APHUG Unit 3 Review

1. British colonization, becoming dominant in countries like the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, and many smaller former colonies, as well as being widely spoken in parts of India and Africa, was a result of the diffusion of the ____ _____.
5. __________: is not a centrifugal force for a state.
7. __________: the process where cultural elements like ideas, customs, technologies, or religions spread from one group of people to another.
8. __________: are factors that tend to divide a state or society, pulling people apart and creating tension or conflict within a region.
10. __________: is the spread of a cultural trait that changes and adapts to the culture that adopts it, leaving the essential core idea intact.
11. __________: is the spread of culture because of the physical movement of people from one place to another.
12. The process by which a minority group or individual integrates into a dominant culture is called________.
17. __________ can alter the cultural landscape by bring new ideas, religions, languages, and cultures.
18. Is the dominant religion is India.
19. This religion origionated in south asia and spread throughout much of south east and east Asia.
21. __________: is the dominant religion in the middle east.

2. the tendency to judge other cultures based on the standards of one's own culture is called________.
3. Mountains or oceans,language differences, religious beliefs, border restrictions, and disparities in wealth or access to technology, are examples of _________.
4. __________: is the the spread of a cultural trait or idea from a point of power or authority, like a major city or influential group, gradually moving down to smaller, less influential areas or people, essentially spreading "top-down."
6. The three major monotheistic religions origionated in south west _____.
9. Judaism is an example of an ____ ____.
13. __________: a geographic area where the visible features of the land, including buildings, land use patterns, and agricultural practices, reflect the imprint of a particular culture.
14. The internet has a homogenizing effect on global language patterns.
15. __________: are used to study the place of names.
16. __________: is a single, identifiable element within a culture, like a custom, belief, or practice, that can be considered a building block of a larger cultural complex.
20. A cultural ______ is a geographic region where a particular culture originated and from which cultural practices, ideas, and innovations spread to surrounding areas.