unit 3.6-8

Question 1

are ideas, concepts, or perceptions that have been created and accepted by people in a society or social group and are not created by nature

Answer 1

social constructs

Question 2

cultures are becoming similar to each other and sharing more cultural traits, ideas, and beliefs

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cultural convergence

Question 3

is the idea that a culture may change over time as the elements of distances, time, physical separation, and modern technology create division and changes

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cultural divergence

Question 4

scientist that study languages

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linguists

Question 5

the relationship among language families is show on this; is suggest how several languages are related to each other, as well as how one language grows out from another.

Answer 5

language tree

Question 6

a large group of languages that might have descended from a language spoken around 6000 years ago. one of the major families

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Indo-European language family

Question 7

the unifying language of Latin diverged into dozens of distinct regional languages

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romance languages

Question 8

the boundaries between variations in pronunciations or word-usage

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isoglosses

Question 9

variations in accent, grammar, usage, and spelling; or regional variations of a language

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dialects

Question 10

sayings that attempt to express a truth about life, such as “early bird gets the worm”

Answer 10

Adages

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names of places

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toponyms

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one designated by law to be the language government, come countries do

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official language

Question 13

made up largely of ethnically similar people such a as in Iceland and Japan

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Homogenous

Question 14

adopts new languages but keep their religion; believers in their faith

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Adherents

Question 15

are belief traditions that emphasize strong culture characteristics among their followers

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ethnic religions

Question 16

actively seeks converts to its faith regardless of their ethnic backgrounds

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universal religion

Question 17

having many gods

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polytheistic

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having one god

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monotheistic

Question 19

the idea that behaviors have consequences in present life or a future life

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karma

Question 20

a rigid class structure

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caste system

Question 21

grew out of the teachings of a Prince named Siddhartha. Accepts the belief of Hinduism but rejects the caste system- expansion across east and southeast asia, relocation throughout world

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Buddhism

Question 22

relatively new; founded by Guru Nanak in the Punjab region, stresses honesty, faith, hard work-contagious, relocation across British empire and untied states

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Sikhism

Question 23

a Sikh’s place or worship

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Gurdwara

Question 24

believe the Torah expresses divine will, home place Israel- relocation throughout North Africa and Europe forced by Romans

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Judaism

Question 25

began when followers of Jewish teacher Jesus- contagious throughout the middle east, Europe, and Central Asia

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Christianity

Question 26

religion followed by Muslims, believe that Allah revealed his teachings through prophets like Muhammad- Contagious by trade in Spain, Africa, Asia- relocation throughout world

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Islam

Question 27

a religious journey taken by a person to be a sacred place of his or hers religion

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pilgrimage

Question 28

making people of different places are more alike

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homogenization

Question 29

an ethnic or immigrant group moving to a new area and adopts the values and practices of the larger group that has received them, while maintaining valuable elements of their cultures

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acculturation

Question 30

happens when an ethnic group can no longer be distinguished from the receiving groups

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assimilation

Question 31

the fusion or blending of two distinctive cultural traits into a unique new hybrid trait

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syncretism

Question 32

is a form of syncretism that involves the creation of products or service for the global market by adopting local cultures

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Glocalization

Question 33

the coexistence of several cultures in one society with the ideal of all cultures being valued and worthy of study

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multiculturalism

Question 34

anti-immigrant; attitudes may form among the cultures majority, sometimes bringing violence or government actions against immigration

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Nativist