Culture Vocab Flashcards
Process of an immigrant group being absorbed into the mainstream of society
Assimilation
Process of adopting traits or practices of another culture
Acculturation
An economic system in which the government decides what to produce, how much to produce, and the pricing of the products
Command economy
Farming with the intention of selling the crop
Commercial agriculture
A learned way of life
Culture
A practice or habit that is so common in a vculture that it has become closely associated with that culture. (TX and football, Islam and praying toward Mecca)
Cultural trait
A symbol that is so unique to a culture, or one that is so closely associated with a culture that it is immediately linked to that culture. (Statue of liberty and USA, Eiffel Tower and France, onion domes and Russia)
Cultural icon
A country that meets the of all or most of its people
Developed nation
A regional or social variation of language
Dialect
Spreading, scattering, or mixing together
Diffusion
The belief that your culture is superior to all others
Ethnocentrism
A particular cultural group and its cultural traits
Ethnicity
The trend of “connectedness” btw people, people’s, and nations. Seen in what four main areas?
(Globalization)
- trade/commerce
- governmental policies
- cultural behaviors
- communication
The system of roads, pipelines, buildings, and other facilities necessary for a modern society
Infrastructure
The act of introducing something new
Innovation
An economic system where people choose freely what to buy and sell. Also called free enterprise system or capitalism.
Market economy
The act of moving from place to place
Migration
A body of people who share a real or imagined common history, culture, language or ethnic origin, who typically inhabit a particular country or territory
Nation
Nationalism refers to an ideology, a sentiment, a form of culture, or a social movement that focuses on the nation
Nationalism
The number of people living in an area, usually expressed in a square miles or kilometers
Population density
The level of satisfaction a person or group of people feel about their life
Quality of life
The belief that the biological characteristics of one group of people make them superior or inferior.
Racism
A mathematical ranking of countries based on economic facts and statistics.
Standard of living
Farming just enough to raise crops for an individual family or to trade for basic necessities.
Subsistence agriculture
Changing from a rural to urban (city) state
Urbanization
Fear of other cultures and people from other countries.
Xenophobia
