Unit 4: Week 2 Terms

What does a linguist study?

• Culture

• Languages

• Religions

• Linguini pasta

What are dialects?

• The shared values and beliefs of a culture

• Its another word for languages

• Regional variations of a language

• The visible reflection of human culture on the built environment

What are ethnic religions?

• Religions that spread globally to many different kinds of people, not just near the culture hearth

• Religions that are related closely to culture, ethnic heritage, and are generally found near the culture hearth

Judaism and Hinduism are examples of what?

• Ethnic Religions

• Universalizing Religions

What are universalizing religions?

• Religions that spread globally to many different kinds of people, not just near the culture hearth

• Religions that are related closely to culture, ethnic heritage, and are generally found near the culture hearth

Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism are examples of what?

• Ethnic Religions

• Universalizing Religions

What is acculturation?

• The coexistence of several cultures in one society, with the ideal of all cultures being valued and worthy of study

• When ethnic or immigrant group moves to a new area and can no longer be distinguished from the receiving group

• When an ethnic or immigrant group moves to a new area and adopts the values and practices of the larger group that has received them while still maintaining major elements of their own culture

• The unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs, practices, ideas, etc. of one people or society by members of another and typically more dominant people or society

What is assimilation?

• The coexistence of several cultures in one society, with the ideal of all cultures being valued and worthy of study

• When ethnic or immigrant group moves to a new area and can no longer be distinguished from the receiving group

• When an ethnic or immigrant group moves to a new area and adopts the values and practices of the larger group that has received them while still maintaining major elements of their own culture

• The unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs, practices, ideas, etc. of one people or society by members of another and typically more dominant people or society

What is multiculturalism?

• The coexistence of several cultures in one society, with the ideal of all cultures being valued and worthy of study

• When ethnic or immigrant group moves to a new area and can no longer be distinguished from the receiving group

• When an ethnic or immigrant group moves to a new area and adopts the values and practices of the larger group that has received them while still maintaining major elements of their own culture

• The unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs, practices, ideas, etc. of one people or society by members of another and typically more dominant people or society

What is cultural appropriation?

• The coexistence of several cultures in one society, with the ideal of all cultures being valued and worthy of study

• When ethnic or immigrant group moves to a new area and can no longer be distinguished from the receiving group

• When an ethnic or immigrant group moves to a new area and adopts the values and practices of the larger group that has received them while still maintaining major elements of their own culture

• The unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs, practices, ideas, etc. of one people or society by members of another and typically more dominant people or society