AP Human Geography- UNIT 3, Culture

Vocab from chapters 4,5, & 6 from UNIT 3

Acculturation

Process of adjustment to the dominant culture

Assimilation

Process of giving up cultural norms and adopting traits of the more dominant group

Custom

A repetitive act that becomes characteristic of a group

Folk Culture

A small homogeneous rural group, often living in isolation from other groups

Habit

A repetitive act

Popular culture

A heterogeneous society that shares customs and habits despite differences in personal characteristics

Taboo

A social norm that restricts behavior

Terrior

Earths contribution on how food tastes

Language

A system of communication through the use of a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning

Language Branch

A collection of related languages that share a common ancestral language that is confirmed through archaeological evidence

Language Family

A collection of related languages through a common ancestral language that occurred long before recorded history

Language Group

A collection of languages within a branch that shares common origins in a relatively recent past

Lingua Franca

A language mutually understood and used in trade by people who have various native tongues

Literary Tradition

A language that is written and spoken

Logogram

A symbol that represents a word rather than a sound

Official Language

The language adopted for the use of a government

Standard Language

The language used for mass communication, education and business

Vigorous Language

A language that is spoken daily

Isolated Languge

An unrelated language that is not attached to a language family

Pidgin Language

A form of speech that uses simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca

Franglais

A mix of French and English

Ebonics

Dialect spoken by Africans

Denglish

A mix of German and English

Creole Language

The mixing of a colonizer´s language with the indigenous language, becoming the dominant language spoken in the location

Isogloss

A boundary line between two distinct linguistic regions

Dialect

A regional variation of the same language

Branch

A large and fundamental division within a religion

Agnosticism

The belief that the existence of God cannot be proven empirically

Syncretism

Combining several traditions

Pilgrimage

voluntary travel by an adherent to a sacred site to pay respects or participate in a ritual at the site

Universalizing Religion

offers belief systems that are attractive to the universal population

Hierarchical Religion

A religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control

Caste

The class of distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned according to religious law

Ghetto

Once a neighborhood in a city set up by law to be inhabited only by one culture group but presently denotes a separation of members of a minority group

Congregation

A local assembly of persons brought together by common worship

Autonomous Religion

A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally

Fundamentalism

Literal and strict adherence to basic principals of the religion

Atheism

The belief that God does not exist

Ethnic Religion

relates closely to culture, ethnic heritage, and to the physical geography of a particular place

Denomination

A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body.

Missionary

An individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion

Animism

Belief that objects have spiritual life

Karma

The notion that every action a person takes, whether good or bad, has a consequence in the future.

Reincarnation

The idea that after this life you will come back in another life either as a plant, animal, or a human life.

Ottoman Empire

Will spread the Islamic faith across the Middle East and North Africa

Jerusalem

Mount Moriah is located there

Taliban

A fundamentalist group that takes the implementation of the religion to the point of violence

Synagogue

A house of worship for the Jewish Faith

Roman Empire

Will spread Christianity throughout Europe

Adherents

Believers of a faith

Stupa

A tall, often dome shape Buddhist structure