APHG- Unit 3: Cultures

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Across
  1. 1. single element of normal practice in a culture
  2. 6. religion with one god
  3. 7. The Buddhist yana whose path is the transformation of neurotically confused emotions into their enlightened equivalents.
  4. 8. American geographer that wrote about diffusion
  5. 9. strong cultural ties that bind its people
  6. 11. a monotheistic religion founded in northern India
  7. 13. major branch of CHristianity
  8. 15. was a geographer that wrote about cultural diffusion(migration)
  9. 17. group of languages with more in common than a language family
  10. 19. ability to speak more than two languages
  11. 21. economic and political theories that say human actions and institutions are economically determined
  12. 22. declining degree of acceptance of an idea or innovation with increasing time and distance from its point of origin or source.
  13. 25. common culture traits that make a group in an area distinct from others
  14. 26. Big Wheel; broad incorporation of ideas and gods from other religions
  15. 30. spread of a feature or trend through movement of people
  16. 32. religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location.
  17. 33. culture found in a heterogeneous society
  18. 35. spread of an idea from nodes of authority or power to persons or places with less power
  19. 38. form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications
  20. 39. boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate
  21. 40. developments that can be traced to a specific civilization
  22. 41. cultural borowing that occurs when different cultures of approximately equal complexity and technological level come into close contact
  23. 47. when an innovation originates somewhere and enjoys strong-but brief-adoption, loses strength at origin by the time it reaches another area
  24. 48. view that the natural environment has a controlling influence over various aspects of human life including cultural development
  25. 51. one of the two primary branches of Islam
  26. 52. rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members
  27. 54. the belief that cultural influences determine the behaviors and personalities of people
  28. 55. monotheistic religion practiced mainly in Middle East. two branches sunni and shietes. disagreement over rightful successor. sunni beleived succesor should be voted by religious leader and shites believed it should be a family of Muhammad. (muslum)
  29. 57. ancient objects made by human beings
  30. 58. doctrine that everything natural has a soul
  31. 61. when one larger culture completely absorbs a different smaller culture
  32. 63. usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; branches off of a language
  33. 64. rapid and widespread diffusion
  34. 65. study of the geographical distribution of language
  35. 67. religion that emphasizes a simple, honest life
  36. 68. Durkheim believed that everything was a function of society, and so naturally his ideas and views on religion are from the stand point that it too is a function of society
  37. 69. Buddhists believe that the ultimate goal in life is to achieve "enlightenment" as they perceive it. Founder:siddhartha 3 main branches : mahyana(believes gods and godess) , theravada(the old teaching), tantrayana (magic and diff meditation technique)
  38. 71. ideas that people hold to be true
  39. 73. an awareness of being a part of a group of people living in a culture region
  40. 74. process by which one generation passes culture to the next
  41. 75. an area where many people who live in a land space share at least some traditions or customs
  42. 76. belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group
  43. 78. branch of naming that studies the place names of a region or a language
  44. 79. animistic religion of northern Asia
  45. 80. place of origin of a culture
  46. 81. relationship between artifact and social relations
Down
  1. 1. the teachings that encourage love for humanity
  2. 2. composite culture of folk societies
  3. 3. a common language that comes to be spoken and understood over a large area
  4. 4. vocal or written communication
  5. 5. dont beleive in god but thinks highly of all humans. concentrated about people
  6. 10. a religion that appeals to one place
  7. 11. motifs that stand for other things or ideas
  8. 12. culture usually practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups
  9. 14. smaller landscapes that symbolize a bigger area
  10. 16. human creations, such as values, that are not embodied in physical objects
  11. 18. religion that is no longer practiced
  12. 20. language family spoken in most of Europe and areas of European settlement and in much of southwestern and southern Asia
  13. 23. study of human relationship to culture and nature.
  14. 24. spread of cultural ideas from one society to another
  15. 27. large and general divisionssmall divisions that branch off of the branches
  16. 28. group of languages with a shared origin
  17. 29. culture system that intertwines with location and environmental circumstances to form a geographic region
  18. 31. Way of the Elders
  19. 34. an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages
  20. 36. diffusion in which one people receives a culture element from another but gives it a new and unique form
  21. 37. religion practiced by majority of India,Hindus believe in a universal soul and God called Brahman who takes on many forms that some Hindus worship as gods or goddesses.
  22. 42. adoption of some culture traits of the surrounding culture
  23. 43. practice of judging a culture by its own standards no bias
  24. 44. area marked by culture that distinguishes it from other regions
  25. 45. many languages spoken by a small group of people.
  26. 46. ablility to speak two languages
  27. 49. minor branch, 12 percent, split from Roman Catholicism in the 11th century, strong in Eastern Europe and Russia
  28. 50. original religion
  29. 53. language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of busines and publication of documents
  30. 54. visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape
  31. 56. combining of beliefs
  32. 59. looks at how cultures vary over space.
  33. 60. observable actions or becuase of beliefs
  34. 62. one of the two primary branches of Islam
  35. 66. split from catholic church in 16th century, divided into hundreds of denominations; strong in north america
  36. 70. first monotheistic religion started in Israel(ethnic religion). Christianity and islam have roots in judiasm. jesus was a jew and muhammed traced his ancestor to abraham.
  37. 72. forced people from lands of origin
  38. 74. mother tongue that originates from a pidgin
  39. 77. new faith founded in Iran