Unit 3 Cultural Geography

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Across
  1. 2. 3.4 A type of diffusion where cultural traits spread from the least interconnected, wealthy, or powerful people/organizations outwards.
  2. 5. 3.8 The acceptance and tolerance of many different cultures which exist in close proximity to one another; openness/acceptance/diversity
  3. 8. 3.4 A type of diffusion where a cultural trait spreads rapidly through close contact between people.
  4. 9. 3.7 A religion that is tied to a specific location and/or ethnicity; more exclusive (e.g. Judaism)
  5. 10. 3.3 Characteristics of a coutnry that divide the country (e.g. competing languages, religions, etc.)
  6. 12. 3.7 Collection of languages that share a more recent past with similar vocabularies and some overlap (e.g. West Germanic)
  7. 15. 3.1 A culture that is large, heterogeneous (diverse), and typically urban. This culture changes frequently.
  8. 19. 3.2 every culture leaves their mark on the landscape. Over time, this leads to a cultural landscape of mixed cultures, old and new buildings, etc.
  9. 22. 3.4 A type of diffusion where cultural traits are altered/modified due to a cultural barrier, taboo, or difference when they spread.
  10. 23. 3.8 When two culture’s traits blend together and form a new cultural trait.
  11. 25. 3.1 The ideas, beliefs, values and knowledge of a culture.
  12. 31. 3.5 The dominance of one country over another country through diplomacy or force.
  13. 33. 3.4 A type of diffusion where a cultural trait spreads through the interaction between people.
  14. 35. 3.3 Characteristics of a country that unify the country (e.g. common language, religion, etc.)
  15. 36. 3.5 Variations in accent, grammar, usage and spelling and develop out of geographic distance or isolation.
  16. 37. 3.1 Viewing another culture in an unbiased way and trying to understand another culture from that culture's POV.
  17. 38. 3.8 When one culture abandons their original culture and adopts another culture; typically by force.
  18. 40. 3.5 A pidgin language that develops into a new combined language with native speakers.
  19. 41. 3.7 A geographic boundary within which a particular linguistic feature occurs. Lines that divide dialects.
  20. 42. 3.5 An extremely simplified, limited non-native language used by two people that speak two different languages.
Down
  1. 1. 3.5 A language used by the government of a country for laws, reports, signs, public objects, money, stamps.
  2. 3. 3.7 Collection of languages that share a common origin from thousands of years ago (e.g. Romance)
  3. 4. 3.2 A neighborhood composed of primarily one ethnicity.
  4. 6. 3.7 A religion that tries to expand and convert people to the religion (e.g. Islam)
  5. 7. 3.5 A common language used by speakers of two different languages for communication.
  6. 11. 3.1 A culture that is small, homogenous (similar), and typically rural. This culture is unlikely to change over time.
  7. 13. 3.4 The spread of a cultural trait.
  8. 14. 3.2 A physical landscape that has been modified by humans.
  9. 16. 3.1 The specific customs that are part of the everyday life of a particular culture, such as language, religion, ethnicity, social institutions, and aspects of popular culture.
  10. 17. 3.1 Visible, physical objects created by a culture.
  11. 18. 3.4 A type of diffusion where cultural traits spread from the most interconnected, powerful, wealthy people/organizations down to others.
  12. 20. 3.3 Areas of the world that share cultural traits (language, religion, food, etc.)
  13. 21. 3.8 When people within one culture adopt some traits from the other culture after prolonged contact with that culture.
  14. 24. 3.6 Cultures become LESS alike due to both cultural and physical barriers.
  15. 26. 3.5 When a powerful country establishes settlements in a less powerful country for economic and/or political gain.
  16. 27. 3.1 Judging another culture by the standards of your own culture
  17. 28. 3.4 Where a cultural trait originates (e.g. Islam in SW Asia)
  18. 29. 3.6 The process of two or more cultures coming into contact with each other and adopting each other’s traits to become more alike.
  19. 30. 3.1 The social institutions of a culture. (e.g. schools, land-use, religion etc.)
  20. 32. 3.4 A type of diffusion where a cultural trait spreads through the migration of people.
  21. 34. 3.1 The shared practices, technologies, attitudes, etc. of a society.
  22. 39. 3.7 Largest group of related languages which are connected through a common, ancient ancestry and trace back to a common hearth (e.g. Indo-European)