Unit 3 Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. The language adopted for use by a government for the conduct of business and publication of documents.
  2. 3. Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics.
  3. 5. A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family.
  4. 11. The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications.
  5. 18. A form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca; used for communications among speakers of two different languages.
  6. 19. Culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups.
  7. 20. A combination of Deutsch (the German word for German) and English.
  8. 25. The belief that the existence of God can’t be proven empirically.
  9. 27. The process of adjustment to the dominant culture.
  10. 29. A religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated.
  11. 30. Combining several religious traditions.
  12. 34. A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location.
  13. 35. An individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion.
  14. 37. The belief that God does not exist.
  15. 39. A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.
  16. 40. A system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning.
  17. 42. A language that is spoken in daily use that lacks a literary tradition.
  18. 43. The class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned, according to religious law.
  19. 45. A language that is written as well as spoken.
  20. 46. A language spoken in daily use with a literary tradition that is not widely distributed.
  21. 48. A form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents.
  22. 49. Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or congregation).
  23. 51. A symbol that represents a word rather than a sound.
  24. 52. A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe.
  25. 53. During the Middle Ages, a neighborhood in a city set up by law to be inhabited only by Jews; now used to denote a section of a city in which members of any minority group live because of social, legal, or economic pressure.
Down
  1. 1. A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history.
  2. 4. The contribution of a location’s distinctive physical features to the way food tastes.
  3. 6. A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages.
  4. 7. A subdivision of a dialect.
  5. 8. A 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.
  6. 9. A religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control.
  7. 10. A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer’s language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated.
  8. 12. A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations into a single legal and administrative body.
  9. 13. A local assembly of persons brought together for common religious worship.
  10. 14. A large and fundamental division within a religion.
  11. 15. A combination of Spanish and English spoken by Hispanic Americans.
  12. 16. An astronomical event that happens twice each year, when the tilt of Earth’s axis is most inclined toward or away from the Sun, causing the Sun’s apparent position in the sky to reach its most northernmost or southernmost extreme, and resulting in the shortest and longest days of the year.
  13. 17. The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act.
  14. 21. A dialect spoken by some African Americans.
  15. 22. A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally.
  16. 23. A repetitive act performed by a particular individual.
  17. 24. A combination of français and anglais (the French words for French and English, respectively).
  18. 26. The belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.
  19. 28. A language used in education, work, mass media, and government.
  20. 31. RP, or the dialect of English associated with upper-class Britons living in London and now considered standard in the United Kingdom.
  21. 32. The doctrine of or belief in the existence of only one God.
  22. 33. A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that can be confirmed through archaeological evidence.
  23. 36. A boundary that separates regions in which different language uses predominate.
  24. 38. Belief in or worship of more than one god.
  25. 41. The process of giving up cultural traditions and adopting the social customs of the dominant culture of a place.
  26. 44. A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes.
  27. 47. A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used.
  28. 50. A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom.