Key Takeaways
Lesson Description
Key Takeaways
• Culture consists of shared beliefs, practices, languages, and traditions.
• Languages spread through migration, trade, and conquest.
• Religions influence cultural landscapes and settlement patterns.
• Cultural diffusion spreads ideas between societies.
• Globalization promotes both cultural convergence and cultural diversity.
Must Know Concepts
Culture
Language Families
Universalizing Religions
Ethnic Religions
Cultural Diffusion
Must Know Vocabulary
Relocation Diffusion
Expansion Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Stimulus Diffusion
Lingua Franca
Creole Language
Syncretism
Sacred Space
AP Exam Focus
• Compare types of cultural diffusion.
• Analyze language and religion distributions.
• Explain globalization's cultural impacts.