3.3-3.5 Flashcards
consists of related sets of cultural traits and complexes that create similar behaviors across space
Cultural Patterns
where a religion or ethnicity began
cultural hearth
the status of belonging to a particular region
nationality
forces that unify a group of people or a region
centripetal forces
forces that divide a group of people or region
centrifugal forces
the legal framework of a country derived from Islamic edicts taken from their holy book Quaran
Sharia
laws that restrict certain activities, such as the sale of alcohol of sundays
blue laws
an attempt to follow a literal interpretation of a religious faith.
fundamentalism
countries whose government are run by religious leaders through the use of religious laws
theocracies
they believe their own cultural group is more important and superior to other cultures
ethnocentrism
the concept that a person’s or group’s beliefs,values, norms, and practices should be understood from the perspective of the other groups culture.
cultural relativism
The action of adopting traits, icons, or elements of another culture
Cultural appropriation
The spread of culture and/ or cultural traits by people who migrate and carry their cultural traits with them
relocation diffusion
the spread of information ideas,behaviors,and other aspects of culture from their hearths to wider areas
diffusion
the spread of cultural traits outward through exchange without migration
expansion diffusion
occurs when a cultural trait spreads continuously outward from its hearth through contact among people
contagious diffusion
the spread of culture outward from the most interconnected places or from centers of wealth and influence.
hierarchical diffusion
when a trait diffuses from a group of lower status to a group of higher status
reverse hierarchical diffusion
when an underlying idea from a culture hearth is adopted by another culture but the adopting group modifies or rejects one trait
stimulus diffusion
a broader concept that includes a variety of ways of influencing another group of country of people by direct conquest, economic control, or cultural environment.
imperialism
type of imperialism in which people move into and settle on the land of another country
colonialism
the belief that non-living objects possess spirts
Animism
those who use the language learned from birth
Native speakers
a common language used by people who do not share the same native language
Linqua franca
words used informally by a segment of the population
slang
a simplified mixture of two languages
Pidgin language
a new combined language
ex. africans it combines dutch and african languages
Creole language
