Unit 3

Question 1

a barrier that prevents the spread of innovation and cultural forms

Answer 1

absorbing barrier

Question 2

the process of adopting the traits of a cultural group

Answer 2

acculturation

Question 3

obstacle or object that prevents movement

Answer 3

barrier

Question 4

way an organism acts that is passed down to the next generation

Answer 4

behavioral adaptation

Question 5

religion based on the teaching of jesus Christ

Answer 5

Christianity

Question 6

complex way of life that developed as humans began to develop urban settlements

Answer 6

civilization

Question 7

distance controlled spreading of an idea, innovation or some other item through a local population by contact from person to person-to-person/the communication of contagious illness

Answer 7

contagious diffusion

Question 8

the spread of cultural characteristics from one culture to another

Answer 8

cultural diffusion

Question 9

human imprint on the physical environment

Answer 9

cultural landscape

Question 10

the agreed-upon expectations and rules by which a culture gives the behaviors of its members in any given situation

Answer 10

cultural norms

Question 11

place of origin or of cultural group

Answer 11

cultural/ethnic hearlth

Question 12

and behavior of people including their language belief system social structure institution and material goods

Answer 12

culture

Question 13

way of doing things have been handed down from one generation to the next

Answer 13

custom

Question 14

distant distinct variation of language usually marked by accents and grammar

Answer 14

dialect

Question 15

community of people look scattered from their Homeland

Answer 15

diaspora

Question 16

the spread of people ideas technology and products

Answer 16

diffusion

Question 17

neighborhoods made up of one distinct ethnic group

Answer 17

ethnic enclave

Question 18

place of origin of an ethnic group

Answer 18

ethnic hearth

Question 19

an ethnicity system of spiritual or supernatural belief

Answer 19

ethnic religion

Question 20

a generalized representation of an ethnic group

Answer 20

ethnic stereotype

Question 21

agenda in a group sharing genetic characteristics culture language religion or history

Answer 21

ethnicity

Question 22

habit of viewing all groups in relations or compared to one ethnic group

Answer 22

ethnocentrism

Question 23

the spread of an invention or an idea screw of population and area and such away that the number of those influenced grow continuously larger resulted in an expanding area of dissemination

Answer 23

expansion diffusion

Question 24

culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogenius, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups

Answer 24

folk culture

Question 25

single thing made up of different elements

Answer 25

heterogeneous

Question 26

religion of the Indian subcontinent with many different subtypes most based on the idea of "daily mortality"

Answer 26

Hinduism

Question 27

uninform, or the same, in structure or composition

Answer 27

homogenius

Question 28

a religion based on the words and philosophy of the Prophet Muhammad

Answer 28

Islam

Question 29

religion/culture of people tracing their ancestry to the ancient Middle East and the spiritual leaders Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

Answer 29

Judaism

Question 30

group of languages descended from a common ancestral language

Answer 30

language family

Question 31

set of sound, gestures, ot symbols that allows people to communicate

Answer 31

language

Question 32

a language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages

Answer 32

lingua franca

Question 33

the art, housing, clothing, sports, dances, foods, and other similar items constructed or created by a group of people

Answer 33

material culture

Question 34

the spread of a feature or trend through physical movement of people from one place to another

Answer 34

migration diffusion

Question 35

having a belief in a single god or goddess

Answer 35

monotheistic

Question 36

diffusion that does not spread by rink but spreads by place

Answer 36

non-heirarchical diffusion

Question 37

a form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca, used for a communication among speakers of two different languages

Answer 37

pidgin language

Question 38

culture found in a large, heterogeneous society but she is certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics

Answer 38

popular culture

Question 39

a system of spiritual or supernatural belief

Answer 39

religion

Question 40

the spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another

Answer 40

relocation diffusion

Question 41

the spread of any underlying principle even though a specific characteristic is rejected

Answer 41

stimulus diffusion

Question 42

used or understood everywhere

Answer 42

Universal

Question 43

having a belief in many gods and goddesses

Answer 43

polytheistic

Question 44

a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship

Answer 44

secularism

Question 45

prescribed by society as improper or unacceptable

Answer 45

taboo

Question 46

a religion that attempts to appeal to all people not just those living in a particular religion

Answer 46

universalizing religion