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40 Cards in this Set
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Cultural Geography?
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The study of living cultures
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Archaeology?
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The study of past cultures
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Gregarious?
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Likes to be with other people (we naturally want to be in groups that are similar to us)
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Cultural Diffusion?
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Borrowing from other cultures- food, clothihng styles etc.; spread of culture to another area
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Acculturation?
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Process by which a person from another culture adopts traits of another culture
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Prejudice?
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Umreasonable attitude or bias against a group or culture based on supposed characteristics
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Bias?
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Personal, distorted judgement that influences objective perception; one-sided
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Sterotype?
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Over-simplified, commonly held opinion of a person or a group; often a composite of traits; generalizations about an entire group
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Ethnocentric?
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Believing that one's own culture is the best or even better that others; negative if extreme; positive if establishes self-pride
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Xenophobia?
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A fear of foreigners or things foreign
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What are humans basic needs?
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Food/water, shelter, clothing, defense, defence, transportation, sprituallity
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Culture?
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Language, religious beliefs, values, customs, and other ways of life shared by a group of people
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Cultural Trait?
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A behavoral characteristic of a people, such as a language, skill, or custom, passed from one gerneration to another
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Technology?
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Tools and skills that people need to use them; the practical use of scientific skills, especially in the indusrty
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Cultural landscape?
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A landscape that has been changed by human beings that reflects their culture
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Agriculture?
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Farming; includes growing crops and raising livestock
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Social Structure?
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The ways in which people within a culture are oragnized intop smaller groups; each smaller group has its own paticular tasks
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Nuclear Family
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A family unit that includes a mother, a father, and their children
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Extended family?
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A family unit that may include parents, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives, other living with or near eachother
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Ethinics?
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The standards or code of moral behavior that distingushes between right and wrong for a paticular person, religion, group, profession, etc.
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Economy?
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A system for producing, distributimg, consuming, and owning goods, services, and wealth
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Producer?
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A person who makes products that are used by other people
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Goods?
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Products that are made to be sold: cars, baskets, computers, and paper are some examples of goods
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Services?
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Work done or duties performed for other people
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Consumer?
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A person who buys goods and services
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Capitalism?
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An economic system in which people and privatly owned companies own both basic and nonbasic bussinessess and industries
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Socialism?
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An economic system in which the government owns most basic industries such as transportaion, communications, and banking.
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Communism?
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A theory of government in which property such as farms and factories is owned by the government for the benefit of all citizens
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Government?
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the system that establishes and enforces laws and institutions in society
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Direct Democracy?
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A system of government in which the people participate directly in deision making
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Monarchy?
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A system or authoritarian government headed by a monarch- usually a king or queen who inherits the throne by birth
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Constitution?
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A set of laws that defines and limits a governments power
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Representative democracy?
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A system of government in which the people elect representatives to run affairs of the country
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Dictator?
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A ruler who has complete power over a country
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What are four important developments in human culture?
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Invention of tools, discovery of fire, growth of agriculture, and the use of writing
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What is the basic unit of a culture?
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The family
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What are 3 important features of a culture?
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Language, Religions and beliefs, Social groups
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What are 3 types of economice systems?
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Capitalism, Socialism, and communism
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What are three things that cause culture to change?
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Change in enviorment, a new idea, or technology
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What is global village?
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A term used for the people of Earth; referring to the way people are connected by modern transportation and communication
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