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PHHS - APHUG: Important vocab for Unit 3 - Cultural Geography

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communication through the use of signs, gestures, marks, and articulate vocal sounds   language  
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form of language that an institution advocates for use in public life   standard language  
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regional variants of a standard language   dialect  
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geographic boundary within which a particular linguistic feature occurs   isogloss  
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society that lacks a written version of their language system   preliterate society  
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broadest classifcation of languages; can be further broken up into sub-families   language family  
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divisions within a language family; can be further subdivided into language groups   language sub-family  
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most specific division into which a language can be placed; make up language sub-families   language group  
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most widely used language family   Indo-European  
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most widely used language within the Indo-European family   English  
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region where one language is used   monolingual  
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region where two languages are used   bilingual  
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region where three or more languages are used   multilingual  
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simplified form of a language that uses key vocabulary and limited grammar   pidgin language  
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a "bridge" language commonly used to allow people to understand each other   lingua franca  
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language origin theory; states that migrants from India spread to Asia Minor, then on to Europe   Anatolian Theory  
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language origin theory; states that migrants from India spread to central Asia, then on to Europe   Kurgan Theory  
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a place name   toponym  
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study of place names   toponomy  
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a language no longer used as the primary language of communication by any culture   extinct language  
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a language formally adopted for use in government and government agencies   official language  
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an experimental "global language" attempted in Europe in the early 1900s   Esperanto  
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architechture style based on geometric, ordered patterns. Popular in the mid to late 1900s   modern  
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architechture style based on curvature, bendy, or wavy shapes. Popular in the late 1900s/2000s   contemporary  
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traditional housing style popular in New England; small, one-story house, evenly sloped roof   Cape Cod house  
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traditional housing style popular in New England; features a small roof in front and a large sloping roof in back   Salt Box house  
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traditional housing style popular in the Mid-Atlantic colonies and in cities; features 2/3 stories, flat roof, usually made of brick, Greek/Roman accents   Federalist/Georgian style house  
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traditional housing style; features sloped roof, 2 fireplaces, made of a variety of materials   I-house  
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religious building; features steeple or bell tower(s)   Roman Catholic/Protestant church  
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religious building; features bulb-style domes   Eastern Orthodox church  
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religious building; features rectangular body, towers, carvings of the heads/faces of deities   Hindu temple  
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religious building; found in northern India/Nepal; a large tower or dome   Vajrayna style Buddhist temple (Stupa)  
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religious building; found in southeast Asia, features small, overlapping roof sections and small curved spike, or spires   Theravada style Buddhist temple  
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religious building; pagoda style with winged roofs   Mahayana style Buddhist temple  
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religious bulding; often features domes and/or minarets   mosque  
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religion that does not have key indentifying features as part of its religious buildings   Judaism  
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the non-traditional heterogenious ideas and practices of urban industrial societies   popular culture  
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the traditional, relatively stable ideas and practices of somewhat isolated groups   folk culture  
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religions that accept everyone, sometimes actively recruit   universalizing religions  
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religions that are based on a cultural group; don't recruit   ethnic religions  
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religions where beliefs don't change; don't mesh well with other religious systems   fundamentalist  
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religions where the beliefs are more flexible; mesh well with other religious systems   compromising  
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key texts of Hinduism   Vedas and Upanishads  
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system of social hierarchy in Hinduism   caste system  
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concept of fulfilling your caste duty   dharma  
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concept that good or bad actions with have positive or negative consequences in the future; found in Hinduism and Buddhism   karma  
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the cycle of rebirth found in Hinduism and Buddhism   reincarnation  
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escape from the cycle of reincarnation in Hinduism   moksha  
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founder of Buddhism   Siddhartha Gautama  
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denominations of Buddhism   Vajrayana, Theravada, Mahayana  
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Two key doctrines of Buddhism   Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path  
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escape from the cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism   nirvana  
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modern day Jewish state   Israel  
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holy scripture of Judaism   Torah  
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holiest of Jewish holidays   Yom Kippur  
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scattering of Jews worldwide, especially after the Roman destruction of the Jewish temple in 70 C.E.   diaspora  
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key denominations of Judaism   orthodox, conservative, and reform  
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founder of Judaism   Abraham  
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belief in one god   monotheism  
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belife in many gods   polytheism  
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belief that there should be a separate homeland for the Jewish people   Zionism  
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Jewish house of worship   synagogue  
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holiest site in Judaism   Western Wall (Wailing Wall)  
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founder of Christianity   Jesus  
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holy scripture of Christianity   Bible (especially the New Testament)  
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center of Christianity (after the adoption of Christianity by the Roman Empire)   Rome  
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key denominations of Christianity   Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Protestant  
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spread Christianity to gentiles (non-Jews)   Paul  
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Christian house of worship   Church  
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Middle Eastern city; significant to Jews, Christians, and Muslims   Jerusalem  
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head of the Roman Catholic church   pope  
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the three parts of the Christian god   Holy Trinity  
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a person who dies for their beliefs   martyr  
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founder of Islam   Muhammad  
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holiest city in Islam   Mecca  
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two denominations of Islam   Sunni and Shi'a (Shiite)  
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holy scripture of Islam   Koran (Qu'ran)  
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leader of the Muslim faith   caliph  
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individual Muslim community leaders   imam  
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official language of Islam   Arabic  
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key tenents (beliefs) of Islam   The Five Pillars  
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key Muslim city; capital of the Islamic empire for centuries   Baghdad  
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holy month of Islam; Muslims fast from sunup to sundown   Ramadan  
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a population represented by a singular culture   nation  
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a common national heritage   ethnicity  
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physical characteristics of a common genetic heritage   race  
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mestizo   person of mixed white and native American ancestry  
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mulatto   person of mixed white and black ancestry  
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zambo/cafuzo   person of mixed black and native American ancestry  
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creole   person of mixed white, black, and native American ancestry  
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theory that all aspects of culture are determined by geographic factors; founded by Friedrich Ratzel   environmental determinism  
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theory that cultures are partially shaped by geographic factors, as well as other factors; founded by Carl Sauer   environmental possibilism  
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theory of a living space for all ethnic groups, based on where they were best suited to live; established by Friedrich Ratzel   lebenstraum  
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how we describe ourselves to someone in our own culture   internal identity  
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how we describe ourselves to someone from a different culture   external identity  
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where a culture originated, and has(had) its main population center   cultural hearth  
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the cycle of replacement of a culture by new cultures in a single place over time   sequent occupance  
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adopting a new culture while maintaining aspects of your old culture   acculturation  
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complete loss of old culture as person is integrated into a new culture   assimilation  
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2nd largest language family in the world; found in East Asia   Sino-Tibetan  
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Language family found in the Middle East and Northern Africa; Arabic is one of its languages   Afro-Asiatic  
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Language family dominant in Sub-Saharan Africa   Niger-Congo  
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Language family dominant in Turkey, central Asia   Altaic  
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Language family dominant in Northern Russia, Finland, Hungary   Uralic  
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Language family dominant in Southern India   Dravidian  
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Language family dominant in Japan and Korea   Japanese-Korean  
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Language family dominant in Indonesia   Malay-Polynesian  
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Religion dominant in Europe, Australia, and the Americas   Christianity  
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Religion dominant in Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia   Islam  
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Religion dominant in India and Nepal   Hinduism  
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Religion dominant in East and Southeast Asia   Buddhism  
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Religion dominant in Israel and other small pockets worldwide   Judaism  
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