Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

AP Huge > Unit 3: Folk And Popular Culture/Languages/Religions > Flashcards

Unit 3: Folk And Popular Culture/Languages/Religions Flashcards

1
Q

Folk Culture

A

Culture traditionally practiced by small, homogeneous, rural groups living in a relatively isolated place from other groups

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Habit

A

Repetitive acts performed by a particular individual

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Popular Culture

A

Culture found in a large, heterogenous society that shares certain habits despite differences and other personal characteristics

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Taboo

A

Restriction on behavior imposed by social custom

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Terroir

A

The contribution of the locations distinctive physical features to the way food tastes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Creole

A

A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer’s language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Denglish

A

A combination of German and English

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Dialect

A

A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Ebonics

A

A dialect spoken by some African-Americans

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Extinct language

A

The language that was once to used by people in daily activities but is no longer used

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Franglais

A

A term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language; a combination of français and anglais, the French words for French and English, respectively

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Isogloss

A

A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Isolated language

A

A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Language

A

A system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Language branch

A

A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago. Differences are not as extensive or as old as with language families, and archaeological evidence can confirm that the branch is derived from the same family

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Language family

A

A collection of languages related to each other through common ancestor long before recorded history

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Language group

A

A collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively few differences and grammar and vocabulary

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Lingua Franca

A

A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Literary tradition

A

Language that is written as well as spoken

20
Q

Logogram

A

A symbol that represents the word rather than a sound

21
Q

Official language

A

The language adopted for use by the government for the conduct business and publication of documents

22
Q

Pidgin language

A

A form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a Lingua Franca; used for communications among speakers of two different languages

23
Q

Received Pronunciation (RP)

A

The dialect of English associated with upper-class Britons living in England and now considered standard in the United Kingdom

24
Q

Spanglish

A

A combination of Spanish English spoken by Hispanic Americans

25
Q

Standard language

A

The form of language used for official government business, education, and mass communications

26
Q

Vulgar Latin

A

A form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents

27
Q

Agnosticism

A

Belief that nothing can be known about whether God exists

28
Q

Animism

A

Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life

29
Q

Atheism

A

Belief that God does not exist

30
Q

Autonomous religion

A

A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally

31
Q

Branch

A

A large and fundamental division within a religion

32
Q

Caste

A

The class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned, according to religious law

33
Q

Cosmogony

A

A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe

34
Q

Denomination

A

A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations into a single legal and administrative body

35
Q

Ethnic religion

A

A religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution who’s principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which it’s adherents are concentrated

36
Q

Fundamentalism

A

Literal interpretation and strict is adherence to basic principles of a religion (or religious branch, denomination, or sect)

37
Q

Ghetto

A

During the Middle Ages, a neighborhood in the city set up by law to be inhabited only by Jews; now used to denote a section of the city in which members of any minority group live because of social, legal, or economic pressure

38
Q

Hierarchical religion

A

A religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control

39
Q

Missionary

A

An individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion

40
Q

Monotheism

A

The doctrine of or belief in the existence of only one God

41
Q

Pagan

A

A follower of a polytheistic religion

42
Q

Pilgrimage

A

A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes

43
Q

Sect

A

A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination

44
Q

Solstice

A

An astronomical event that happens twice each year, when the tilt of earth’s axis is most inclined toward or away from the sun, causing the sun’s of current position in the sky to reach it’s northernmost or southernmost extreme, and resulting in the shortest and longest days of the year

45
Q

Syncretic

A

A religion the combines several traditions

46
Q

Universalizing religion

A

A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location

47
Q

Custom

A

The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act

AP Huge (3 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions