unit 3 test

Question 1

culture

Answer 1

all of a groups learned behaviors, actions, beliefs, and objects

Question 2

folk culture

Answer 2

beliefs and practices of small homogeneous groups of people living in rural isolated areas and are slow to change

Question 3

pop culture

Answer 3

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

Question 4

cultural relativism

Answer 4

belief that cultures should be judged by their own standards

Question 5

ethnocentrism

Answer 5

judging others by the rules of your culture

Question 6

sequent occupance

Answer 6

ethnic groups move in and out of neighborhood and create new cultural imprints on the landscapes

Question 7

centripetal force

Answer 7

unifies

Question 8

centrifugal

Answer 8

divides

Question 9

diffusion

Answer 9

the spread of info

Question 10

relocation diffusion

Answer 10

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

Question 11

expansion diffusion

Answer 11

the spread if cultural traits through direct or indirect exchange without migration

Question 12

contagious diffusion

Answer 12

person to person

Question 13

hierarchical diffusion

Answer 13

when cultural traits spread from one important person, city, or powerful class to other important people, cities, or classes

Question 14

stimulus expansion

Answer 14

a cultural trait is adopted bu modified

Question 15

cultural traits

Answer 15

building blocks of culture

Question 16

creolization

Answer 16

two languages mix and develop a new language with a more formal structure and vocab

Question 17

lingua franca

Answer 17

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

Question 18

colonialism

Answer 18

attempt by one country to establish settlement and to impose political, economical, and cultural, principles in another territory

Question 19

cultural imperialism

Answer 19

spread or advance of one culture at the expense of others or imposition on other cultures which it modifies, replaces, or destroys

Question 20

urbanization

Answer 20

process if developing towns and cities

Question 21

globalization

Answer 21

process of intensified interaction among different countries around the world

Question 22

cultural convergence

Answer 22

cultures become more alike as they share technology and organizational structures in a modern world

Question 23

cultural divergence

Answer 23

the restriction of a culture from outside cultural influences

Question 24

universalizing religions

Answer 24

actively seek converts

Question 25

ethnic religions

Answer 25

members are born into the religion

Question 26

language families

Answer 26

collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history

Question 27

dialects

Answer 27

variations in accent, grammar, usage, and spelling

Question 28

cultural hearth

Answer 28

area in which a unique religion, ethnicity, culture, or a specific trait develops

Question 29

cultural landscape

Answer 29

the visible reflection of a culture

Question 30

acculturation

Answer 30

when an immigrant group adopts the values and practices of the group that received them while still maintaining major elements of their own culture

Question 31

assimilation

Answer 31

when an ethnic group can no longer be distinguished from the receiving group

Question 32

syncretism

Answer 32

blending traits from two different cultures to form a new trait

Question 33

multiculturalism

Answer 33

the coexistence of several cultures in one society

Question 34

language branch

Answer 34

collection of languages that share a common origin

Question 35

language group

Answer 35

collection of languages that share a more recent past

Question 36

five major religions

Answer 36

hinduism
christianity
islam
buddhism
judiasm