APHUG- Unit 3 Vocab

Culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative iso

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

Various, mostly animistic religions based in nature and ancestor worship or veneration is a significant component.

Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.

Process by which other cultures adopt customs and knowledge and use them for their own benefit.

The art or practice of designing and constructing buildings.

Tangible object made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced.

The process through which people lose originality differentiating traits, such as dress, speech, particularities, or mannerisms, when they come into contact with another society or culture.

Observable actions or responses of humans or animals.

Tenets or convictions that people hold to be true.

A large and fundamental division within a religion.

The teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceaser when desire ceases and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth.

A set of rigid social categories that determined not only a person's occupation and economic potential, but also his or her position in society.

An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state.

A force that divides people and countries.

A combination of Buddhism with Confucianism, Taoism, and other traditional religions practiced in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior.

The expansion of countries into other countries where they establish settlements and control the people.

The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population.

A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated.

The tendency for cultures to become more alike as they increasingly share technology and organizational structures in a modern world united by improved transportation and communication.

The likelihood or tendency for cultures to become increasingly dissimilar with the passage of time.

Location on Earth's surface where specific cultures first arose.

The visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape.

The practice of judging a culture by its own standards.

The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act.

A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.

A social division based on national origin, religion, language,and often race.

Evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standers and customs of ones own culture.

The socially constructed roles and characteristics by which a culture defines male and female.

Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope.

The spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places.

A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms.

A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.

Language native to a region and spoken by the indigenous people of that region.

Descendants of the people who first lived in a region.

A family of several hundred related languages and dialects, including most major languages of Europe, Iran, and northern India, and historically aso predominant in Anatolia and Central Asia.

A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed which stress belief in one god (Allah), Paradise and Hell, and a body of law written in the Quran

A religion with a belief in one god. It originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people.

The point at which a language no longer has any active speakers.

A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history.

A language used among speakers of different languages for the purpose of trade and commerce.

Religion that are spiritually bound to particular regions.

Tangible, physical items produced and used by members of a specific culture group and reflective of their traditions, lifestyles, and technologies.

Belief in one God.

Culture found in large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics.

The beliefs, practices, aesthetics, and values of a group of people.

Rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members.

A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes.

Belief in many gods.

A group of human beings distinguished by physical traits, blood types, genetic code patterns, or genetically inherited characteristics.

The spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another.

Place or space people infuse with religious meaning.

An indifference to religion and a belief that religion should be excluded from civic affairs and public education.

The feelings that an area has a distinct and meaningful character.

The notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape.

A monotheistic religion that developed in India in the 1400s.

The spread of an underlying principle, even though a specific characteristic is rejected.

A blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith.

The idea that distance between some places is actually shrinking as technology enables more rapid communication and increased interaction among these places.

A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location.

The process of making an area more urban.

The ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important that help guide the way you live.

Of a similar kind.

Differing in kind; dissimilar; varied.

The name given to a place on Earth.

When an idea spread from where it originated and stays strong where it started.

Traditional building styles of different cultures, religions, and places.

Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.

The specific customs that are part of the everyday life of a particular culture, such as language, religion, ethnicity, social institutions, and aspects of popular culture.

Communities that live within or are attached to geographically distant traditional habits or ancestral territories and who identify themselves as being a part of a distinct culture group.

An area within a city containing members of the same ethnic background.

Study of the character and spatial pattern of dialects and languages of a speech.

Decries the modern architectural emphasis on efficiency and industry; it instead tries to design buildings that are visually pleasing and provide a modern link.

The way elements of culture are expressed in the physical world.