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19 Cards in this Set
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culture
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the way a society lives and is organized, examples: religion, traditions, clothes, music, etc.
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anthropology
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the study of people and their cultures
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archaeology
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the study of past cultures and artifacts
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artifacts
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remains from the past used to find out how people lived
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ethnocentrism
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belief that your culture is the most important
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prejudice
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judgments made about a group of people
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discrimination
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treating a person or group of people differently because of their skin color, religion, gender, etc.
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racism
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the belief that one racial group is naturally superior to another - hatred of a race
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race
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a group of people who share the same physical characteristics, nationality, etc.
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ethnicity
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relating to a person or to a large group of people who share a national, racial, linguistic, or religious heritage, whether or not they reside in their country of origin
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material culture
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things a society makes - typical dress, cooking utensils, housing, medicine, music, etc.
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non-material culture
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a society's ideas - religion, values, belief, etc.
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norms
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social rules, ways of behaving in society
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folkways
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manners, everyday behaviors, based on society's beliefs, taught by parents, peers, teacher, etc.
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mores
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rules/laws that establish norms for individual behavior serious guidelines that may be punishable by the law
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cultural diffusion
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the spreading of one's culture
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culture shock
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the feeling of surprise at finding that other cultures do not do things the way your culture does
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assimilation
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the process of becoming similar to the majority culture
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enculturation
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the process of growing up within a culture and learning from the members of it
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