AP Human Geo Unit 3 - The Rest

What word means: method of communication (spoken/written)

• Culture

• Language

• Dialect

• Hearth

What term means: a group of languages with a shared but fairly distant origin

ex. Romance languages

• Language

• Dialect

• Language Family

• Religion

What term means: variant of a standard language along regional or ethnic lines; leads to differences in vocabulary, syntax, pronunciation, cadence, and pace

• Language

• Dialect

• Language Family

• Culture

What term means: place-names that can uncover historical information about a place and its origin. ex. Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose

• Language

• Cultural Trait

• Language Family

• Toponym

What term means: religions that actively seek converts because they view themselves as offering belief systems of universal applicability and appeal

• Ethnic Religion

• Universalizing Religion

What term means: religions that do not actively seek converts and are generally found near the hearth or spread through relocation diffusion

• Ethnic Religion

• Universalizing Religion

What term means: process in which members off one cultural group adopt the beliefs and behaviors of another group, but still retain some original uniqueness; often occurs as a result of colonization or immigration

• Syncretism

• Acculturation

• Assimilation

• Multiculturalism

What term means: process in which a person or persons acquire the social and psychological characteristics of a group and cannot be distinguished from anyone else

• Syncretism

• Acculturation

• Assimilation

• Multiculturalism

What term means: maintaining a diversity of ethnic cultures with a community that are valued and respected for their unique differences

• Syncretism

• Acculturation

• Assimilation

• Multiculturalism

What term means: development of a new cultural trait as a result of the blending of two distinct but interacting cultures

• Syncretism

• Acculturation

• Assimilation

• Multiculturalism