Ch 4 And 5 Review 3/23/14 Flashcards

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The way of life of people include their beliefs, customs and practices

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culture

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Advanced culture with cities and the uses of writing

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civilization

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The parts of a people’s environment that they have shaped and the technology they have used to shape it

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cultural landscape

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3
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Custom and organizations with social educational, or religious purposes

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institution

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How is culture pasted on?

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Parents pass culture onto their children, generation after generation. Ideas and ways of doing things are called cultural traits. Over time cultural traits may change.

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What are some elements of culture?

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Houses, television, food, clothing, sports, literature, spiritual belief, govt, language, and ideas about right and wrong

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Development of culture?

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Four major advances in technology. 1: the invention of tools million of years ago 2: the control of fire 3: the beginning of agriculture

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A group of people sharing a culture

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society

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The time when people invented power driven machine. It led to the growth of cities science and even more advance technology such as computers and space flight

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industrial revolution

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a pattern of organized relationships among groups of people within the society

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social structure

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grouping of people based on rank or status

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social class

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a mother, a father, and their children

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nuclear family

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families that include several generations

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extended families

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language and culture

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all cultures have language. language provides a basis of culture. people learn their cultures mainly through language

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Canada’s language

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2 official languages, French and English

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India’s Languages

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16 official, more than 800 languages though

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Religion and culture

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religion is an important part of every culture, religion can help people make sense of the world and provide comfort and hope in difficult times

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18
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the movement of customs and ideas

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cultural diffusion

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the process of accepting new ideas and fitting them into a culture

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accultration

20
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How do cultures change?

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Changes in the natural environment, technology, and ideas all affect culture

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Japanese baseball and accultration

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Americans value competition, in a game of baseball, a game doesn’t end until one team wins. In Japan, a game can win in a tie, Japanese believe that it is how well u play a game that is important not winning

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How does communication technology speed up change?

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Faxes and computers can transport information almost instantly. Magazines and TV shows can bring ideas and info from all over the world to any home. The rapid exchange of ideas speeds up cultural change.

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useful materials found in the environment

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natural resources

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natural materials that must be worked to be useful

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raw materials

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resources that can be replaced

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renewable resources

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resources that cannot be replaced

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nonrenewable resources

27
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What are fossil fuels made from?

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the remains of prehistoric living things

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What energy does Atomic energy use?

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radioactive materials which are nonrenewable but plentiful and doesn’t pollute the environment

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natural surrondings

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environment

30
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a movement of new settlers and their culture to a country

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colonization

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the growth of machine powered production

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Industrialization

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1st, 2nd, and 3rd level activities and examples

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1: people use land and resources directly to make products (cut wood, mine, fish, herd animals and raise crops) 2: people process the products of first level activities. manufacturing. (corn crops into corn flakes) 3: delivery and services. help sell goods

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the loss of forest covering a region

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deforestation

34
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is a richness of different kinds of living things

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biodiveristy

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technology for building structures that alter the landscape, such as dams, canals, roads and bridges

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civil engineering

36
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waste that makes the air, soil, or water less clean

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pollution

37
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What areas of industry provides most of the jobs in the U.S?

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industrial and service activities

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nations with many industries and advanced technology

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developed nations

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nations with few industries and simple technology

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developing nations

40
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usable heat or power; capacity for doing work

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energy

41
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a increase of temp on Earth’s surface caused by the green house effect

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global warming

42
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a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

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ecosystem

43
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where pollution collects in the clouds and fall down as precipitation that is harmful for the environment

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acid rain

44
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OPEC

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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

45
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the trapping of the sun’s warmth in a planet’s lower atmosphere due to great transportation of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun

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green house effect

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