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AP HuG Unit 3 Test
Question | Answer |
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How does Folk Culture diffuse? | - Relocation Diffusion - Moves slowly across locations - Small scale |
What are the distribution patterns of Folk culture? | - Physical and cultural borders stop it - Mostly in isolated rural areas |
How does Popular culture diffuse? | - Expansion Diffusion - Spreads quickly - Help from modern communication and mass media |
What are the distribution patterns of Popular culture? | - Distributed without regard to physical features - Obstacle: purchasing/ cost - Mostly urban areas |
Definition of Landscape pollution | modifying the physical landscape without considering local culture |
Definition of Syncretism | blending beliefs and practices into one faith |
What are the differences between Colonialism and Imperialism? | Colonialism is when a country takes control of an area and settles there, often forcing culture on the country. Imperialism is when a country takes control of an area |
Synonym for folk culture? | Non-dominant |
Synonym for popular culture? | Dominant |
What are the differences between assimilation and acculturation? | Acculturation is exchanging cultural norms, groups remaining distinct Assimilation is people with a non-dominant culture being absorbed into the main culture. |
Name the types of cultural diffusion . | Expansion diffusion ----Hierarchical diffusion ----Stimulus diffusion ----Contagious diffusion Relocation diffusion |
What is expansion diffusion? | spread of culture through snowball effect (pop culture is an example) |
What is hierarchal diffusion? | culture spreading through a more influential person passing it down. |
What is stimulus diffusion? | part of the cultural trait gets accepted and part gets changed (Example: McDonalds moving to India and making veggie burgers there bc a lot of Indians are vegitarian. |
What is contagious diffusion? | rapid widespread diffusion |
What is relocation diffusion? | traits getting spread via people moving around |
How many languages are spoken today? | ~6,900 |
How many languages have over 100 million speakers today? | 11 |
What is the order of language classifications? | Family, branch, group |
How many languages out of all of them are safe from extinction? | 300 |
What are the classifications of endangered languages? From safest to least safe. | safe, vulnerable, definitely endangered, severely endangered, critically endangered, extinct. |
Name the five major religions | Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam |
Name the ethnic major religions | Hinduism, Judaism |
Name the monotheistic major religions | Judaism, Christianity, Islam (Hinduism is polytheistic and Buddhism doesn't have gods) |
Where was Hinduism founded? | The Indus River Valley in current-day N India, Pakistan |
What is the Hindu caste system? | Hindus have a caste system. They believe you are stuck at your same level until you die, but if you do good in this life you will be in a better caste your next life, and vice versa. Hindus believe in reincarnation. |
Who was Buddhism's founder? | Siddhartha Gautama. |