Cultural Exchange

What is the definition of the term innovation?

• When an individual or a group take an idea, invention, or behavior from another culture.

• Taking an existing idea, resource, or technology and turning it into something new.

• When a culture changes as a result of adopting an idea or custom from another culture.

• The birthplace of an idea, custom, or resource that is spread to other regions.

  
  

What is an animistic religion?

• A religion based on belief in many gods, each serving a specific purpose and in charge of different aspects of the world

• A religion based on belief in one god, and the understanding that the same god created all things and is above all things.

• A religion based on traditional stories, passed on from generation to generation, with no written text.

• A religion based on the belief that all things, including animals and nature, have a spirit and can pass on their wisdom.

What is the meaning of the phrase cultural hearth?

• The act of taking an idea or resource and improving upon it to use it further.

• A group of people who adopted the customs of a different cultural group.

• The birthplace of an idea, custom, or resource that is spread to other regions.

• The belief that new ideas and technologies are bad and should not be adopted.

  
  

What is the definition of the term diffusion?

• The place where an idea or resource originally came from.

• The amount of time it takes for an idea, resource, or custom to be adopted by another region.

• When an individual or a group take an idea, invention, or behavior from another culture.

• Taking something that already exists and improving upon it for future use.

The components of a cultural group are

• education and language

• political and social organization

• food and shelter

• religion and creative expression

• relationships and protection

A culture is similar to which of the following?

• a blueprint

• a map

• a group

• a story

What is the name of the earliest known spoken language?

• Euro-Indo-Island

• Proto-Asian-European

• Indo-Euro-African

• Proto-Indo-European

Which of the following is not one of the building blocks of a culture?

• creative expression

• political organization

• family size

• security and protection

  
  

What is the definition of the term acculturation?

• When a cultural group refuses to change or progress with the times, and sticks to their original way of doing things.

  
  

• When a culture changes as a result of adopting an idea or custom from another culture.

• The amount of time it takes for new ideas and inventions to travel from one region to another.

• The birthplace of ideas, behaviors, and resources that have been adopted by other regions.

  
  

What is a monotheistic religion?

• A religion based on belief in many gods, each serving a specific purpose and in charge of different aspects of the world.

• A religion based on the belief that all things, including animals and nature, have a spirit and can pass on their wisdom.

• A religion based on belief in one god, and the understanding that the same god created all things and is above all things.

• religion based on traditional stories, passed on from generation to generation, with no written text