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Acculturation

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The adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group under the influence of another.

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Animism

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

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Assimilation

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The social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another.

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Centrifugal Force

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A force that divides people and countries.

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Centripetal Force

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An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state.

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Colonialism

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Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.

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Contagious Diffusion

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The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population.

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Creole Language

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A language that began as a pidgin language but was later adopted as the mother tongue by a people in a place of the mother tongue.

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Culture

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The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next.

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Culture Hearth

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Area where innovations in culture began and from which such cultural elements spread.