AP HG Vocab U3

cultural relativism

the idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that person's own culture, rather than be judged against the criteria of another

Ethnocentrism

using your own culture as the center and evaluating other cultures based on it

Assimilation

weaker culture's traits replaced by more dominant culture

Acculturation

two cultures come into contact and weaker one adopts some of new more dominant traits

Multiculturalism

more that one culture existing in same vicinity. The policy of maintaining a diversity of ethnic cultures within a community. Example: New York City is an example of a multicultural society

sequent occupance

theory that a place can be occupied by different groups of people, and each group of people leaves its imprint on the place from which the next group learns

Dialect

a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.

creolization

referring to the process by which elements of different cultures are blended together to create a new culture

Colonialism

attempt by a country to establish settlements and to impose its economical, political, and cultural principles in another country

Imperialism

invasion of a culture into another with the intent of dominating the invaded culture

European longest river

Volga

European tallest peak

Mount Elbrus

European issues include

migration of refugees, economic problems, and countries wanting to join/leave the EU

Russia's Religion

Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Russia's President

Vladimir Putin

Russia's longest railroad in world

Trans-Siberian railway

7 "Stan" countries

Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan

Hinduism Hearth

Indus River, Pakistan

Buddhism Hearth

Southeastern Asia/India

Judaism Hearth

Israel, Mesopotamia

Christianity Hearth

Jerusalem, Israel

Islam Hearth

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Lingua franca of the world

English

Romance languages

Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian

Ethnic Religions

Judaism, Hinduism

Universal Religions

Christianity, Buddhism, Islam