RG Chpt 4,5,6 Migration and Culture

Habit

A repetitive act that a particular individual performs

Custom

A repetitive act of a group, performed to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group

Folk Culture

Traditionally practiced primarily by small homogeneous groups living in isolated rural areas and may include a custom

Popular Culture

Found in large heterogeneous societies that share certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics

Language

A system of communication through speech, a collection of sounds a group of people have understood to mean something

Literary Tradition

A system of written communication

Official Language

 Many countries have this which is the language used by the government and for public objects

Dialect

A regional variation of a language distinguished by distinctive vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation

Language Family

 A collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that has existed for a very long time

Language Branch

A collection of languages related through a common ancestral language

Language Group

A collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and have few differences in vocabulary and grammar

Creole or Creolized Language

A language that results from the mixing of the colonizer’s language with the indigenous language

Lingua Franca

A language of international communication

Universalizing Religion

This religion attempts to be global and to appeal to all people no matter their culture or location

Ethnic Religion

This religion appeals primarily to people living in one place

Branch

A large and fundamental division within a religion

Denomination

A division of a branch that unites local congregations

Monotheism

People who worship one God

Polytheism

People who worship a collection of Gods

Animism

The belief that inanimate objects like plants and stones, or natural events like thunderstorms and earthquakes, are “animated” and have conscious life