APGH Unit 3
Across
- 3. spread of a feature from one place to another over time.
- 5. government run by religious leaders
- 9. contact and interaction of one culture to another.
- 10. monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the teachings of Jesus
- 12. identity with a group of people that share distinct physical and mental traits as a product of a common heredity and cultural traditions (e.g. Native Americans)
- 13. states that the environment does not play a role towards determining human behaviors or placing restrictions
- 16. One cultural group changes because it adopts traits from dominant society
- 18. language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages.
- 21. system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning
- 23. Founded by siddartha guatama. religion that originated in India, holding that life is full of suffering caused by desire and the way to end the suffering is through enlightenment
- 24. An area in which people have many shared culture traits
- 27. Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.
- 29. smallest universal religion that is monotheistic founded in N. India by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam
- 33. A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
- 34. union(or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy).
- 35. restriction on a behavior imposed by a social custom
- 36. underlying principle of a characteristic spreads although characteristic failed.
- 39. area where an idea or cultural trait originates
- 40. monotheistic system of beliefs and it originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people.
- 42. language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated.
- 44. most commonly used language family, it is spoken by half the world's people; dominates in Europe; English belongs
- 45. religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those who live in a particular location
- 48. literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion
- 49. social structure in which classes are determined by heredity
- 51. Loyalty and devotion to a particular nationality
- 52. boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate
- 53. behaviors and belied characteristics of a particular group
- 54. collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary.
- 55. individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion.
- 56. collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history.
- 57. Second most spoken language family contains the most important Asian language family (Mandarin), and covers nearly all of S.E. Asia and most of China
- 58. Attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state. Nationalism for example.
- 59. area within a city containing members of the same ethnic background
- 60. religion that is particular to one culturally distinct group of people
Down
- 1. Culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups.
- 2. regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.
- 4. Different cultures in a society deserve value and respect for unique differences
- 6. collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago.
- 7. traditional building styles of different cultures, religions, and places
- 8. language that develops when two or more different languages meet in one geographic region
- 11. service and worship of God or the supernatural.
- 14. Attitude or force that drives people away from a particular place (e.g. genocide)
- 15. Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics.
- 17. restriction of a culture from outside cultural influences
- 19. when people move, they bring their traditions, beliefs, and culture with them.
- 20. Related languages spoken in the Arabian Penisula and N. Africa. This language family is part of the Islam (Arabic) as well as Judaism (Hebrew)
- 22. form of expansion diffusion in which numerous places or people near the point of origin become adopters
- 25. judge others and their way of life through the eyes of the people that live that way
- 26. spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority or power to other persons or places
- 28. scattering of people who have a common background or beliefs from their homeland/cultural hearth
- 30. spread of an idea that spreads to an area and continue to grow (snow balling effect)
- 31. judge others and their way of life from perspective of own culture
- 32. religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms
- 37. religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed which stresses belief in one god (Allah)
- 38. study of how the natural environment can influence a culture group
- 41. successive habitation of same area over time; builds layer after layer in the region
- 43. landscape that has been changed by human beings and that reflects their culture
- 46. single element of normal practice in a culture
- 47. differences in socioeconomic & political power, opportunity between men & women
- 50. process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture