Unit 4 Culture Test Review

the mix of values, beliefs, behaviors, and material objects that form(i.e. cultivate) a people’s way of life.

group that shares parts of dominant culture but has their own distinctive values, norms, language, and material culture.

primarily appeals to one group of people living in one place.

Belief in No Gods

Crescent and Star

Believe that Arabic is the sacred language...

Many of the lesser known Asian religions/belief systems share many things in common with...

when the less dominant culture loses native customs completely.

Believe that Hebrew is the sacred language...

Belief in reincarnation and karma

Star of David

the practice of judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture.

Ideas, beliefs, values, etc. are examples of...

the combination of different cultural concepts into one.

Independent Inventions are cultural traits that develop in many hearths apart from interaction with one another.

The 2 major branches of Islam are Sunni and Shiite

Many of the less common Asian religions share a lot in common with Christianity.

Believe that Mohammed was the last and final prophet.

studies the relationship between the natural environment and culture.

any behavior, attitude, or belief outside of the norm of religious beliefs or practices.

the area where a cultural trait first began.

Trace their roots to Abraham...

A belief that all natural objects contain a spirit and conscious life.

Common values, beliefs, behaviors, and artifacts that make one place distinct.

a part of a city where a minority group lives because of economic, political, or social discriminations.

the spread of culture to areas surrounding the cultural hearth.

Houses, furniture, books, etc are examples of...

culture group made up of the original inhabitants of a territory that is distinct from the dominant national culture.

attempts to be global, to appeal to all people wherever they live, not just those of one culture or location.

Transculturation is the two way flow of culture between the dominant and less dominant culture.

Two languages become one because of close spatial interaction.

the practice of evaluating a culture by its own standards.

Polytheistic

An area marked by culture that distinguishes it from other regions.

The earliest cultural hearths developed mainly along waterways.

Cross

places that reveal a society’s cultural identity through nature as well as through architecture and artifacts.

the process of the less dominant culture adopting the traits of the more dominant one.

is a language systematically used to make communication possible between people not sharing an original language.

A group of interconnected culture complexes. Any area with strong cultural ties that bind its people together.

A single attribute of a culture. Often not confined to a single area

is a regional variation of a language distinguished by distinctive vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.

Believe the Ganges River is sacred

is the language used by the government when making laws, reports, public objects, money, and stamps.

A large area marked by a number of cultural regions. It is set apart from other world areas because of these regions.

Monotheistic

the dispersing of the Jewish people from their original homeland

is the study of how and why cultures vary over space.

the practices of a relatively small group of people in a focused area.

a system of beliefs and practices that attempts to order life in terms of culturally perceived ultimate priorities.

norms are traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups.