Unit 3 vocab

Question 1

Acculturation

Answer 1

adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group under the influence of another

Question 2

Architecture

Answer 2

the art or practice of designing and constructing buildings.

Question 3

Artifacts

Answer 3

The material manifestation of culture, including tools, housing,systems of land use, clothing, etc. “What a culture uses”

Question 4

Assimilation

Answer 4

the process of a person or group losing the cultural traits that made them distinct from the people around them

Question 5

Branch

Answer 5

a major division within a religion

Question 6

Caste System

Answer 6

a rigid set of social classes that provides privileges for the higher classes and limits on the lower classes - a person is born in a caste and castes only change upon reincarnation

Question 7

Creole or creolized language

Answer 7

a language that began as a combination of two other languages and is spoken as the primary language of a group of people

Question 8

Cultural convergence

Answer 8

when two cultures become more similar because of frequent interactions

Question 9

Cultural divergence

Answer 9

when a culture splits into different cultures because of lack of interaction

Question 10

Cultural relativism

Answer 10

the idea that a person’s beliefs, values, and practices should be
understood based on that person’s own culture, rather than be judged through the eyes of another culture

Question 11

dialect

Answer 11

different forms of the same language used by groups that have some different vocabulary and pronunciations

Question 12

diaspora

Answer 12

the scattering a of people from their homeland (especially the Jews from the Holy Land)

Question 13

Indigenous (Folk/Ethnic) Culture

Answer 13

the cultural traditions that are generally held by a specific ethnic group, often localized in a specific area

Question 14

Indigenous language

Answer 14

a language that is native to a region and spoken by indigenous people

Question 15

Indigenous people

Answer 15

the original settlers of a given region, in contrast to groups that have settled the area more recently

Question 16

Language extinction

Answer 16

a language that is no longer spoken by anyone as their native language

Question 17

Language family

Answer 17

a collection of languages that are all descended from an original,proto-language

Question 18

Lingua franca

Answer 18

a language that groups of people who don’t speak the same language use to communicate often for trade or business

Question 19

Mentifacts

Answer 19

the central, enduring elements of a culture expressing its values
and beliefs, including language, religion, folklore, and etc. “What
a culture believes”

Question 20

Multiculturalism

Answer 20

when various ethnic groups coexist with one another without having to sacrifice their particular identities

Question 21

Pilgrimage

Answer 21

a journey to a location that has religious significance

Question 22

Secularism

Answer 22

a philosophy that interprets life on principles taken solely from the material world, without recourse to religion.

Question 23

Sense of place

Answer 23

a strong feeling of identity that is deeply felt by inhabitants and visitors of a location

Question 24

Sequent occupance

Answer 24

the idea that the current cultural landscape is a combination of
all the societies who lived there previously and the changes each
group made

Question 25

Sociofacts

Answer 25

the institutions and links between individuals and groups that unite
a culture, including family structure and political, educational and
religious institutions. “What a culture does”

Question 26

Syncretism

Answer 26

the blending traits from two different cultures to form a new trait

Question 27

taboo

Answer 27

something that is forbidden by a culture or a religion, sometimes so forbidden that it is often not even discussed

Question 28

Universalizing religion

Answer 28

a religion that attempts to appeal to all people and has a worldwide focus as opposed to a regional focus

Question 29

Ethnic Religion

Answer 29

a religion that is focused on a single ethnic group (often in a
centralized area) that doesn’t attempt to appeal to all people

Question 30

Ethnocentrism

Answer 30

judging people or traditions based on your own cultural standards

Question 31

Gender

Answer 31

Cultural differences in the expectations of behavior by men and women in a specific society