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