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43174642Islam's hearthMecca, Saudi Arabia
43174643Islam - monotheistic or polytheistic?Monotheistic
43174644Islam - ethnic or universalizing?Universalizing
43174645Islam - major branchesSunni, Shias,
43174646Islam - Where are adherents found today?Southwest Asia
43174647Location of Shiite MuslimsIraq
43174648Amish location in U.S.Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana.
43174649Cultural ecologyThe multiple interactions and relationships between a culture and the natural environment.
43174650Material cultureThe art, housing, clothing, sports, dances, foods, and other similar items constructed or created by a group of people.
43174651Material culture exampleFootball in America.
43174652Nonmaterial cultureThe beliefs, practices, aesthics, and values of a group of people.
43174653Nonmaterial culture exampleThe religon of Islam.
43174654Culture traitA single element of normal practice in a culture.
43174655Culture trait examples1. Wearing of a turban for Muslim societies. 2. Amish girls and women wearing dresses.
43174656Culture regionA geographical area that encompasses or seems to encompass a definite, specific culture or ethnic group.
43174657Culture region examples1. Chinatown in New York 2. Region of Europe where French is spoken by a majority of the people.
43174658Ancient culture hearthsMesopotamia, Nile Valley, Mesoamerica, and West Africa.
43174659Popular culture hearthsModern cities such as London and Tokyo.
43174660Christianity's hearthMediterranean area
43174661Christianity - monotheistic or polytheistic?Monotheistic
43174662Christianity - ethnic or universalizing?Universalizing
43174663Christianity - major branchesRoman Catholicism, Eastern orthodox, Protestant
43174664Christianity - Where are adherents found today?Adherents are primarily found in Europe, North Africa, and the United States
43174665Popular cultureidentify key traits about who belongs, where it's found, how it diffuses
43174666Folk cultureidentify key traits about who belongs, where it's found, how it diffuses
43174667Acculturationthe adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
43174668Acculturation examplepeople who live in Italy who come to the United States may continue to speak just Italian and to follow the norms and mores of his Italian origins. This person will not have become highly acculturated to American culture.
43174669Assimilationthe process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
43174670Assimilation exampleDressing, speech particularities and mannerisms. Ex) A british women coming to the US has to put all the stress, talking habits, clothes and things an american person does.
43174671Transculturationdefine
43174672Transculturation exampleidentify
43174673Syncretismdefine
43174674Syncretism exampleidentify
43174675Key features of New England folk housingWood frame, and a fireplace in the center to overcome cold climates
43174676Key features of Middle Atlantic folk housingStarted as a 1 room log cabin, but then slowly adding additional room such as a porch, or a second story.
43174677Key features of Southern Tidewater folk housingOnly 1 story, raised off of the ground to prevent flood damage and t oreduce interior heat.
43174678Judaism's hearthSouthWest Asia/Middle East, Israel
43174679Judaism - monotheistic or polytheistic?Monotheistic
43174680Judaism - ethnic or universalizing?Ethnic
43174681Judaism - major branchesOrthodox - most traditional; Reform - most liberal form; Hasidic - most worshiping type; Conservative - lighter dervision
43174682Judaism - Where are adherents found today?Isreal, also found in the U.S.
43174683LanguageHebrew
43174684Language exampleSandwich - כריך
43174685Standard languageHebrew
43174686Official languageHebrew
43174687IsoglossIsraeli borders
43174688Isogloss exampleWest Bank
43174689Dialectmodern hebrew
43174690Dialect exampleHaskalah = "enlightenment"
43174691Reasons why dialects developIsreal adopts new dialects as it develops; Hebrew changes to fit in with new host cultures; As Judaism is newly adopted it is changed
43174692Language divergenceThe Halocaust led Jews to spread to new parts of the world
43174693Language convergenceThere are 5.6 million Jews in the U.S.
43174694Sound shiftHebrew has 5 vowel phonemes
43174695Sound shift example/a/ - "spa;" /e/ - "bet;" /i/ - "ski;" /o/ - "gore:" /u/ - "flu"
43174696Hinduism's hearthSouth Asia in modern day Pakistan
43174697Hinduism - monotheistic or polytheistic?Hindu's belive it to be monotheistic, nobelievers think it's polytheistic.
43174698Hinduism - ethnic or universalizing?ethnic
43174699Hinduism - Where are adherents found today?India
43174700Language familyA group of languages with a shared but fairly distant origin
43174701Language family exampleIndo-European, Afro-Asiatic, Saharan, Sino-Tibetan, Japanese and Korean
43174702Language sub-familyDivisions of languages within a language family
43174703Language sub-family exampleGermanic
43174705Lingua franca exampleArabic
43174706Language spoken by the most people worldwideEnglish
43174707Language spoken by the most people as a primary language worldwideChinese (Mandarin)
43174708PidginWhen two languages are brought together for communication
43174709CreoleA Language that started out as a Pidgin language, but then developed into a language
43174710EuskeraBasque because they live isolated in the mountains between Spain and France
43174711ToponymPlace Name
43174712Buddhism's hearthNortheastern hemishpere and Anciet India
43174713qMonotheistic
43174714Buddhism - ethnic or universalizing?identify
43174715Buddhism - Where are adherents found today?Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Nepal, Korea and Japan
43174716Descriptive toponym exampleidentify
43174717Associative toponym exampleMill River, Springfield (A mill was on the river)
43174718Commendatory toponym exampleidentify
43174719Shift relocation toponym exampleNames from a settler's homeland. Ex. Greece and New England
43174720Manufactured toponym exampleMade up names. Tesnus, Arizona. (Sunset spelled backwards)
43174721Monotheistic religiona belief in only one God
43174722World's three major monotheistic religionsJudaism, Christianity, and Islam
43174723Polytheistic religiona belief in more than one diety
43174724Animist religionbelief that inatimate objects posses spirits
43174725Universalizing religionA belief system that espouses the idea that there is one true religion that is universal in scope. Adherents of universalizing religious systems often believe that their religion represents universal truths, and in some cases great effort is undertaken in evangelism and missionary work.
43174726Ethnic religionA religion that is particular to one, culturally distinct people
43174727Three major universalizing religionsChristianity, Islam, Buddhism
43174728Hearth of the three major monotheistic religionsJudaism-Eastern Meditteranean, Christianity-Eastern Meditteranean, Islam-Mecca
43174729Taoism/Confucianism's hearthEastern Asia. China.
43174730Taoism/Confucianism - monotheistic or polytheistic?neither, its a life style.
43174731Taoism/Confucianism - ethnic or universalizing?neither
43174732Taoism/Christianity - Where are adherents found today?Taoism-austrailia, japan, republic of korea, thailand, and myanmar. Confucianism-china and taiwan.
43174733Regions of the U.S. where you would find Mormonsmountain west region, mainly utah.
43174734Regions of the U.S. where you would find Catholicsthe whole U.S. mostly new england region.
43174735Regions of the U.S. where you would find BaptistsSouth Region
43174736Regions of the U.S. where you would find LutheransUpper Midwest
43174737EthnicityA sense of connection to a group of people feuled by ancesors and culture
43174738Ethnicity examplesIndian Chinese Russian
43174739RaceA way to categorize or group certain people based on skin color and other pyhsical attributes
43174740GenderDifferences between men and women in relation to society which is also in relation to what is considered masculine or feminine
43174741Residential segregationthe physical separation of two groups based on residence and housing
43174742Invasion and successionNew immigrants move to a city and dominate or take over areas or neighborhoods occupied by older immigrant groups
43174743Regions of the U.S. with largest Latino populationssouthern tip of Florida and the southwest along the U.S. Mexican Border
43174744Regions of the U.S. with largest Asian American populationsAlong the west coast

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