Human Geography

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Custom (4)

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The frequent repetition of an act to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act

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Folk culture (4)

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Culture traditionally practiced by a small homogeneous rural group living in relative isolation from other groups

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Habit (4)

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A repetitive act performed by a particular individual

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Popular Culture (4)

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Culture found in a large heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics

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Taboo (4)

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A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom

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Terroir (4)

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The contribution of a locations distinctive physical features to the way food tastes

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British Received Pronunciation (BRP) (5)

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The dialect of english associated with upper-class Britons living in London now considered standard in the United Kingdom

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Creole or creolized language (5)

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A language that results from the mixing of a colonizers language with the indigenous language of the people being domintated

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Denglish

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Combination of German and English

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Dialect (5)

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A regional variety of language distinguished by vocabulary spelling and pronunciation

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Ebonics (5)

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Dialect spoken by some African Americans

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Extinct language

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A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used

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Franglais

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A term used by the French for English words that have entered the french language; a combination of fracais and anglais, the french words for 'French" and 'English'

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Ideograms (5)

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The system of writing used in China and other East Asian countries in which each symbol represents an idea or a concept rather than a specific sound as is the case with letters in english

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Isogloss (5)

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A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate

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isolated language (5)

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A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therfor not attached to any language families

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Language (5)

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A system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning

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Language Branch (5)

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A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago. Differences are not as extensive or as old as with languange familys, archaeological evidence can confirm branches derived from the same family

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Language family (5)

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A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history

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Language group (5)

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A collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammer and vocabulary

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Lingua franca (50

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A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages

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Literary Tradition (5)

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A language that is written as well as spoken

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Official Language (5)

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The language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents

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Pidgen Language (5)

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A form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a ligua franca; used for communications among speakers of two different languages

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Spanglish (5)

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Combination of Spanish and English, spoken by hispanic americans

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Standard language

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the form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass comunications

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Vulgar Latin

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A form of latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents

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Animism (6)

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Belief tha objects such as plants and stones or natural events like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life

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Autonomous religion (6)

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A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally

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Branch (6)

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A large and fundamental division within a religion

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Caste (6)

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The class or distinct hereditary order into which a hindu is assigned according to religious law

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Cosmogony (6)

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A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe

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Denomination (6)

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A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations into a single legal and administrative body

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Ethnic Religion (6)

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A religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whise principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated

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Fundamentalism (6)

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Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion