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Livingston 1 Luke Livingston Mrs. Bassett Human Geography September 11, 2014

Luke Livingston Mrs. Bassett Human Geography 23 October 2014 Video Assignment 3

Unit 1 Cultural Geography Vocabulary Formal cultural region Functional culture region Vernacular culture region Syncretism Cultural diffusion Relocation diffusion Expansion diffusion Contagious diffusion Hierarchical diffusion Stimulus diffusion Acculturation Assimilation Dialects Lingua franca Franglais & Spanglish Extinct languages Revived languages Creole languages Pidgin languages Ethnic religion Universalizing religion Cultural landscapes Popular culture Ethnicity Ethnocentrism Race Racism Sequent occupance Globalization Exclave Enclave Protestantism Environmental Determinism Possibilism Confucianism Baha?i Daoism Folk Culture Isogloss Monotheistic Polytheistic Official language Time-distance decay Toponymy Transculturation Secular Concepts to know

Reflections on Traditional Cultures of the World Name: Luke Livingston Directions: After listening, watching and eating our way through over twenty national cultures, we should be able to come to some conclusions about patterns of traditional folk cultures in different places around the world. Thank you to every student in the class; you each contributed valuable details to the tapestry of cultures.

Chapter 6 Rubenstein Religion KEY ISSUE 1: Where are religions distributed? (see map) ?Religion is a belief system and a set of practices that recognizes the existence of a power higher than humans.? Two main types of religions: Universalizing ? attempts to appeal to all people of different cultures through propagandizing and persuading people to convert. a). World?s major universalizing religions are: 1). Christianity 2). Islam 3). Buddhism b). Universalizing religions are designed to appeal to many people (and, unfortunately to their wallets.) 1). Surge in TV evangelism or televangelism 2). Most TV evangelists try to convert ?sinners? to Christian fundamentalism (strict adherence to Bible)