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5487748184Abrahamic faithsJudaism Christanity and Islam are practiced0
5487748185AcculturationThe modification of he social patterns, traits, or structures of one group of society by contact with those of another1
5487748186ArtifactAn object made by human beings: often refers to a primitive tool2
5487748187AmericanizationAmericanizing culture3
5487748188ApartheidLaws (no longer effect) in South America that physically separate different races into different geographic areas4
5487748189AssimilationProcess by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture5
5487748190CreoleFormalized pidgin language6
5487748191Cultural adaptationNew people adapt to the cultural of the previously existing people7
5487748192Cultural convergenceThe contact and interaction of one cultural with another8
5487748193Cultural hearthA center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward9
5487748194cultural perceptionThe concept that people of different cultures will differently observe and interpret their environment and make different decisions about its nature10
5487748195CustomThe frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristics of the group of people performing the act11
5487748196DialectA regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation12
5487748197Relocation diffusionThe spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another13
5487748198Expansion diffusionThe spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in a snowballing process14
5487748199Hierarchical diffusionThe spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other person or places15
5487748200Stimulus diffusionUnderlying principle of a characteristics spreads although characteristics failed16
5487748201Contagious diffusionThe rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout17
5487748202Ethnic cleansingProcess in which a more powerful ethnic group forcibly removed a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region18
5487748203Ethnic religionsA religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principal are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated19
5487748204EthnicityIdentity with a group of people that share distinct physical and mental traits as a product of common heredity and cultural traditions20
5487748205Ethnonationalismnations are defined by a shared heritage, which usually includes a common language, a common faith, and a common ethnic ancestry21
5487748206Folk cultureCultural traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in a relative isolation from other groups22
5487748207HabitA repetitive act performed by a particular individual23
5487748208Indigenous peoplesA person who occupy a region at the time of its contact with colonial powers or the outside world24
5487748209IsoglossA boundary that separates region in which different language usages predominate25
5487748210LanguageA system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning26
5487748211Language familyA collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history27
5487748212Lingua FrancaA language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native language28
5487748213Material cultureThe physical manifestations of human activities29
5487748214MonotheisticBelief that only one God30
5487748215Official languageThe language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents31
5487748216PidginA form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua Franca, used for communication among speakers of two different languages32
5487748217PolytheisticTh belief in or worship of more than one God33
5487748218Popular cultureCultural found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics34
5487748219SecularizationReligion lose social and cultural35
5487748220TabooA restriction on behavior imposed by social custom36
5487748221Universalizing religionsA religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location37
5487748222Vernacular regionsAn area that people believe exists as a part of their cultural identity38

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