Culture Vocab Flashcards
Diffusion
The spreading of ideas, inventions, and patterns of behavior
Dialect
A particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group
Society
A group that shares a geographic region, a sense of identity, and creative expressions
Culture
The total knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by members of a specific group
Ethnic Group
Has an identity as a separate group of people within the region where they live
Innovation
Taking technology that already exists to creat something new to solve a problem
State
A nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government
Cultural Hearth
A place from which innovations spread to many different cultures
Cultural Divergence
Cultures become increasingly different over time
Acculturation
Occurs when a society changes because it accepts or adopts an innovation
Religion
The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power
Judaism
- Originated Middle East (Israel/Palestine)
- monotheistic
- afterlife
- Abraham
- Second Temple, Western Wall
- Synagogue, pray, Torah
Christianity
- Middle East (Israel/Palestine)
- monotheistic (God/Holy Spirit/Jesus)
- afterlife
- Abraham, Paul
- Church, Bible, pray
Islam
- Middle East (Palestine, Saudi Arabia)
- monotheistic
- afterlife
- Abraham, Allah, Muhammad
- Mecca, Medina
- mousqe, Qur’an, 5 Pillars of Faith
Buddhism
- India
- no personal god
- reincarnation/karma
- lead moral life, meditate, gain wisdom
- Siddhartha Gautama
- Lumbuni, Bodhgaya, Saranth, Kushiarna
- diversity in worship
