Unit 3 Vocab
Across
- 1. The spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority or power to other persons or places.
- 6. A universalizing religion originating in India, based on the teachings of the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama).
- 7. A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location.
- 11. The combination of related cultural traits and behaviors characteristic of a group.
- 13. An attitude or force that tends to divide people and lead to conflict or instability.
- 14. A policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or other means.
- 20. The rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout a population.
- 22. A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom or religious law, often related to food or specific activities.
- 23. The customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that constitute a group's distinct tradition.
- 27. The process by which a person or group's culture comes to resemble that of another group, losing original traits.
- 28. The non-material traits of a culture, such as beliefs, values, religion, and language.
- 29. The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
- 30. Judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture.
- 31. The adoption of elements of a minority culture by members of the dominant culture, often without understanding or respect for the original meaning.
- 33. The visible, material imprint of human activity and culture on the environment.
- 36. The deliberate process by which people can reclaim and transform public spaces to reflect their identity.
Down
- 2. An attitude or force that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state.
- 3. The reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place as a result of improved communications and transportation.
- 4. A geographic boundary within which a particular linguistic feature occurs.
- 5. The practice of assessing a culture by its own standards rather than viewing it through the lens of one's own culture.
- 8. A collection of languages that share a common but distant ancestral language.
- 9. The smallest, most distinguishing, observable element of a culture.
- 10. The feelings evoked by a specific geographic location based on personal or cultural experiences.
- 12. The spread of an underlying principle even though the characteristic itself failed to diffuse.
- 15. A collection of languages within a family that are related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago.
- 16. The name given to a place, often reflecting the culture or history of its inhabitants.
- 17. The notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, creating layers of cultural landscape.
- 18. A religion concentrated in a specific area whose adherents are born into the faith.
- 19. The spread of a characteristic through the physical movement of people from one place to another.
- 21. An ethnic religion that originated in the Middle East, characterized by belief in one God and the covenant between God and Abraham.
- 24. The expansion of economic, political, and cultural processes to the point that they become global in scale and impact.
- 25. A universalizing religion originating in the Middle East, based on the teachings of Muhammad, with the Quran as its holy book.
- 26. A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages.
- 32. The process of changes in culture that result from the meeting of two groups, with the two groups remaining distinct.
- 34. A state whose government is controlled by religious leaders who rule by religious law.
- 35. The region from which innovative ideas, beliefs, or cultural characteristics originate.