Unit 3 vocabulary

Question 1

Culture (132)

Answer 1

A total way of life held in common by a group of people including learned features such as language, ideology, behavior, technology, and government.

Question 2

Norms and values

Answer 2

Norms = what a cultural group considers to be ‘normal’ behavior/actions.
Values = what a cultural group considers to be ‘good’ behavior/actions.

Question 3

Cultural traits (132)

Answer 3

The type of elements of visible and invisible factors are cultural traits. In other words, it is the units of transmission that permit diffusion and create traditions

Question 4

Cultural complex (132)

Answer 4

A series of interrelated traits, such as an automobile, may represent many different values, beliefs, behaviors and traditions and be representative of a cultural complex.

Question 5

Culture hearth (133)

Answer 5

A culture hearth is the original area where certain way of life or trait of cultures are found.

Question 6

Diffuse (cultural diffusion) (133)

Answer 6

Culture diffusion is when values, ideas, or an entire culture gets adopted to another, causing a spread of the same ideology to other regions of the world.

Question 7

Taboos (133)

Answer 7

Taboos are behaviors heavily discouraged by a culture. Examples include how many cultures have taboos against eating certain foods, such as pork or insects. What is considered taboo changes over time.