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Human Geography
Chapter 4, 5, and 6
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11th Grade
11/19/2011

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Custom
Definition
repetitive act of a group that is perfromed to an extent that it becomes a characteristic
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Folk Culture
Definition
traditionally practiced among a  small homogeneous group living in somewhat isolation
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habit
Definition
a repetitive action by an indivividual
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popular culture
Definition
practiced in large heterogeneous groups that share traits despite personal affiliations
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taboo
Definition
restriction on a certain behavior due to social custom
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terroir
Definition
contribution of physical features of a place to its local food's taste
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Britished Recieved Pronunciation
Definition
standard form of english in Britain
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Creole/creolized language
Definition
the mixing of two or more languages into anew language that is taught in schools
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dialect
Definition
regional variation of a language
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ebonics
Definition
black people talk
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extinct language
Definition
once in use, but no longer spoken
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franglais
Definition
a combination of french and english
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ideograms
Definition
symbols in a lnaguage that represent an idea
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isogloss
Definition
word usage boundary
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isolated language
Definition
a language not attached or derived from a certain language
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language branch
Definition
group of languages realted through a common ancestral language that existed several 1000 years ago
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language family
Definition
a group of languages realted through a common ancestral language dating back before recorded history
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language group
Definition
group of languages that share common grammatical ideas
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lingua franca
Definition
a language of international communication
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literary tradition
Definition
system of written lnaguage
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officail language
Definition
language used for official govt documents
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pidgin language
Definition
an unofficial combination of two languages
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spanglish
Definition
combo of spanish and english
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standard language
Definition
one specific dialect of a language known to be "standard"
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vulgar latin
Definition
latin spoken by most peoplebut not standard
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animism
Definition
the belief that inanimate objects have souls
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autonomous religon
Definition
religion that has little interaction with pople outside of the community
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branch
Definition
large and fundamentaldivision within a religion
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caste
Definition
a hierarchy in the indian society
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cosmogony
Definition
set of religious beliefs about how the universe started
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denomination
Definition
a division of a branch of religion
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Diocese
Definition
basic unit of geographic organization of a branch of religion
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ethnic religion
Definition
appeals to a group of people living in one place
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fundamentalism
Definition
literal interpretaion of a religions holy book
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ghetto
Definition
a hood that jews were foreced to live in during WWII
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hierarchial religion
Definition
has a well defined geographic structure and organization
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missionary
Definition
person from one religion who travels across the world to try and convert people
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monotheism
Definition
the belief in one god
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pagan
Definition
any freligion with multiple figures of worship
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pilgrimage
Definition
traveling for religious to a "sacred" place
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polytheism
Definition
the belief in many gods
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sect
Definition
a relatively small group that broke off from a denomination
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solstice
Definition
has special meaning in certain religions
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universalizing religion
Definition
a global religion
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