Unit 4

6. A movement within a religion emphasizing strict adherence to traditional beliefs and practices, often emerging as a reaction against modernization or cultural change.
9. Geographic areas where different religious groups meet and interact, often becoming locations of cooperation, cultural exchange, or conflict.
11. Religions that actively seek converts and aim to appeal to all people regardless of ethnicity or nationality, often spreading through expansion and relocation diffusion.
12. The deliberate removal or forced migration of an ethnic group from a territory through intimidation, violence, or expulsion in order to create cultural or ethnic homogeneity.
13. The loss of unique cultural identity in a landscape due to globalization and the spread of standardized architectural styles, businesses, and cultural practices.

1. Urban areas where members of a particular ethnic group cluster together, maintaining cultural traditions, businesses, and social networks.
2. The reduction in the time required to communicate or travel between places due to advances in transportation and communication technology, increasing global interconnectedness.
3. The process by which cultures become more similar over time as a result of globalization, shared technologies, and increased interaction.
4. Factors that divide or destabilize a society by creating social, economic, political, or cultural tensions among groups.
5. The spread of ideas or innovations through a structured social system, typically moving from influential individuals, institutions, or major cities to others.
7. A system of moral and legal guidelines derived from Islamic religious texts and interpretations that governs aspects of personal behavior, family life, and social justice in Muslim communities.
8. A major Asian language family originating in East Asia that includes Mandarin and related languages spoken primarily throughout China and surrounding regions.
10. A simplified contact language that develops among speakers of different native languages to enable communication, typically combining vocabulary and grammar from multiple sources.