Chapter 7 Flashcards
the way of life in a society
culture
Cultural Regions Require
- Criteria for inclusion
- Date or time period
- Spatial scale
- Boundary lines
initial settlement
First Effective Settlement
a strong sense of place
Homeland
region created by occupants or outsiders
Vernacular regions
changes in technology, organization, and ideologies
Cultural Adaptation
the spread of culture
Cultural Diffusion
representation of a real world process
simulation
human association based on loyalty and personal contact
Gemeinshaft
important features of a language
- source of group unity
- identifying factor
- people interact more within their language group
- spatial variations in language
belonging to a nation
nationalism
states where there is at least one linguistic minority
Multilingual states
an existing language used for communication between two groups
Lingua Franca
a new language for commerce between two languages
pidgin
when a generation has pidgin as their mother tongue
creole