UNIT 3 VOCABULARY
Use the chart below to create definitions for the important terms in this Unit. When
studying, fold the paper along the vertical line to hide the terms from the
definitions. Have a study partner test your knowledge, by both identifying the term
when given the definition and by identifying the definition when given the term!
DEFINITION
TERM
Culture
Cultural Geography
Culture hearth
Culture trait
Creolized Language
Dialect
Language
Extinct Language
Franglais / Spanglish
Ideogram
Isogloss
Isolated language
Language family
Language branch
Language group
Lingua franca
Literary tradition
Official Language
Pidgin Language
Indo European
Sino-Tibetan
Romance
Standard Language
British Received
Pronunciation (BRP)
Vulgar Latin
Animism
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Religious Branch
Hierarchical Religion
Cosmogony
Denomination
Universalizing Religion
Ethnic Religion
Global Religion
Evangelism
Fundamentalism
Ghetto v.
Ethnic Neighborhood
Polytheism
Monotheism
Pagan
Pilgrimage
Missionary
Sect
Solstice /Equinox
Caste system
Diaspora
Shaman
Artifacts / Relics
Theocracy
Secularism
Race
Ethnicity
Minority
Genocide / Ethnic
Cleansing
Acculturation
Transculturation
Multiculturalism
Local Culture
Pop Culture
Folk Culture
Tradition
Custom
Cultural Imperialism
Cultural Extinction
Uniform Landscape
“Placelessness”
Maladaptive diffusion
Ethnocentrism
Cultural convergence