Unit 3

Question 1

Cultural Relativism

Answer 1

Not judging a culture based off your own values

Question 2

Ethnocentrism

Answer 2

Judging another culture based off preconceptions and out own cultural values/beliefs.

Question 3

Assimilation

Answer 3

A dominant culture dominating a minority culture and adopting some of their customs

Question 4

Acculturation

Answer 4

The balancing of two cultures

Question 5

Syncretism

Answer 5

Aspects of different cultures fuse to form something unique

Question 6

Lingua Fanca

Answer 6

Language mutually understood and used in trade by people with different native languages.

Question 7

Pidgen

Answer 7

Language between two or more groups of people that’s grammatically simplified

Question 8

Creole

Answer 8

Fully formed formal language that’s a mix of other languages

Question 9

Cultural Convergence

Answer 9

Different cultures adopt similar ideas or tech from other cultures

Question 10

Cultural Divergence

Answer 10

Culture separates into distinct and different forms

Question 11

Sequent Occupance

Answer 11

Notion that successful societies leave an imprint on a landscape and each successful society contributes to a place’s overall cultural landscape.