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3.6-3.7 Flashcards

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Ideas, concepts, predictions that have been created and accepted by people in society (3.6)

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Social Constructs

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Cultures becoming too similar to each other by sharing more cultural traits and beliefs (3.6)

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Cultural Convergence

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The idea that a culture may change over time as elements of distance, time and modern technology create divisions (3.6)

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Cultural Divergence

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Scientists who study languages (3.7)

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Linguists

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Relationship between language families (3.7)

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Language Tree

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Large group of languages that might have descended from a language spoken 6,000 years ago (3.7)

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Indo-European Language Family

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Unifying language of Latin diverged into dozens of distinct, now regional languages
Ex. French, Italian (3.7)

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Romance Languages

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Variations in accent, grammar, usage and spelling (3.7)

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Dialects

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Boundaries between variations in pronunciation or word usage (3.7)

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Isoglosses

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Sayings that attempt to express a truth about life
Ex. Early bird gets the worm (3.7)

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Adages

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Names of places that provide insight on the physical geography, history or culture of a location (3.7)

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Toponyms

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One designated by law to be the language of the government (3.7)

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Official Language

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Made up of largely ethnically similar people (3.7)

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Homogenous

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Believers in their faith (3.7)

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Adherents

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Belief traditions that emphasize strong cultural characteristics among their followers (3.7)

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Ethnic Religions

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Actively seeks converts to its faith, regardless of ethnic backgrounds (3.7)

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Universal Religion

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Ethnic religion, worship many deities (polytheistic) but believe they are manifestations of one god (monotheistic) (3.7)

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Hinduism

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The worship of 2 or more deities (3.7)

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Polytheistic

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The worship of only 1 deity (3.7)

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Monotheistic

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The idea that behaviors have consequences in the present life or future life (3.7)

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Karma

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Rigid class system you are born into, can’t change rank (3.7)

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Caste System

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Siddhartha takes parts of Hinduism to live a life of purity and escape the cycle of reincarnation (3.7)

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Buddism

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Universalizing monotheistic faith, believes there is 1 god but does not know who it is (3.7)

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Sikhism

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Sikh’s place of worship (3.7)

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Gurdwara

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Monotheistic, believe the Torah express divine will, live life of purity, ethnic religion (3.7)

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Judaism

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Similar to Judaism, but believes Jesus is the messiah and son of God, universalizing religion (3.7)

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Christianity

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Allah, their God, revealed his teachings through a series of prophets, such as Muhammad (3.7)

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Islam

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Religious journey taken by a person to a sacred place in his or her religion (3.7)

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Pilgramage

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