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Vocab 3.5 and 3.6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Imperialism | a broader concept that includes a variety of ways of influencing another country or group of people by direct conquest, economic control, or cultural dominance |
| colonialism | a particular type of imperialism in which people move into and settle on the land of another country |
| animism | the belief that non-living objects, such as rivers or mountains, possess spirits |
| native speakers | those who use the language they learned from birth |
| lingua franca | A common language used by people who do not share the same native language |
| slang | words used informally by a segment of the population |
| pidgin language | a simplified mixture of two languages |
| creole language | two or more separate languages can mix and develop a more formal structure and vocabulary, which creates a new combined language |
| social constructs | ideas, concepts, or perceptions that have been created and accepted by people in a society or social group and are not created by nature |
| time-space convergence | the greater interconnection between places that results from improvements in transportation |
| cultural convergence | cultures are becoming similar to each other and sharing more cultural traits, ideas and beliefs |
| cultural divergence | the idea that a culture may change over time as the elements of distance, time, physical separation, and modern technology create divisions and change |
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