Unit 3 APHUG Vocab

A way of pronouncing words

Occurs when an ethnic or immigrant group adopts enough of the ways of the host society to be able to function economically and socially

Occurs when an ethnic or immigrant group blends in with the host culture and loses many culturally distinctive traits

A force that threatens the cohesion of a neighborhood

A force that brings people together and unifies a neighborhood

The act of forcefully controlling a foreign territory

A combined language that has a fuller vocabulary than a pidgin language and becomes a native language

The linguistic process where languages converge and create new languages and forms of communication

An approach to understanding other cultures that seeks to understand individuals and cultures from a wider perspective of cultural logic

A single aspect of a given culture or society

A focused geographic area where important innovations are born and from which they spread

A regional variation of a language that is understood by people who speak other variations of that language

A language that is not taught to children by their parents and is not used actively in everyday matters

A people of common ancestry and cultural tradition; characterized by a strong feeling of group identity

A religion identified with a particular ethnic or tribal group that does not seek converts

An approach to understanding other cultures that evaluates them from the perspective of the observer's culture

A language that has only a few elderly speakers still living or no living speakers

Adapting global practices to fit local cultural practices and preferences

The motivating impulse to control greater amounts of territory

A local culture that is no longer the dominant ethnic group within its traditional homeland because of migration

A mutually agreed-upon system of symbolic communication

A group of related languages that share a common ancestry

A language of communication and commerce spoken across a wide area where it is not a mother tongue

Rural

The physical

Relating to the belief in only one god

Intangible elements of culture including a wide range of beliefs

Religion that emphasizes purity of faith and is generally not open to blending with elements of other belief systems

A trade language

The feeling resulting from the standardization of the built environment; occurs where local distinctiveness is erased and many places end up with similar cultural landscapes

A person who is fluent in more than two languages

The belief in many gods

Heterogeneous culture that is more influenced by key urban areas and quick to adopt new technologies; the opposite of a local culture

Describing a religion that spreads its message to others through missionary work

Historically defined by the physical characteristics of a group

A structured set of beliefs and practices through which people seek mental and physical harmony with the powers of the universe

Natural or human-made sites that possess religious meaning and are recognized as worthy of devotion

Less influenced or controlled by religion

How a person feels about a particular place and why it is important to them

Refers to the fact that many places have been controlled or affected by a variety of groups over a period of time; those groups have reshaped the functions or meanings of those places and left behind layers of meaning

The blending of beliefs

A religion that actively seeks new members and believes its message has universal importance and application