Chapter 5

Center from where cultures developed & from which ideas & traditions spread outward is a culture hearth.

Why do social systems develop within cultures?

Culture hearths did not start as farming settlements with mild climates and fertile lands.

What can be learned about a culture from its literature and art?

How can trade and migration lead to cultural diffusion?

How is a Japanese family attending a baseball game an example of cultural diffusion?

More languages are being lost to globalization than ever before.

What is cultural diffusion?

Cultural expressions include

What is cultural divergence?

Cultures become less alike over time according to cultural convergence.

English is a world language making it lingua franca.

Islam and Christianity have shaped the culture of Africa South of the Sahara.

Lingua franca is a common language

Judaism and Islam both teach

Migration is the movement of people from one place to another.

Middle America & Mesopotamia are considered culture hearths because

Why have other cultures not embraced Western culture?

All other culture groups have happily adopted Western culture traits.

The relationship between culture, government, & the economy is explained through

Globalization is

Globalization is not the reason the world is more aware of global cultures than ever before?

Poverty and drought are push factors of migration because