#2Glossary

CulturalImperialismTheorystatesthatWesternnationsdominatethem
edia
aroundtheworldwhichinreturnhasapowerfuleffectonThirdWorldCulturesby
imposingnthemWesternviewsandthereforedestroyingtheirnativec
ultures.

Bourgeoisie
1. themiddleclass,typicallywithreferencetoitsperceivedmaterialisticvalues
orconventionalattitudes.
2. "theriseofthebourgeoisieattheendoftheeighteenthcentury"
(inMarxistcontexts)thecapitalistclasswhoownmostofsociety's
wealthandmeansofproduction.
"theconflictofinterestbetweenthebourgeoisieandtheproletariat"
Classism
prejudiceagainstpeoplebelongingtoaparticularsocialclass.
"theyaretoldtobeonwatchagainsttheevilsofclassism"

Creedismisanorganizationthatbelievesinorder,strongreligiousfaith,respect
andloveforoneanother.Aspectsofmybeliefsystem.Educationistheonlykey
forsuccessinlife.

Diaspora
1. thedispersionoftheJewsbeyondIsrael.
JewslivingoutsideIsrael.
thedispersionorspreadofanypeoplefromtheiroriginalhomeland.
pluralnoun:diasporas
"thediasporaofboatpeoplefromAsia"
Genocide
1. thedeliberatekillingofalargegroupofpeople,especiallythoseofa
particularnationorethnicgroup.

TheWestminstersystemisaparliamentarysystemofgovernmentmodelled
afterthatwhichdevelopedintheUnitedKingdom.ThistermcomesfromthePalace
ofWestminster,theseatoftheBritishparliament.Thesystemisaseriesof
proceduresforoperatingalegislature.

Mayacivilizationwaspartofthisindependentevolutionaryprocess.Locatedin
easternMesoamerica,theancientMayaflourishedinadiversehomelandin
Mexico,Guatemala,Belize,Honduras,andElSalvadoruntiltheSpanishConquest

TheArawakpeopleweretheindigenouspeopleoftheCaribbeanandFlorida.At
thetimeofEuropeancontactinthelate15thcentury,theyweretheprincipal
inhabitantsofmostofCuba,Jamaica,Hispaniola(HaitiandtheDominican
Republic),andPuertoRico.TheyspeaktheTanolanguage,oneoftheArawakan
languages.TheancestorsoftheTanoenteredtheCaribbeanfromSouthAmerica
andtheircultureiscloselylinkedtothatofMesoamericans.Atthetimeofcontact,
theTanoweredividedintothreebroadgroups,knownastheW
esternTano
(Jamaica,mostofCuba,andtheBahamas),theClassicTano(Hispaniolaand
PuertoRico)andtheEasternTano(northernLesserAntilles),andothergroupsof
TanonationsofFlorida,suchastheTequesta,Calusa,Jaega,Ais,andothers.
TanogroupswereinconflictwiththeC
aribsofthesouthernLesserAntilles.

FormerlyknownasIslandCaribs,orjustCaribs,theKalinagoareanindigenous
peopleoftheLesserAntillesintheCaribbean.Theymayhavedescendedfromthe
MainlandCaribs(Kalina)ofSouthAmerica,buttheyspokeanunrelatedlanguage
knownasIslandCarib.

TheCiboney,orSiboney,wereaTanopeopleofCuba.AWesternTanogroup
livingincentralCubaduringthe15thand16thcenturies,theyhadadialectand
culturedistinctfromtheClassicTanointheeasternpartoftheisland,thoughmuch
oftheCiboneyterritorywasunderthecontroloftheeasternchiefs.

Meztizo(/mstizo/PeninsularSpanish:[mestio],LatinAmericanSpanish,
PhilippineSpanish:[mestiso])isatermtraditionallyusedinSpainandSpanish
AmericatomeanapersonofcombinedEuropeanandAmerindiandescent,or
someonewhowouldhavebeendeemedaCastizo(oneEuropeanparentandone
Mestizo)

CreolizationistheprocessinwhichCreoleculturesemergeintheNewWorld.As
aresultofcolonizationtherewasamixtureamongpeopleofindigenous,African,
andEuropeandescent,whichcametobeunderstoodasCreolization.

thedefinitionofculturalhomogeneityisthenumberofsharedfactsacrossall
possibleagentpairs,dividedbythetotalnumberofsharedfactsacrossallagents
inapopulation.Ifallagentsknowallthefactsprecisely,culturalhomogeneityis
equaltoone.Homogeneitymaymeansimilarorequal.Therefore,cultural
homogeneityreferstoasimilaritywithinpopulationsofacertaincultural
environment.Thisalsomeansthatsaidpopulationhasnoculturaldiversity.

Typically,anypopulationthatattainsaculturalhomogeneityofoneisbelievedtobe
perfectlystable.However,perfectstabilityinagivensocietymaynotnecessarily
meanthatculturalhomogeneityisequaltoone.

culturalhybridization(noun)Theprocessbywhichaculturalelementsucha
food,language,ormusicblendintoanotherculturebymodifyingtheelementtofit
culturalnorms.