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Ephrata concept that includes a variety of ways of influencing, another country or group of people by direct conquest, economic control, or cultural dominance

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Imperialism

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A type of imperialism in which people into in title of the land of another country

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Colonialism

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Those who speak a language learn from birth

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Native speakers

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

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Lingua franca

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Words used in formally by segment of the population

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Slang

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A simplified mixture of two languages

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Pidgin language

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Two or more separate languages can make develop a more form, structure and vocabulary

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Creole language

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Ideas, concepts or perceptions that have been created and accepted by people in a society or social group and are not created by nature

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Social constructs

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The greater Interconnection between places that results from improvements in transportation

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Timespace convergence

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Cultures are becoming similar to each other and sharing more cultural traits, ideas and beliefs

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Cultural convergence

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The idea that a culture may change over time of the elements of distance time physical, separation in modern technology create divisions and changes

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Cultural divergence

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Scientists who study languages

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Linguistics

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The relationship among the language families

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Language tree

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A large group of languages that have descended from a language spoken around 6000 years by nearly half of the worlds population

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Indo-European language family

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The unifying language of Latin diverged into dozens of distinct regional languages

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Romance languages

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Boundaries between variations in pronunciations or word usage

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Isoglosses

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Variations in accent, grammar, usage and spelling

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Dialects

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Sayings that attempt to express the truth about life

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Adages

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Names of places

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Toponyms

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One designated, by law to be the language of the government

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Official language

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Made up of ethnically similar people

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Homogenous

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Adapt new language but still same faith

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Beliefs traditions that emphasize strong cultural characteristics among their followers

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Ethnic religions

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Actively converts with faith, regardless of their ethnic backgrounds, open to all people, regardless of their ethnicity language, social status, or nationality

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Universal religion

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Consider all deities as manifestations of one god
Hinduism
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Believing in many gods
Polytheistic
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The idea that there is only one god
Monotheistic
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Taylor Swift believes in this - ideas, have consequences in the present life or future life
Karma
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A rigid class structure that shaped Indian society
Cased system
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Grew out of the teachings of a princess named Siddhartha, lived around 600 BCE
Buddhism
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Relatively universalizing monotheistic faith founded by guru Nanak in the Punjab, reading that crosses the border of India and Pakistan during the 16th century
Sikhism
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Six place of worship, where followers usually attend the service once a week
Gurdwara
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First monotheistic faiths, believe the writing known as Torah expresses divine will
Judaism
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Began when followers of Juneteenth, you know evolved into their own religion based on the belief that Jesus was the son of God and savior of humans
Christianity
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Religion followed by Muslims. Believe in the God Allah.
Islam
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Thoughts to eliminate desire, and suffering, by following the eight fold path
Four noble truths
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Requires an individual to meditate, reflecting, refrain from excessive earthly pleasures
Eightfold path
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Jewish scripture
Torah
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Systematic murder of 6 million Jews by Nazi Germany
Holocaust
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Core principles of the Quran
Five pillars
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Subdivision of Islam, containing 90% of adherents
Sunni
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Subdivision of Islam, containing 10% of adherents
Shia
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Religious journey taken by a person to a secret place of his or her religion
Pilgrimage
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Ethnic or immigrant group, moving to a new area, adopts values, and practices of the larger group that has received the most told me teaming valuable elements of their own culture
Acculturation
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Happens when an ethnic group can no longer be distinguished from the receiving group
Assimilation
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The fugitive blending of two distinctive cultural traits into a new unique hybrid trait
Syncretism
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The coexistence of several cultures in one society, but the ideal of all cultures being valued and worthy of study
Multiculturalism
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Anti-immigrant attitudes my form of manga, cultural majority, sometimes bringing violence in government, actions against immigrants or minority group
Nativist