Culture Unit Test Flashcards
Culture
way of life in a society
What is the most unifying aspect of culture?
language
Lingua franca
trade language
Why does race not have to do with culture?
It is a biological concept
Cultural region
People of different cultural groups that have adapted to surroundings in similar way
Ethnocentrism
Belief that your culture is best
Assimilation (melting pot)
Cultures indistinguishable from one another
Cultural pluralism (salad bowl)
immigrants retain “uniqueness” by keeping traditions of old society
Cultural diffusion
Features of one culture that are carried to another
Ultranationalism
Extreme devotion to interests of a nation, regardless of effects on other nations
Achieved status
Position earned by effort
Ascribed status
Position gained by birth
Status symbols
Objects/titles that denote position in group
Cultural universal
Cultural trait shared by all societies (certain facial expressions)
First world nations
Fully industrialized/developed
Third world nations
Developing nations
3 types of religions
- Animism (nature)
- Monotheism (single god)
- Polytheism (many)
Animism
Belief in gods of nature
Monotheism
Belief in one god (Christianity, Judaism)
Polytheism
Belief in many gods (Hinduism)
HDI Index
UN-created rankings based on which country has best quality of life (income, expectancy, literacy, etc.)
What is the world population?
7.3-7.5 billion
What is the US population?
350 million
RNI
Depicts annual growth rate for country as percentage increase (discludes immigration)
Life expectancy factors include…
Sanitation, nutritional services, accidents/homicide rates, biological factors
Demographic transition
(graph) more industrialization = less death = less births eventually