U6 LFC - World Geo - Culture Vocabulary

What is the process of adopting only certain customs that will be to their advantage?

• Selective acculturation

• Cultural assimilation

• Cultural diffusion

• Cultural integration

The process of less dominant cultures losing their culture to a more dominant culture is called:

• Assimilation

• Acculturation

• Cultural diffusion

• Cultural integration

The entire region throughout which a culture prevails is called:

• Cultural landscape

• Cultural region

• Cultural diffusion

• Cultural hearth

Material Culture refers to the physical objects, resources, and spaces that people use to define their culture.

• The intangible beliefs and practices of a culture.

• The physical objects, resources, and spaces that people use to define their culture.

• The language and communication methods of a culture.

• The historical events that shaped a culture.

The culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups is known as:

• Folk culture

• Popular culture

• Urban culture

• Global culture

What is the culture found in a large, diverse society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics?

• Popular culture

• Folk culture

• Subculture

• Counterculture

What is a regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, pronunciation?

• Dialect

• Accent

• Slang

• Jargon

What is a language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages?

• Lingua Franca

• Dialect

• Mother Tongue

• Slang

A form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca, used for communications among speakers of two different languages is called:

• Creole

• Pidgin

• Dialect

• Esperanto

The belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and life is known as:

• Animism

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Totemism