11819122340 | Assimilation | the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another | 0 | |
11819126043 | Cultural core | idea that the core houses main economic power of region and the outlying region or periphery houses lesser economic ties | 1 | |
11819134460 | cultural landscape | the visible imprint of human activity on the landscape | 2 | |
11819136863 | Glocalization | the practice of conducting business according to both local and global considerations. | 3 | |
11819139528 | built environment | The man-made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging in scale from personal shelter to neighborhoods to the large-scale civic surroundings. | 4 | |
11819143736 | Folk Culture | Culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups. | 5 | |
11819146184 | cultural realm | the entire region that displays the characteristics of a culture | 6 | |
11819176602 | material culture | the art, housing, clothing, sports, dances, foods, and other similar items constructed or created by a group of people | 7 | |
11819180856 | popular culture | Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics. | 8 | |
11819183076 | Isogloss | A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate. | 9 | |
11819185618 | lingua franca | A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages | 10 | |
11819190378 | Pidgin | A simplified form of speech developed from two or more languages | 11 | |
11819193121 | toponymy | the study of place names | 12 | |
11819196059 | Animism | Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life. | 13 | |
11819200492 | Confucianism | a system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius and developed by Mencius. | 14 | |
11819204906 | ethnic religion | a religion that is particular to one culturally distinct group of people | 15 | |
11819210008 | Fundamentalism | a form of a religion, especially Islam or Protestant Christianity, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture. | 16 | |
11819219046 | Monotheism | Belief in one God | 17 | |
11819219047 | Polytheism | Belief in many gods | 18 | |
11819223892 | Religious architectural styles | styles of architecture created by religions | 19 | |
11819226471 | sacred space | place or space people infuse with religious meaning | 20 | |
11819230576 | Secularism | A doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations. | 21 | |
11819233376 | Shamanism | finding spirits within objects and listening too them | 22 | |
11819246769 | Sharia Law | the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed | 23 | |
11819252464 | Zoroastrianism | One of the first monotheistic religions, particularly one with a wide following. It was central to the political and religious culture of ancient Persia. | 24 | |
11819260473 | Cultural shatterbelt | A politically unstable region where differing cultural elements come into contact and conflict | 25 | |
11819263372 | race | A group of human beings distinguished by physical traits, blood types, genetic code patterns or genetically inherited characteristics. | 26 | |
11819265585 | Ethnocentrism | Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group. | 27 | |
11819268230 | gender gap | Difference in political views between men and women | 28 | |
11819271067 | longevity gap | the gap between the life expectancy of men and women | 29 |
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