test 3 Flashcards
what is an assembly of people brought together for religion
congregation
what is a division in a religion
branch
what refers to a strict adherence of scripture or principles in a religion
fundamentalism
what is a class within a religion
caste
what is the blending of religions
syncretism
this type of religion would typically mimic the culture and religion surrounding it, emphasizing the typical physical features in its area. this would be what
ethic religion
what is an individual who helps spread a religion in a land not native to their own
a missionary
what is the belief that objects have a spirit
animism
what is the belief that the existence of God cannot be proven
agnosticism
what is a form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents
vulgar latin
a form of language used for official government buisness, education, and mass communications
standard language
a language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages
lingua franca
a collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocab
language group
within a language family the collection of languages that are related through a common ancestral langauge that existed several thousand years ago
langauge branch
a system of communication
langauge
a langauge unrelated to any other and therefore not attached to any langauge family
language
_____ is a regianal varitaiton of a langauge distinguished by disincitve vocab spelling and pronunciation
ebonics
a ______is a regianal varitaiton of a langauge distinguished by disincitve vocab spelling and pronunciation
dialect
the dialect of english associated with upper class britons living in the london and now considered standard in the US
recieved pronunciation
the spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places
hierechial diffusion
the process by which a feautre spreads from one place to another over time
diffusion
the unauthorized and clandestine deployment of a virus to observe or destroy data in the computer systems of government agencies and large corporations
cyber espionage
the contributuion of a locations distinctive physical features to the way food tastes
terrior
a gesture forbidden or not accepted in ones society
taboo
type of culture that spread to multiple locations and is shared by different cultural groups
poplular culture
a phenomenon describes the interconnectedness between countries and the emergence of one common culture
globalization
the repetitive act of a group preformed to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group
custom
a small homogenous population that is typically rural and cohesive in cultural traits that are passed down from generation to genereation
folk culture
a statement that can be proven to be false
alternative fact
three major monotheistic religions
christianity judiasm and islam
cultural identity through shared traits such as language or religion
ethnicity
80% of indias people follow this religion
hinduism
at what hearth did buddhism originate from
india
what is polytheism
belief in more than one god
what is the major symbol in christianity
a cross, fish, or martyr
what are the names of two religions who have a taboo against pork
Judaism and islam
what is monotheism
the belief of the existence of only one god
what is a place name that reveals what is important to people and what the land is like
toponym
why is the extinction of languages a problem
when a language dies, part of its culture does too
which of the following was an extinct language but has since been revived
hebrew
the french creole is a what combined two simplified languages to form a lingua franca
pigeon language
what is the second largest language family
sino-tibetan language
the sharing of ideas or cultural across borders, like the us and mexico is called what
transculturation
hierarchial diffusion means that
spread of an idea from persons of authority or power to other person
models in geography deal with what?
relation of things in physical space
this similar use of beaches that one can enjoy around the world is known as
a uniform landscape
if i can understand you and you can understand me, this is called
mutual interlligability
why do geographers study the distribution of various religions in the world
to better understand how religion impacts society
how is shamanisn connected to animism
shamans are often part of animist cultures
the center of a culture
hearth
these differences in pronunciation are called
accents
what do we call aspects of a large, diverse culture that can bind various subcultures within it together?
popular culture
what do we call the beliefs and traditions of a group of people
culture
a state is an example of what kind of region
a formal
the study of how the environment and humans affect each other____geography
cultural
why do fewer people in the US speak different languages as compared to people in europe?
In the US ones much more likely to be surrounded by large areas where most people speak english than in europe where there are many small countries with different languages
what is geography
the study of physical figures in related to humans
what do we call the traditions and beliefs of a group of people
culture
spatial analysis is also called
area analysis and locational analysis
