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Unit 3: Cultural Patterns & Processes Flashcards

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Culture

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a group’s learned behaviors, actions, beliefs, and objects.

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Visible Culture

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seen in groups’ actions, possessions, and influence on the landscape.

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Invisible Culture

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guiding people through shared belief systems, customs, and traditions.

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Cultural Traits

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types of visible/invisible elements i.e. language, religion, ethnicity, social institutions.

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Cultural Complex

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a set of interconnected cultural traits i.e. the process of greeting someone in a different culture.

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Taboos

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behaviours heavily discouraged by cultures.

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Traditional Culture

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used to encompass traditional, folk, and indigenous cultures; all three share the function of passing down long-held beliefs, values, and practices.

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Folk Culture

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beliefs and practices of small, homogenous groups of people (often living in rural areas that are isolated and slow to change). They demonstrate how humans adapt to their physical environment.

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Indigenous Culture

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when members live in their ancestral lands and possess unique cultural traits (i.e. exclusive language); many have been displaced from their original lands.

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Globalization

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refers to the increased integration of the world economy since the 1970’s, and has had profound impacts on culture.

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Popular Culture

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when cultural traits (i.e. clothes, music) spread over a large area very quickly; usually are short-living and also begins in an urban area and diffuses from there.

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Horizontal Diversity

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own, distinct languages and customs yet people in the group are homogenous i.e. traditional cultures.

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Vertical Diversity

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multiethnic neighborhoods exist and people in the area are heterogenous; usually in urban areas i.e. popular cultures.

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Artifacts/Material Culture

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tangible things that can be perceived by the senses i.e. food, sports.

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Mentifact/Nonmaterial Culture

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intangible concepts such as beliefs and values.

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Sociofacts

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the ways people organize societies and their relation; embodied through family, govt., etc.

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Placelessness

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phenomenon when modern cultural landscapes exhibit homogeneity i.e. similarity between Chicago and LA.

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Cultural Landscape

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the visible reflection of culture i.e. China’s houses are different than Germany’s.

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Traditional Architecture

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style that reflects a local culture’s history, beliefs, values, and community adaptations to the environment i.e. Spanish adobe houses.

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Contemporary Architecture

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style that uses multiple advancements to curve, rotate, and stretch the limits of size/height of buildings.

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Ethnicity

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membership within a group of people who have common experiences and share similar characteristics such as ancestry, language, or history.

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Ethnic Enclaves

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clusters of people of the same ethnicity in an urban area.

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Gendered Spaces

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areas in which particular genders of people, and particular types of gender expression, are considered welcome or appropriate, and other types are unwelcome or inappropriate i.e. women’s restrooms.

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Cultural Regions

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regions that are usually determined based on characteristics such as religion, language, and ethnicity.

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Sacred Places

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specific places/natural locations that have religious significance i.e. Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

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Christian Landscape

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churches (cross, original architecture: Mediterranean dome shapes or steep-pitched roofs), bury the dead underground.

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Hindu Landscape

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temples (complex sculptures of deities/characters, located near rivers as they are considered holy), cremation (burning of the dead).

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Buddhist Landscape

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meditation/harmonizing with nature (represented in stupas), pagodas (used as temples), usually cremate.

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Jewish Landscape

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synagogues/temples, which vary in size based on how many Jews are in the area, bury the dead.

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Diaspora

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scattering of a group of people because of persecution or oppression.

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Islamic Landscape

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mosque (dome architecture with complex Islamic writing), burial of the dead.

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Shinto Landscape

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cultural hearth lies in Japan and emphasizes relation between one and nature, torii (gateway from outside world to sacred space).

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Charter Group

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first group to establish cultural/religious customs in a space i.e. Native Americans in North America.

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Ethnic Islands (Rural)

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ethnic concentrations in rural areas, maintain strong sense of cohesion.

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Ethnic Islands (Urban)

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occupied by migrants who settle in a charter group’s former space.

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Sequence Occupancy

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ethnic groups moving in and out of neighborhoods which creates new cultural imprints on the landscape.

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Neolocalism

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process of re-embracing the uniqueness of a place i.e. neighborhood hosts festival to celebrate food, history, etc.

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Cultural Patterns

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consist of related sets of cultural traits and complexes that create similar behaviors across space.

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Culture Hearth

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where a religion/ethnicity starts.

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Regional Religious Patterns in the U.S.

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Congregationalists are still strong New England; Baptists/Methodists are most common in the Southeast; Lutherans live mostly in the Midwest; Mormons live in Utah; Roman Catholics are common in the Northeast/Southwest; Jews, Muslims, & Hindus live in urban areas.

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Nationality

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based on people’s connection with a country.

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Centripetal Forces

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forces that unify a group of people or a region i.e. common heritage, common language, etc.

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Centrifugal Forces

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forces that divide a group of people or a region i.e. different languages, separate pasts, dictatorship, etc.

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Sharia

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the legal framework of a country derived from Islamic edicts taken from the Qur’an.

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Blue Laws

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laws that restrict certain things on Sundays i.e. the restriction of selling of alcohol on Sunday.

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Food Taboos

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prohibitions against eating certain things i.e. many Hindus don’t eat beef, and many Jews/Muslims don’t eat pork.

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Fundamentalism

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an attempt to follow a literal interpretation of a religious faith; believe that people should live traditional lives based on the holy book.

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Theocracies

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countries whose governments are run by religious leaders through the use of religious laws i.e. Iran.

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Ethnocentric

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belief that their own cultural group is more important and superior to others’ culture; don’t seek to understand different cultures.

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Cultural Relativism

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the concept that a person’s or group’s beliefs, values, norms, and practices should be understood from the other group’s perspective.

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Cultural Appropriation

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action of adopting traits, icons, or other elements of another culture i.e. dressing up as an inaccurate Indigenous costume for Halloween.

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Diffusion

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spread of information, ideas, behaviours, and other aspects of culture from their hearths to wider areas.

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Relocation Diffusion

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the spread of culture/cultural traits by people who migrate and carry their culture with them.

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Expansion Diffusion

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spread of cultural traits outwards through exchange without migration.

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Contagious Diffusion

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cultural trait spreads continuously out from its hearth through contact among people.

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Hierarchical Diffusion

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spread of culture outward from the most interconnected places or from centers of wealth/influence.

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Reverse Hierarchical Diffusion

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cultural traits diffused from a group of lower status to a group of higher status.

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Stimulus Diffusion

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when an underlying idea from the hearth is adopted by another culture but the adopting culture modifies/rejects one trait.

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Imperialism

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includes variety of ways of influencing another country or group of people by direct conquest, economic control, or cultural dominance.

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Colonialism

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type of imperialism where people move and settle into the land of another country.

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Animism

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the belief that non-living objects, like mountains and rivers, possess spirits.

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Native Speakers

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those who use the language they learned from birth.

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Lingua Franca

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a common language used by people who don’t share the same native language.

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Slang

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words used informally by a segment of the population.

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Pidgin Language

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a simplified mixture of two languages.

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Creole Language

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two languages that have culminated and developed more structured rules, so they are no longer a pidgin language.

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Social Constructs

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ideas, concepts, and 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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Time-Space Convergence

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greater interconnection between places because of improved transportation.

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Cultural Convergence

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

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Cultural Divergence

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

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Linguists

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scientists who study languages.

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Language Tree

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shows relationship between languages.

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Indo-European Language Family

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large group of languages that descended from a language spoken around 6,000 years ago i.e. Hindi, Russian, English, Welsh, French.

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Romance Languages

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unifying language of Latin splitting into multiple languages i.e. Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, French, Romanian.

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Isoglosses

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boundaries between variations in pronunciations or word usage.

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Dialects

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regional variations of a language; can create subregions.

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Adages

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sayings that attempt to express a truth about life.

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Toponyms

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names of places.

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Official Language

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a language designated by law to be the language of government.

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Homogenous

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made up of similar ethnic groups i.e. Slovenia, Japan.

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Adherents

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believers in their faith.

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Ethnic Religions

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belief traditions that emphasize strong cultural characteristics among their followers i.e. Hinduism and Judaism.

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Universal Religions

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actively seeks converts to its faith regardless of their ethnic background i.e. Christianity and Islam.

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Hinduism

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polytheistic; believe in karma; worked closely with caste system; reincarnation.

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Polytheistic

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having many gods.

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Monotheistic

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having one god.

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Karma

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idea that behaviours have consequences in the present or future life.

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Caste System

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rigid class structure that helped shape Indian society.

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Buddhism

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grew out of the teachings of Siddhartha (Buddha); accepted Hindu beliefs but rejected caste system; 4 Noble Truths sought to eliminate suffering through Eightfold Path; goal is nirvana.

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Four Noble Truths

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summary of Buddha’s doctrines (sought to eliminate suffering through Eightfold Path).

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Eightfold Path

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8 steps to achieve nirvana and stop suffering.

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Sikhism

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founded by Guru Nanak in Punjab; stresses serving others and hard work; Singh and Kaur to create more equal society; gurdwara.

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Gurdwara

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Sikh place of worship; required to have a food kitchen that serves people of all faith.

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Judaism

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first monotheistic religion; Torah expresses divine will; used to live in North Africa and Middle East but started to find new home and began migration to U.S.; Holocaust.

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Torah

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Jew holy book that expresses divine will.

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Holocaust

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large persecution and genocide of Jews during World War 2 by Nazi Germany; 6 million Jews were killed.

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Christianity

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began with teachings of Jesus; emphasized love and faith; spread from Middle East to Europe and the Americas and even Africa; 3 types (Protestant, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox).

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Islam

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believe that Allah revealed teachings through a series of prophets (Muhammad was final prophet); Muhammad shared them through Qur’an; 5 pillars; Sharia; 2 subdivisions (Sunni and Shia).

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Five Pillars

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ritual prayer 5 times a day. belief in only Allah, haj (travel to Mecca once in your life); almsgiving, and fasting during Ramadan.

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Sunni

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subdivision of Islam; 90% of adherents.

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Shia

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subdivision of Islam; 10% of adherents; Pakistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Yemen.

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Pilgrimage

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religious journey taken by a person to a sacred place of their religion.

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Acculturation

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when ethnic or immigrant group moving to a new area adopts the values and practices of the larger group that has received them, while still maintaining their own culture.

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Assimilation

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when ethnic group cannot be distinguished from receiving group.

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Syncretism

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fusion of two cultural traits to create a new cultural trait.

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Multiculturalism

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the coexistence of several cultures in one place with the idea that all cultures are worth studying.

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Nativist

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anti-immigrant.

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