Across
- 2. When members of a majority group adopt a minority group’s cultural elements in a rude way
- 3. Mix of the colonizer’s language with the indigenous language
- 5. Collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in there recent past and display many similarities
- 7. Regional variation of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from other regional varieties, some mutually understood and some not
- 10. A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
- 12. Instead of judging a culture to our own standards- attempting to understand cultural practices of others groups in its own cultural context
- 13. A language that is written as well as spoken (things like books and scripts are passed down)
- 14. Belief in the inherent superiority of one’s own ethnic group or culture
- 15. Collection of languages within a family related through a common ancestral language that existed several thousand years ago
- 18. Daily necessities (food, clothing, shelter…) all people need these, but different cultural groups might do it differently
- 21. Religion that appeals primarily to one group
- 23. Traditional practices by small homogeneous groups living in isolated rural area
- 24. When people become so religious that they try to achieve their religious goal by any means, even with violence
- 28. Belief that a sacred text is absolutely true and that religion is unchanging
- 30. Arts and recreation (each cultural group has its own definition of meaningful art)
- 31. When two cultures resist homogenization, even through close contact
- 32. A language commonly understood by two parties
Down
- 1. A popular aspect of a culture that is enjoyed
- 2. When someone seeks to understand another culture in an effort to broaden their perspective and connect with others cross culturally
- 4. When the distribution of pop culture makes many places look the same
- 6. A social, political, or economic force that works to bring people together
- 8. The origin of where the culture starts
- 9. The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes a characteristic of the group of people performing the act
- 11. A social or religions customs forbidding a discussion or a practice
- 16. Collection of languages within a family related through a common ancestral language that enlisted long before recorded history
- 17. Fear, dislike and prejudice based on race or national origin
- 19. A religion which tries to appeal to everyone and be global
- 20. Environment's influence on food of a particular area
- 22. Each cultural group takes particular elements from the environment into its culture and in turn constructs landscapes
- 25. A social, political, or economic force that works to divide people
- 26. The tendency of cultures to change and adapt from frequent exposure to other cultures. Cultures with more frequent contact are more likely to converge
- 27. A mix of two different languages, usually in bits and parts. No native speakers
- 29. A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations into a single administrative body