APHUG unit 3

Material culture

Objects that people give value

Non-material culture

Ideas or beliefs and individual has

Stimulus diffusion (expansion diffusion)

A trait is changing as it is diffusing but still has the same underlying traits

Cultural convergence

When different cultures merge together to form one mass culture

Cultural divergence

When individuals become separated from aspects of their culture

Christianity

Universalizing religion

Church

Monotheistic

Jesus Christ saves

Eastern Mediterranean

Hierarchical/relocation diffusion

Islam

Universalizing religion

Mosque

Monotheistic

Mahomad, 5 pillars of Islam

Eastern Mediterranean

Hierarchical/relocation diffusion

Buddhism

Universalizing religion

Temple

Polytheistic

Missionaries, 4 noble truths

South Asia

Contagious/relocation

Sikhism

Universalizing religion

Gurduara

Monotheistic

10 gurus

Punjab region

Relocation diffusion

Hinduism

Ethnic religion

Temple

Mono and polytheistic

Karma, darma

India

Stimulus/migration/relocation diffusion

Judaism

Ethnic religion

Synagogue

Monotheistic

3 main branches

Eastern Mediterranean

Relocation diffusion (war)

Assimilation

Process where people or groups are absorbed into the dominant culture

Acculturation

One culture adopts traits of another culture and is modified but not lost

Syncretism

Two or more cultures change similarly, but stay distinct

Cultural Resistance

One culture doesn’t allow another culture

Multiculturalism

Large diversity of cultures that coexist