Social Studies 8 Unit 2 Culture Quiz Flashcards
What is culture
A learned way of living shared by a group of people
What is cultural diversity
Difference between cultures
What are culture similarities
Things all cultures have in common
Acculturation
Changes brought about by the meeting of cultures
Assimilation
When a dominant culture absorbs another culture.
Enthnocentrism
thinking you are better than other cultures
Culture pattern
A classification system by people who study different cultures
Economic pattern
Meaning of needs and wants of a people in a culture
Industrial
Produces goods on large scale
Non industrial
Produces small scale of goods with people working
Political patterns
Ways in which people in a culture make decisions
Physical power
In order to enforce any decision made by leaders
Economic power
Traditionally based around money or who has the ability to affect what is to be produced
Authority power
May be given by the consent of the people
kinship patterns
organizes the roles and duties of family members
