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Religion:
-Make sure that you study up on the characteristics of each of the religions discussed in class. Review the religions grid thoroughly. You will NOT be able to use it on the exam.
-Be familiar with the religious hotspots in the world.
-Anything in the book is fair game
-Make sure you know the difference between universalizing and ethnic.
-Monotheism
-Polytheism
-Sects
-Branches
-Where in the world these religions are practices/Hearths of each.
-evangelical religions
-Fundamentalism/examples
-Secularism/examples
-Jewish Diaspora


Concepts of Culture Acculturation Assimilation
Cultural adaptation
Cultural core/periphery pattern
Cultural ecology
Cultural identity
Cultural landscape
Cultural realm
Culture
Culture region
Formal—core, periphery
• Functional—node
• Vernacular (perceptual)—regional self-awareness Diffusion types
• Expansion—hierarchical, contagious, stimulus • Relocation Innovation adoption
Maladaptive diffusion Sequent occupance
Folk and Popular Culture
Adaptive strategies
Anglo-American landscape characteristics
Architectural form
Built environment
Folk culture
Folk food
Folk house
Folk songs
Folklore
Material culture
Nonmaterial culture
Popular culture
Survey systems
Traditional architecture

Language
Creole
Dialect
Indo-European languages
Isogloss
Language
Language family
Language group
Language subfamily
Lingua franca
Linguistic diversity
Monolingual/multilingual
Official language
Pidgin
Toponymy
Trade language


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