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11499205752Language Treea representation of the relationships of languages to each other0
11936265719CultureBeliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.1
11936276128cultural traitThe 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.2
11936286476Sacred SitesA location that is held by a certain religion to be holy and worthy of reverence, such as a temple.3
11936293728Ethnic Neighborhoodan area within a city containing members of the same ethnic background4
11936298680Expansion DiffusionThe spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in a snowballing process.5
11936304423Contagious DiffusionThe rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population.6
11936315844Hierarchical DiffusionThe spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority or power to other persons or places7
11936321157Stimulus DiffusionThe spread of an underlying principle, even though a specific characteristic is rejected.8
11936324380relocation diffusionThe spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another.9
11936328801language familieslarge groups of languages having similar roots10
11936356819Language DialectA regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.11
11936361240languageshuman speech, spoken or written12
11936367363gender rolessets of behavioral norms assumed to accompany one's status as male or female13
11936376506Cultural HearthLocations on Earth's surface where specific cultures first arose.14
11936383946lingua francaA language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages15
11936392100ColonialismAttempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.16
11936392101ImperialismA policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.17
11936401079Acculturation(n.) the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend18
11936404936Assimilationinterpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas19
11936409940MulticulturalismA perspective recognizing the cultural diversity of the United States and promoting equal standing for all cultural traditions20
11936415340ethnic religionA religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated.21
11936427445Universalizing ReligionA religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location.22
11936431985cultural landscapeFashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group.23
11936436733sense of placeState of mind derived through the infusion of a place with meaning and emotion by remembering important events that occurred in that place or by labeling a place with a certain character.24
11936442324Placelessnessthe loss of uniqueness of place in the cultural landscape so that one place looks like the next25
11936449027Reionalismn international relations, regionalism is the expression of a common sense of identity and purpose combined with the creation and implementation of institutions that express a particular identity and shape collective action within a geographical region.26

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