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Section 1
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nationality
Identity as member of a nation/state; Legal status (citizenship); Allegiance (loyalty) to a nation/state
pilgrimage
A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes
Christian population
A religion of 2.2 billion people; The largest religion by followers and the most widespread.
Spanglish
A combination of Spanish and English spoken by Hispanic Americans.
Muslims
Followers of the religion of Islam.
language family
A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history.
diaspora
People who come from a common ethnic background but who live in different regions outside of the home of their ethnicity
dialect
A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.
polytheism
Belief in or worship of more than one god
sect
A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
vernacular
The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people of a country or region.
ideogram/ideograph
A written character that represents a word or phrase; I.E. Chinese and Japanese characters, Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Christianity
A monotheistic universalizing religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus.
Kurds
The largest ethnic group in the world without a home state; Divided among several states including Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
pagan
A follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times
animism
The attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena; Associated with hunter-gatherer societies.
Judaism
A monotheist ethnic religion that originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people in the 8th century BCE; Hearth at Canaan (modern day Israel and Palestine).
accent
a distinctive way of pronouncing a language, especially one associated with a particular country, area, or social class.
extinct language
A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used.
Jerusalem
Hearth of Christianity
Jainism
A religion founded in India in the sixth century BC as an offshoot of Hinduism; Believers practice an extreme form of nonviolence as a daily guiding principle.
creole
A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated.
monotheism
The belief of the existence of only one god
missionary
An individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion
pidgin language
A form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca; used for communications among speakers of two different languages.
Islam
A universal religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed which stresses belief in one god (Allah), Paradise and Hell, and a body of law written in the Quran.
Buddhism
Belief system that started in India in the 500s BC. Happiness can be achieved thA religion founded in India by Siddhartha Gautama which teaches that the most important thing in life is to reach peace by ending suffering.
Buddhists
Followers of Buddhism.
phonogram
A written character that represents a sound. I.E. Latin alphabet, Korean Hangul.
Hinduism
An ethnic religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms
Confucianism
A philosophy that adheres to the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. It shows the way to ensure a stable government and an orderly society in the present world and stresses a moral code of conduct.
standard language
The form of a language used for official government business, education and mass communications.
ethnic religion
A religion that is particular to one, culturally distinct, group of people
language
A system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning.
fundamentalism
Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or sect).
Hadj
Pilgrimage to Mecca; Fifth "Pillar of Islam".
Hindus
Followers of the religion of Hinduism.
ethnicity
Cultural traits; Identity with people who share cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth.
caste
A class or distinct hereditary order into which a person is assigned according to a religious law; Associated with Hinduism.
secularism
A doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations, especially in politics
denomination
A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body
lingua franca
A language that is mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages.
paganism
The belief or practice of polytheistic religions
language branch
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 language families, and archaeological evidence can confirm that the branches derived from the same family.
Indo-European
The language family that is the most widely-spoken and has the largest number of speakers; Includes the Germanic, Romance, and Slavic branches (among many others).
official language
The language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents.
isogloss
A boundary that separates regions in which different languages usages predominate.
Hispanic/Latino/Latina
a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race; One of the largest ethnic minorities in the U.S.
Sino-Tibetan
A language family that includes languages spoken in parts of China and Myanmar.
toponym
Name of a place.
Section 2
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