Across
- 2. A group of human beings distinguished by physical traits, blood types, genetic code patterns or genetically inherited characteristics
- 3. a boundary line between two distinct linguistic regions
- 4. Anything that can physically be seen (held, played with...) on the landscape
- 6. a regional variation of a language that can be distinguished by its distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and spelling
- 7. Fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group
- 10. belief in multiple gods, usually that are responsible for different areas of the universe and of human experience
- 11. belief in belonging to a group or certain cultural aspect
- 16. often emerges when two or more languages coexist in a small geographic area
- 17. the idea that after this life you will come back in another life either as a plant, animal, or a human life
- 18. Culture that is not tied to a specific location but rather a general location based on widespread diffusion
- 19. Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion
- 20. a Spanish-speaking neighborhood in a town or city
- 22. The practice of particular customs of a relatively small group of people that increases that group's uniqueness
- 23. A Collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary
- 24. A form of diffusion in which an idea or innovation spreads by passing first among the most connected places or peoples.
Down
- 1. A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history
- 5. the social process by which immigrants from a particular town follow one another to a different city
- 8. When cultures come into contact and a less dominant culture adopts some of the traits of the more influential or dominant one
- 9. The notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape
- 12. a language that combines simple words from multiple languages so that people who need to understand one another, in order to conduct trade and facilitate business, are able to communicate with one another
- 13. the name given to a place on Earth
- 14. Countries in which only one language is spoken
- 15. Religions that attempt to be global, to appeal to all people, wherever they may live in the world, not just to those of one culture or location
- 21. Process in which more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region