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30 Cards in this Set
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Describe the theory of assimilation.
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Melting pot learning new customs and adding them to your own Make similar Immigrants should shed their culture |
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What is acculturation?
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Learn enough of new culture to get by learning language losing old language |
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What is marital assimilation?
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marrying someone who is from the main culture (ex. marrying an American) |
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What is structural assimilation?
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acceptance in clubs and social organization social level |
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Who assimilated most easily? (what group of immigrants, from what region?)
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Europeans (especially northern and western) |
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What was a major problem that resulted from assimilation?
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3rd generation concept(later generations lost their identity) |
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Describe cultural pluralism. What is another name for it? Why did it evolve?
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rejects assimilation theory cultural rebound other generations lost their identity |
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List the 4 periods of immigration discussed in class. Include who came during each period and any other significant points which were made about them.
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colonial 1600s- 1870s Northern and western Europe created American culture great deluge- 1870s-1920s southern and eastern Europeans (greatest numbers) 1920-1965-slowed down in immigration (braceros) 1965-present quotas |
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In what period of immigration did ethnic enclaves begin to form?
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Second period of immigration Great Deluge |
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List and explain the internal and external factors in the formation and persistence of ethnic enclaves.
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internal positive external negative |
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Explain linguistic divergence and convergence.
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minor languages are declining |
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What are the five leading spoken languages?
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Mandarin Hindi Spanish English Bengali |
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What are language families? Which is the largest?
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groups of languages related to one another |
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What is a dialect? What are the reasons for dialect decline?
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a variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary spelling pronunciation increased mobility and others |
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Define monolinguistic, give an example of a monolinguistic nation.
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one language is only allowed to be spoken and written |
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Define bi-linguistic, give examples.
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two languages Canada |
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Define poly linguistics, give examples.
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many languages are used Switzerland (4) |
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What are toponyms? Give examples.
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names of places |
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What is an isogloss? What do they help us determine?
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word usage boundary |
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What is an isolated language? Give examples.
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unrelated to others basque |
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What does mutually intelligible mean? Are all dialects mutually intelligible? Explain.
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understandable by everyone no |
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What is a universalizing religion? Give the major examples.
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they want to spread the word Christianity Islam |
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What is an ethnic religion? Give major examples.
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born into it Hinduism Judaism |
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What 2 religion categories are based on the number of gods? Give major examples.
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Monotheistic-one God polytheistic-more than one God |
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The rise of organized religions began as a consequence of what?
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evolved with political leaders control behavior |
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What are animistic religions?
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super human powers life controlled to satisfy Gods |
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What are folk religions? Give 2 examples.
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mixed two religions catholic and their own religion Voodoo and Santeria |
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country quotas |
established during the third stage of immigration |
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hemisphere quotas |
not allowing people from a part of the world into our country |
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global quota |
not allowing anyone in |
