Unit 3 Vocab

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