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

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show language  
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form of language that an institution advocates for use in public life   show
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show dialect  
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show isogloss  
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society that lacks a written version of their language system   show
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broadest classifcation of languages; can be further broken up into sub-families   show
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divisions within a language family; can be further subdivided into language groups   show
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most specific division into which a language can be placed; make up language sub-families   show
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show Indo-European  
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show English  
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show monolingual  
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show bilingual  
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show multilingual  
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show pidgin language  
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show lingua franca  
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language origin theory; states that migrants from India spread to Asia Minor, then on to Europe   show
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language origin theory; states that migrants from India spread to central Asia, then on to Europe   show
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show toponym  
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study of place names   show
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a language no longer used as the primary language of communication by any culture   show
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show official language  
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show Esperanto  
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show modern  
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show contemporary  
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traditional housing style popular in New England; small, one-story house, evenly sloped roof   show
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traditional housing style popular in New England; features a small roof in front and a large sloping roof in back   show
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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   show
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show I-house  
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show Roman Catholic/Protestant church  
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show Eastern Orthodox church  
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show Hindu temple  
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religious building; found in northern India/Nepal; a large tower or dome   show
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religious building; found in southeast Asia, features small, overlapping roof sections and small curved spike, or spires   show
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religious building; pagoda style with winged roofs   show
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show mosque  
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show Judaism  
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show popular culture  
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show folk culture  
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religions that accept everyone, sometimes actively recruit   show
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religions that are based on a cultural group; don't recruit   show
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show fundamentalist  
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religions where the beliefs are more flexible; mesh well with other religious systems   show
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show Vedas and Upanishads  
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show caste system  
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show 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   show
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show reincarnation  
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show moksha  
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show Siddhartha Gautama  
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show Vajrayana, Theravada, Mahayana  
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Two key doctrines of Buddhism   show
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show nirvana  
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modern day Jewish state   show
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holy scripture of Judaism   show
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holiest of Jewish holidays   show
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show diaspora  
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key denominations of Judaism   show
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founder of Judaism   show
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belief in one god   show
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show polytheism  
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belief that there should be a separate homeland for the Jewish people   show
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show synagogue  
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holiest site in Judaism   show
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show Jesus  
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show Bible (especially the New Testament)  
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show Rome  
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show Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Protestant  
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show Paul  
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Christian house of worship   show
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show Jerusalem  
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head of the Roman Catholic church   show
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the three parts of the Christian god   show
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show martyr  
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founder of Islam   show
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holiest city in Islam   show
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two denominations of Islam   show
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holy scripture of Islam   show
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show caliph  
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individual Muslim community leaders   show
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show Arabic  
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key tenents (beliefs) of Islam   show
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key Muslim city; capital of the Islamic empire for centuries   show
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show Ramadan  
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show nation  
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show ethnicity  
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physical characteristics of a common genetic heritage   show
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mestizo   show
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mulatto   show
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zambo/cafuzo   show
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show person of mixed white, black, and native American ancestry  
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show environmental determinism  
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show environmental possibilism  
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show lebenstraum  
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how we describe ourselves to someone in our own culture   show
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show external identity  
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where a culture originated, and has(had) its main population center   show
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the cycle of replacement of a culture by new cultures in a single place over time   show
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show acculturation  
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show assimilation  
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2nd largest language family in the world; found in East Asia   show
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Language family found in the Middle East and Northern Africa; Arabic is one of its languages   show
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Language family dominant in Sub-Saharan Africa   show
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Language family dominant in Turkey, central Asia   show
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Language family dominant in Northern Russia, Finland, Hungary   show
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Language family dominant in Southern India   show
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show Japanese-Korean  
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show Malay-Polynesian  
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Religion dominant in Europe, Australia, and the Americas   show
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Religion dominant in Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia   show
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Religion dominant in India and Nepal   show
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show Buddhism  
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Religion dominant in Israel and other small pockets worldwide   show
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