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A fixed conception of members of a group |
Stereotype |
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Scientific study of human culture and biology |
Anthropology |
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Attempt to systematically kill all members of a particular culture of ethnic group |
Genocide |
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Gifts given to a groom by a bride's family at marriage |
Dowry |
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Full range of behaviors learned by members of a group |
Culture |
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When one culture adopts the traits of another culture en masse |
Acculturation |
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Person's inherited status in society |
Caste |
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Studying your family's history |
Genealogy |
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Feeling that one's own culture is superior to other cultures |
Ethnocentrism |
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Native population of a place |
Indigenous |
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A religious leader |
Priest |
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Absorption of a person or group into another group or society |
Assimilation |
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Act of judging someone before the person is known |
Prejudice |
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System of beliefs regarding supernatural beings and forces |
Religion |
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Belief in two or more gods |
Polytheism |
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Cultures mark the transition of life phases in ceremonies known as |
Rites of passage |
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Acquiring the surrounding culture as part of growing up within it |
Socialization |
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Person's social position in society |
Status |
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Study of material remains of human activity |
Archaeology |
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Process of being socialized within a particular culture |
Enculturation |
