Unit 3 vocab/content review

________ is the shared experiences, characteristics, and activities of a group of people with a common heritage.

​ (a)   culture is characterized as being traditional, and mostly concentrated around one homogenous group.

• Folk
• Pop

​ (a)   culture is characterize by being modern and spread through media to heterogenous groups.

• Pop
• Folk

Which scenario best explains the process of assimilation?

• A family immigrates to a new country, settles near others from their homeland, and conducts most of their day-to-day activities within their ethnic neighborhood.

• Despite the large number of historic churches in France, many French identify as nonreligious and believe that religion is a private matter.

• The island of Mauritius has large populations of Christians, Hindus, and Muslims. The constitution of Mauritius prohibits discrimination and protects freedom of religion.

• The American ' government educated Native American children in American-style boarding schools. All of the children were taught English, and girls were taught how to be homemakers.

• Hinduism diffused from India to Bali, where it blended with traditional Balinese beliefs to create a form of Hinduism unique to Bali.

Answer explanation

Assimilation occurs when someone loses all or most of their own culture and switches to another. It very rarely happens by choice, and is usually forced.

Which of the following is the belief that one’s own culture is the best or better than other cultures?

• Ethos

• Prejudice

• Ethnocentrism

• Stereotyping

• Acculturation

In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of

• Large heterogenous groups

• Indigenous groups

• Groups that have little interaction with other groups

• Small heterogenous groups

• Groups living in isolated areas

Answer explanation

Folk culture is based around one specific ethnic group = homogenous

Pop culture is worldwide, through media = heterogenous

Homo = same

Hetero = different

Which of the following describes the process of creolization?

• The mix of Native American, African, and European influences to create new cultural forms

• The representations of Spanish, Portuguese, and French linguistic culture on the landscape of Latin America

• The layering of the European cultural landscape over the Native American landscape

• The exchange of crops and animals between the Old World and the New World

• The adoption of Native American toponyms for place-names of European settlements

Answer explanation

Creole is a mix; hybrid

The term “cultural diffusion” refers to the

• modification of Earth’s surface by human actions

• integration of behavioral traits within a group

• spread of an idea or innovation from its source

• relationship between human cultures and their physical environment

• assimilation of a minority culture into the host society

Cultural landscape can be defined as

• the types of art, music, dance, and theater practiced in a particular region

• the ways that people in differing cultures perceive the environment

• the forms superimposed on the physical environment by the activities of humans

•  the diversity of distinctive cultures within a particular geographic area

• a particular area within a geographic region dedicated to cultural activities

Answer explanation

Human culture + physical landscape

As Buddhism diffused through East Asia, Buddhist traditions blended with local cultural customs to create distinct religious practices, such as Daoism in China and Shinto in Japan. Which of the following terms best describes this blending of cultural traditions?

• Assimilation

• Acculturation

• Possibilism

• Multiculturalism

• Syncretism

Answer explanation

Break down the word:

"Syncretism"

Sync = together, merged

What are you doing when you sync your phone?