbols, animals)

Question 11

cultural relativism

Answer 11

unbiased views of other cultures

Question 12

taboo

Answer 12

behaviors discouraged by a culture

Question 13

cultural traits

Answer 13

invisible or visible attributes that combine to make a group’s culture

Question 14

culture complex

Answer 14

a group of traits associated with a certain aspect of life within a culture

Question 15

culture hearth

Answer 15

the place where a cultural trait originates

Question 16

culture realm

Answer 16

a region with the same cultural traits

Question 17

custom

Answer 17

a repetitive action of a group that has become a characteristic

Question 18

denomination

Answer 18

a division of a religion that unites local followers

Question 19

determinism

Answer 19

the idea that the environment determines a county’s success and culture

Question 20

dialect

Answer 20

a variation in language with vocabulary, pronunciation, speed, and spelling

Question 21

ethnic religion

Answer 21

small distribution and does not have new adherents

Question 22

ethnicity

Answer 22

a person’s cultural background and the specific countries they are from

Question 23

ethnocentrism

Answer 23

judging other cultures based on own beliefs

Question 24

extinct language

Answer 24

a language used in daily activities that is no longer used

Question 25

fundamentalism

Answer 25

literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion

Question 26

global/popular/universal culture

Answer 26

large groups of people connects with globalization, quick to change

Question 27

habit

Answer 27

a repetitive action of an individule

Question 28

hierarchical religion

Answer 28

a religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control

Question 29

Indo-European

Answer 29

the biggest language family with around 3.2 billion speakers

Question 30

interfaith boundary

Answer 30

the boundaries between the world's major faiths

Question 31

intrafaith boundary

Answer 31

the boundaries within a major religion

Question 32

isoglass

Answer 32

boundaries that divide languages

Question 33

language branch

Answer 33

a collection of languages that shar a common origin of thousands of years ago

Question 34

language family

Answer 34

the largest of related languages that are related with a common ancestry and hearth

Question 35

language group

Answer 35

languages that share a more recent past with similar vocabulary

Question 36

lingua franca

Answer 36

a language mutually understood by people who speak different language

Question 37

local/traditional/folk culture

Answer 37

small groups of people often living in rural areas that is isolated, and is unique

Question 38

mentifact

Answer 38

the ideas, beliefs, values and knowledge of a culture, slower to change

Question 39

monotheism

Answer 39

the belief that there is only one god or divine being

Question 40

multicultralism

Answer 40

acceptance and tolerance of other cultures that are near each other

Question 41

nationalism

Answer 41

a devotion and loyalty to a nation

Question 42

official languages

Answer 42

endorsed by the government as the language/s to speak

Question 43

pidgin language

Answer 43

simplified, limited, non-native language used by two people that speak different languages

Question 44

pilgrimage

Answer 44

voluntary travel by an adherent to a sacred site to pay respects or participate in a ritual at the site

Question 45

polytheism

Answer 45

the belief that there is multiple gods or divine beings

Question 46

religious branch

Answer 46

a large division of religion

Question 47

sacred space

Answer 47

the place where religious figures and congregations meet to perform religious ceremonies

Question 48

sect

Answer 48

a small group that seperated from a denomination

Question 49

secularism

Answer 49

belief that morals should be for life of Earth rather than religion, an indifference or rejection of religion

Question 50

sociofact

Answer 50

the ways a society behaves and organizes institutions (education, government, land use, etc.)

Question 51

standard language

Answer 51

recognized by the government for school, media, etc., and does not have to be official

Question 52

symbolic landscapes

Answer 52

a landscape that has significant meaning beyond what it simply looks like due to cultural associations

Question 53

syncretism

Answer 53

two cultural traits that blend to become a new one

Question 54

trade language

Answer 54

a language used between native speakers of different languages to allow them to communicate so that they can trade with each other

Question 55

uniform landscape

Answer 55

the spatial expression of a popular custom in one location that will be similar to another

Question 56

universalizing religion

Answer 56

widely distributed and attempts of converts people

Question 57

vernacular

Answer 57

the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region