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SAS 1-5 Flashcards

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Behaviors, beliefs, values and symbols that they accept. It is passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next.

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Culture

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Is a shared, learned, symbolic system of values, attitudes and beliefs that shapes and influence perception and behavior

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Culture

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What are the 8 ELEMENTS OF CULTURE

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• Religion
• Education
• Values
• Beliefs
• Material culture
• Attitude
• Aesthetic
• Language

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The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or Gods.

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Religion

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The process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at school or university

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Education

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A person’s principles or standards of behavior; one’s judgement of what is important in life

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Values

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An acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists

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Beliefs

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Refers to the physical objects, resources, and spaces that people use to define their culture

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Material culture

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A settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically one that is reflected in a person’s behavior

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Attitude

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Giving or designed to give pleasure through beauty; of pleasing appearance

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Aesthetic

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The method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured snd conventional way

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Language

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Is a group of people who share a culture and a territory. Persons who live in any region at any period.

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Society

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Science of government; part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state; preservation of its safety, peace and prosperity.

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Politics

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What are the 3 branches of government?

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• Executive
• Legislative
• Judicial

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Having the power to put plans, actions or laws into effect

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Executive

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Having the power to make laws. It includes the congress, senate and house of representative.

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Legislative

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Is in charge of deciding the meaning of laws, how to apply them to real situations, and whether a law breaks the rules of the Constitution

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Judicial

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Is defined as the ethic, religious, racial, gender and socioeconomic factors and values that shape and individual’s upbringing.

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Cultural Background

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It can be shaped at the family, societal or organizational level.

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Cultural Background

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Refers to the differences of social behaviors that different cultures exhibit around the world. What may be considered good etiquette in one culture may be considered bad etiquette in another.

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Human cultural variation

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give the examples of cultural variation

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• Religion
• Ethnicity
• Nationality
• Race

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Human beings’ relation to that which they regards as holy, sacred, absolute, spiritual, divine or worthy of special reverence.

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Religion

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Simply means a shared cultural heritage.

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Ethnicity

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large group of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background.

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Ethnicity

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The state of fact of being a citizen of a particular nation.

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Nationality

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Associated with biology and linked with physical characteristics such as skin color or hair texture.

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Race

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Any external influences on people. These influences include behavioral influences, historical influences snd developmental influences.

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Social Phenomena

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Known as the bandwagon effect (popular effect), occurs when certain individuals behave a certain way merely because other individuals do as well. (Trending, Fashion)

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Cultural Phenomenon

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Example: CHALLENGE ACCEPTED memes in facebook

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Cultural Phenomena

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Behavioral/social influences in politics governing a particular country.

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Political Phenomena

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Transformation of culture and social institutions over time.

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Social change

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Any significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and cultural values and norms.

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Social change

33
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Normal function of internal and external politics. Rulers will be voted out, retire or die while in power, and the new leader will make changes.

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Political change

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How many ways in which political change may occur?

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TWO (2) - externally and internally

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Initiated by the citizen of the country it can be done by regular events such as election, rulers choosing hand over power.

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Internal political change

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It is initiated by other countries.

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External political change

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Is an illegal overthrow of the government that almost always involves the country’s military

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Coup d’état or rebellion (irregular event)

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Modification of a society through innovation, invention, discovery, or contact with other cultures.

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Cultural change

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The study of human societies and cultures and their development.

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Anthropology

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The study of human biological and physiological characteristics and their evolution.

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Anthropology

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The study of the processes, principles, and structure of government and of political institutions

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Political Science

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The systematic study of government and politics.

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Political science

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The study of the development, structure, and the functioning of human society. The study of social problems.

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Sociology

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An organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.

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Society

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A body of individuals living as members of s community.

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Society

46
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The four major origins of society:

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• Hunting and Gathering Societies
• Horticultural Societies
• Agricultural Societies
• Industrial Societies

47
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Primary institution is the family, which decides how food is to be shared and how children are to be socialized.

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Hunting and Gathering Societies

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Used simple technology to hunt animals and gather vegetation for survival

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Hunting and Gathering Societies

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Stones and wood are the predominant raw materials for construction of tools and weapons.

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Hunting and Gathering Societies

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They were also tribal. Members shared an ancestral heritage and a common set of traditions and rituals.

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Hunting and Gathering Societies

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Two specialized position are the “Headman,” the political leader and the “Shaman,” who acted as the spiritual leader.

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Hunting and Gathering Societies

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They tend to be nomadic, moving to new areas when the current food supply in a given area has been exhausted

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Hunting and Gathering Societies

53
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Developed a society that uses hand tools to raise crops. The tools they used were simple: sticks or hoe-like instruments used to punch holes in the ground so that crops could be planted.

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Horticultural Societies

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People no longer depend on the gathering of edible plants — they could now grow their own food.

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Horticultural Societies

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Have more definite home sites and permanent residence. They have less inclination to travel as compared with hunters and gatherers because catching fish does not entail too much travel.

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Fishing Societies

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Relies on the domestication and breeding of animals for food. Domesticating animals allows for a more manageable food supply than do hunting and gathering.

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Herding Societies

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They live in such places as desert, an arctic or mountains area, which does not favor planting trees and vegetables.

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Herding Societies

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Use technological advances to cultivate crops over a large area. Engages in large-scale based on the use of plows drawn by animals.

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Agricultural Societies

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Advantages in this period included harnessing of animals, the development of metal tools, the sue of the wheel and improved knowledge of irrigation and fertilization.

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Agricultural Societies

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Increases in food supplies led to larger populations than in earlier communities. This meant a greater surplus, which resulted in towns that became centers of trade supporting various rulers, educators, craftspeople, merchants, and religious leaders who did not have to worry about locating nourishment.

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Agricultural Societies

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Villages and towns expanded into neighboring areas, conflicts with other communities inevitably occurred. Farmers provided warriors with food in exchange for protection against invasion by enemies.

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Agricultural Societies

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System of rulers with high social status also appeared. This nobility organized warriors to protect the society from invasion.

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Agricultural Societies

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Uses advanced sources of energy, rather than humans and animals, to run large machinery.

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Industrial Societies

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People and goods travelled much longer distances because of innovations in transportation, such as the train and the steamship.

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Industrial Societies

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Rural areas lost population because more and more people were engaged in factory work and had to move to the cities.

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Industrial Societies

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Fewer people were needed in agriculture, and societies became urbanized, which means that the majority of the population lived within commuting distance of a major city.

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Industrial Societies

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The concrete and tangible things that man creates and uses. These include homes, neighborhoods, cities, schools, churches, mosques, offices, factories and the like. All of these physical aspects of a culture help to define its members’ behaviors and perceptions.

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Material Culture

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The nonphysical ideas that people have about their culture, including beliefs values, rules, norms, morals, language, organizations, and institutions. This aspect of culture is the meaning and substance inherent in culture.

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Non material culture

69
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What are the 10 characteristics of culture?

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• Dynamic
• Flexible
• Adaptive
• Shared
• Contested
• Learned
• Patterned
• Integrated
• Transmitted
• Requires language

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