Definitions for Topics 3.1-3.8
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| cultural practices | show 🗑
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| cultural relativism | show 🗑
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| show | A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom.
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| show | a person who favors those born in his country and is opposed to immigrants
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| ethnocentrism | show 🗑
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| show | the visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape
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| sequent occupance | show 🗑
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| show | Combines traditional and contemporary influences.
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| traditional architecture | show 🗑
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| show | Identity with a group of people that share distinct physical and mental traits as a product of common heredity and cultural traditions.
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| ethnic neighborhood | show 🗑
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| show | A place with a high concentration of an ethnic group that is distinct from those in the surrounding area
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| indigenous people | show 🗑
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| show | The predominant beliefs in a culture about right and wrong, what is most important in life, and how life should be lived. May also include beliefs about where and how life originated and what happens after death.
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| land use | show 🗑
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| diffusion | show 🗑
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| show | State 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.
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| show | The deliberate shaping of an environment to facilitate social interaction and improve a community's quality of life.
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| landscapes | show 🗑
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| religion | show 🗑
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| show | An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state
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| show | a force that divides people and countries
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| hearth | show 🗑
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| relocation diffusion | show 🗑
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| show | The spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in a snowballing process.
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| stimulus diffusion | show 🗑
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| hierarchical diffusion | show 🗑
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| show | The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population.
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| show | Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.
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| show | domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region
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| dialect | show 🗑
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| show | A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate.
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| show | a language specialist
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| language families | show 🗑
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| show | A group of languages that share a common origin but have evolved into different languages
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| show | set of languages with a relatively recent common origin and many similar characteristics
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| bilingual | show 🗑
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| multilingual | show 🗑
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| pidgin | show 🗑
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| show | The language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents.
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| extinct language | show 🗑
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| show | A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages
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| show | A symbol that represents a word rather than a sound
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| show | The blending of African, European, and some Amerindian cultural elements into the unique sociocultural systems found in the Caribbean.
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| Creole Language | show 🗑
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| show | a religion that is particular to one culturally distinct group of people
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| show | A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location.
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| show | Locations on Earth's surface where specific cultures first arose.
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| show | The name given to a portion of Earth's surface.
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| show | A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior.
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| Islam | show 🗑
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| show | the doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam
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| show | Belief system that started in India in the 500s BC. Happiness can be achieved through removal of one's desires. Believers seek enlightenment and the overcoming of suffering.
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| Judaism | show 🗑
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| show | A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms
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| Animism | show 🗑
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| show | A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes.
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| secularism | show 🗑
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| show | A policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine.
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| denomination | show 🗑
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| show | A large and fundamental division within a religion
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| sect | show 🗑
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| fundamentalism | show 🗑
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| show | Body of Islamic law that includes interpretation of the Quran and applies Islamic principles to everyday life
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| theocracry | show 🗑
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| show | Belief in many gods
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| monotheistic | show 🗑
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| caste system | show 🗑
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| show | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation
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| show | A dispersion of people from their homeland
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| show | A concept or practice that is construct of a group. Everybody in society agrees to treat a certain aspect a certain way regardless of its inherent value in nature.
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| urbanization | show 🗑
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| show | Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope.
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| time-space convergence | show 🗑
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| cultural convergence | show 🗑
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| show | the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
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| syncretism | show 🗑
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| show | a condition in which ethnic groups exist separately and share equally in economic and political life
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| show | The adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group under the influence of another.
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| cultural traits | show 🗑
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| creolization | show 🗑
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| lingua franca | show 🗑
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| show | the tendency for a culture to become less similar over time; some people change their religious and philosophical beliefs as they age or move away, becoming less similar to their original culture
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| indigenous languages | show 🗑
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| show | the social activities and interactions - ranging from religious rituals to food preferences to clothing - that collectively distinguish group identity
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