2 Flashcards
Definition of Terms
Society = A group of people living in the same geographical area and they share the same culture
Rites of passage = rituals that mark a person’s transition from one status to another
Culture = the totality of a way of life of a people
Ethnocentrism = the belief that one’s own culture is better than another
Culture relativism = the process of judging people’s culture in context
Value
Family = a group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption
Relic = an object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical or sentimental value
Community = a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
African Cultures
African Cultures = the way of the people that live on the African Continent
African Cultures emphasize communal living and extended family structures, especially in peasant farming societies.