UNIT 3: Chapter Seven - 3.5 & 3.6, Pages 164-170

Question 1

Imperialism

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Colonialism

Answer 2

A particular type of imperialism in which people move into and settle on the land of another country.

Question 3

Animism

Answer 3

The belief that non-living objects, such as rivers or mountains, possess spirits.

Question 4

Native Speakers

Answer 4

Those who use the language learned from birth.

Question 5

Lingua Franca

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Slang

Answer 6

Words used informally by a segment of the population.

Question 7

Pidgin Language

Answer 7

A simplified mixture of two languages.

Question 8

Creole Language

Answer 8

Creating a new combined language.

Question 9

Social Constructs

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Time-space Convergence

Answer 10

The greater interconnection between places that results from improvements in transportation.

Question 11

Cultural Convergence

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Cultural Divergence

Answer 12

The idea that a culture may change over time as the elements of distance, time, physical separation, and modern technology creat division and changes.