CULTURE

a person who believes nothing is known or can be known of the existence of God.

A material aspect of culture

group of languages related through a common ancestor (several thousand years ago)

boundaries between the major religion

society where a female is the dominant figure in household, government, economy

overcrowded ethnic enclave in an urban area characterized by poverty and poor quality housing

practices followed by people of a particular cultural group

Which of the following religions would be a good example of a hierarchal religion?

links b/w groups that unite families, political systems, education systems, religious centers.

The term cultural diffusion refers to the

Chinese cities align toward cardinal directions: North South East & West because...

belief that one culture (most likely your own) is superior to all others

Which of the following is true about popular culture?

social categories that determine a person's occupation, potential, and place in Indian society.

picture, image, representation of Christ, a saint, or any person with religious significance

The worlds 3 major monotheistic religions originated from...

5th pillar of Islam, pilgrimage to Mecca once a year for all Muslims who have the ability

Group of traits that defines a particular culture

Where does French creole originate?

towers attached to a Muslim mosque where muezzins call Muslims to prayer

seeking out and reinvigoration of a regional culture in response to modern world globalization

society in which men hold power over economy, family, government.

An area with shared culture traits

when a language community begins speaking another language, causing their language to die out

culture practiced by a small likeminded, rural, population. Selfsufficient, resistant to change

difference of average expected life spans between different groups of people, nations, races

geographic boundary in which a particular linguistic occurs

area within a city containing members of the same ethnic background

Cultural Landscape can be defined as...

dynamic culture based in large, diverse societies- permit individualism, innovation, change

concentrated spacial distribution, based on one group of people, culture

seeking of knowledge through supernatural means, spiritual forces

location on Earth's surface where specific cultures first arose

administrative division of a larger, more complex religion

local characteristics of a language's grammar and vocab

differences between major branches of one religion

a diverse collection of customs within a cultural group

when people start to produce an aspect of pop culture themselves making it good for their needs

central elements of a culture, expressing its values, beliefs, ideas

specific customs that are part of the everyday life of a particular culture

Name by which a geographic place is known

a population that originated in one location but now has scattered.

Adoption of culture traits by one group under the influence of another

dialect spoken by a particular ethnic group

places on earth that are home to most unique, misunderstood, endangered language

Process by which cultures adopt customs from other cultures & use them for their own benefit

process where people in a local place mediate and alter regional, national,and global processes

Where can most of the Shiite Muslims be found?

Artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages

Collective of cultural regions sharing related culture systems

a war or struggle by Muslims for a moral or spiritual goal against ones sins and unbelievers

set of common customs that shape the identity of a place and the people who live there

traditions that borrow from the past and present

division of a branch that unites a # of local congregations into one legal administrative body

changes over time

Ancestral language category that now includes Indo-European, Atlantic, Kartvelian, Dravidian

In what country are most Hindus concentrated today?

an individual who seeks to diffuse a universalizing religion

landscape affected and varied by the ethnic group living there

Social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

expansion of cultural traits through diffusion, adoption

belief that objects or natural events have a spirit and conscious life

disbelief in the existence of God, or gods.

loss of uniqueness of place in the cultural landscape so that one place looks like the next

Where can you find most of the Amish in the United States?

literal interpretation to basic principles of religion, holds negative view of secular culture

idea that society shapes the spatial nature of our world

language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language