Culture Vocab

Question 0

Process of an immigrant group being absorbed into the mainstream of society

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Assimilation

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Process of adopting traits or practices of another culture

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Acculturation

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An economic system in which the government decides what to produce, how much to produce, and the pricing of the products

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Command economy

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Farming with the intention of selling the crop

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Commercial agriculture

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A learned way of life

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Culture

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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)

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Cultural trait

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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)

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Cultural icon

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A country that meets the of all or most of its people

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Developed nation

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A regional or social variation of language

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Dialect

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Spreading, scattering, or mixing together

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Diffusion

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The belief that your culture is superior to all others

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Ethnocentrism

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A particular cultural group and its cultural traits

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Ethnicity

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The trend of “connectedness” btw people, people’s, and nations. Seen in what four main areas?

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(Globalization)

• trade/commerce
• governmental policies
• cultural behaviors
• communication

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The system of roads, pipelines, buildings, and other facilities necessary for a modern society

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Infrastructure

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The act of introducing something new

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Innovation

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An economic system where people choose freely what to buy and sell. Also called free enterprise system or capitalism.

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Market economy

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The act of moving from place to place

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Migration

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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

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Nation

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Nationalism refers to an ideology, a sentiment, a form of culture, or a social movement that focuses on the nation

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Nationalism

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The number of people living in an area, usually expressed in a square miles or kilometers

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Population density

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The level of satisfaction a person or group of people feel about their life

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Quality of life

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The belief that the biological characteristics of one group of people make them superior or inferior.

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Racism

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A mathematical ranking of countries based on economic facts and statistics.

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Standard of living

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Farming just enough to raise crops for an individual family or to trade for basic necessities.

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Subsistence agriculture

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Changing from a rural to urban (city) state

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Urbanization

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Fear of other cultures and people from other countries.

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Xenophobia