WPS Finals Flashcards
What is culture?
Define it using the words “learned” and “shared”.
Culture is a learned way of living shared by a group of people
You are taught your culture from when you are born
Define “ethnocentrism”.
Ethnocentrism is believing your culture is better than all other cultures
What does an anthropologist do?
Studies human behavior
Asks “why is that group of people acting like that?”
When does ethnocentrism begin and how does it end?
It starts by a lack of experience with people from other cultures
Ends when understanding and appreciation of other cultures begins
(Add note about tour and CCC/ singing other cultures songs and meeting other people)
What “cultural universals” are…
They are the needs that are common to all cultures of the world
Every culture has the same needs
Yet, their way of fulfilling their needs may be different
How the size of the U.S. compares to the size of Europe
Every country of Europe can fit inside the U.S.
Why there is more than one culture in the U.S.
People immigrated from other places and brought their culture with them
Cultures also formed locally over time within regions of the U.S. since the U.S. is so big
5 regions of the U.S.
West Southwest Southeast Midwest Northeast
States of the West region
Montana
Utah
California
Wyoming
States of the Southwest region
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
States of the Southeast region
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
States of the Northeast region
Maine
New York
Massachusetts
Delaware
States of the Midwest region
Illinois
Ohio
Iowa
Indiana
The climate
The Midwest compared to the South is much colder in both the winter and summer months
The geography/ land
The US is so expansive and there are many different terrains that are a part of the different regions of the United States.
Rocky Mountains in the West/ flat land of Illinois
