AMSCO HGAP VOCAB Knowledge Check #2 (3.5-3.8)

a broader concept that includes a variety of ways of influencing another country or group of people by direct conquest, economic control, or cultural dominance.

type of imperialism in which people move into and settle on the land of another country.

the belief that non-living objects, such as rivers or mountains, possess spirits.

those who use the language learned from birth

a common language used by people who do not share the same native language (Like English)

Words used informally by a segment of the population.

When speakers of two different languages have extensive contact with each other, often because of trade

Over time, two or more separate languages can mix and develop a more formal structure and vocabulary so that they are no longer a pidgin language. They create a new combined language, known as

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

The greater interconnection between places that results from improvements in transportation

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

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

scientists who study languages,

The relationship among these language families is often shown on a

Nearly half of the world's population speaks one of the languages of the

Most of these later vanished, but Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, and Romanian, among others survived and grew.

The boundaries between variations in pronunciations or word usage

Variations in accent, grammar, usage, and spelling create

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

The name of places

one designated by law to be the language of government,

of the same kind

believers in their faith

Belief traditions that emphasize strong cultural characteristics among their followers

actively seeks converts to its faith regardless of their ethnic backgrounds. Universalizing religions are open to all people regardless of their ethnicity, language, social status or nationality.

Classified as an ethnic religion; includes the worship of many deities, so most scholars consider it polytheistic, which means having many gods

means having many gods

means having one god.

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

rigid class structure, that shaped Indian society.

The practice of __________ differs widely from place to place and from ethnic group to ethnic group. However, most __________ emphasize meditating and living in harmony with nature.

the four central beliefs containing the essence of Buddhist teaching

A book that sought to eliminate desire and suffering

relatively new universalizing monotheistic faith; founded by Guru Nanak in the Punjab region

A Sikh's place of worship

s among the first monotheistic faiths.

expresses divine will. It is supplemented by other writings as well as unwritten laws and customs.

murder of six million Jews by Nazi Germany,

Began when followers of a Jewish teacher, Jesus (c. 4 B.C.E. to c. 30 C.E.), evolved into their own religion based on the belief that Jesus was the son of God and the savior of humans.

is the religion followed by Muslims. Muslims believe that Allah—the Arabic word for God—revealed his teachings to humans through a series of prophets. The last of these was Muhammad

The core principles of the Quran

One of the major subdivisions of islam (the bigger one)

One of the major subdivisions of islam (the smaller one)

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

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

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

Ihe fusion or blending of two distinctive cultural traits into a unique new hybrid tra

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

anti-immigrant, attitudes