AP HUG unit 3 vocab

Acculturation

When a group adopts some traits of another culture while keeping parts of its original culture.

Assimilation

When a group adopts another culture and gradually loses its original cultural identity.

Buddhism

A religion sounded in India that teaches enlightenment through wisdom, meditation, and moral living.

Centrifugal force

A froce that divides people and weakens unity within a society.

Centripetal force

A force that brings people together and creates unity within a country or society.

Christianity

A monotheistic religion beased on the teachings of Jesus Christ.

Colonialism

When a country takes control of another territory and its people for political or economic gain.

Contagious diffusion

The spread of an idea or cultural trait through direct contact from person to person.

Creolization

The blending of different languages or cultures to create something new.

Cultural convergence

When cultures become more similar through interaction and shared ideas.

Cultural divergence

When cultures become less similar by separating or maintaining different traditions.

Cultural Hearth

A place where a major cultrual idea or trait begins and spreads.

Cultural landscape

The visible changes people make to the natural enviornment based on their culture.

Cultural relativism

Understanding a culture based on its own beliefs and vaues rather than judging it by your own.

Cultural trait

A single feature of a culture, such as food, clothing, language, or relgion.

Dialect

A regional variation of a language with differences in pronunciation, vocabulary, or grammar.

Ethnic religion

A religion closely tied to a particular ethnic group or geographic area

Ethnicicty

A person’s cultural identity based on shared ancestry, traditions, langauge, or history.

Ethnocentrism

Believing your own culture is superior to other cultures.

Expanision diffusion

The spread of an idea or cultural trait while it remains strong in its original location.

Gender

Socially constructed roles, behaviors, and expectations associated with being male, female, or another gender identity.

Globalization

The increasing connection and interaction of people, cultures, and economies around the world.

Hearth

The original place where an idea, innovation, or cultural trait began.

Hierarchical diffsusion

The spread of ideas from important people of major places to others.

Hinduism

A major religion that originated in Inida and includes beliefs such as karma, dharma, and reincarnation.

Imperialism

When a powerful country extends its control or influence over another country or territory.

Indigenous Language

A language originially spoken by native people of a particular region

Indo-European language family

A large group of related languages that includes English, Spanish, French, Hindia, etc.

Islam

A monotheistic religion based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammed and the belief in one God, Allah.

Judaisism

A monotheistic religion based on belief in one God and Jewish traditions and teachings.

Language

A system of communication using spoken, written, or signed words and symbols.

Language family

A group of languages that developed from the same original langauge

Lingua Franca

A common language used by people who speak different native languages to communicate.

Multiculturalism

The presence and acceptance of multiple cultures within one society.

Placelessness

When places lose their unique characteristics and begin to look alike because of globalization.

Placemaking

The process of creating or improving public spaces to make them meaningful and useful to a community.

Relocation diffusion

The spread of cultrue when people move from one place to another and bring their traditions with them.

Sequent occupance

The idea that different groups of people leave their cultural marks on a place over time.

Sikhism

A monotheistic religion that began in India and teaches equality, service, and belief in one God.

Stimulus diffusion

When an idea spreads to another culture, but the receiving culture changes or adapts it.

Syncretic religion

A religion that combines beliefs and practices different religions or cultures.

Universalizing religion

A religion that seems to spread its beliefs to people throughout the world.