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16 Cards in this Set
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Aborigine |
an areas original inhabitants |
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Culture Hearth |
a center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward |
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Dynasty |
a ruling house or continuing family of rulers, especially in China |
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Ideogram |
a pictorial character or symbol that represents a specific meaning or idea |
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Athiest |
the belief that there is no god |
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Spheres of Influence |
areas of countries in which a foreign power has political or economic power |
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Homogeneous |
of the same or similar culture |
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Clan |
tribal community or large group of people related to one another |
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Shogun |
military ruler in medieval Japan |
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Samuari |
In medieval Japan, a class of professional soldiers who lived by a strict code of personal honor and loyalty to a noble |
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Cultural convergence |
the mixing of cultures |
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Haiku |
a form of Japanese poetry originally consisting of 17 syllables and three lines, about nature |
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Acculturation |
cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture |
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Ideology |
ideas, characteristics of a person, group or political party |
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Cultural divergence |
separation of people or societies, with regard to beliefs, values and customs, because of distinctly different political systems |
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DMZ (The Demilitarized Zone) |
the buffer area between North and South Korea |
