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Cultural Studies Unit 1(begins on sec.3)
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10th Grade
09/01/2010

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Elements of Culture
Definition
Social Organization
Customs and Traditions
Language
Arts and Literature
Religion
Forms of Government
Economic Systems
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Culture
Definition
all the things that make up a person's entire way of life
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Nuclear Family
Definition
consists of a wife, a husband, and their children
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extended family
Definition
is where several generations of a family live in a household
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monotheism
Definition
the worship of one god in a religion Christianity
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polytheism
Definition
the belief in more than one god. Hinduism
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Democracy
Definition
a government where the people have supreme power
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Republic
Definition
a government where the people choose the people who represent them
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Dictatorship
Definition
a government where a ruler of a group of rulers hold power through force.
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Technology
Definition
the skills and tools a culture use
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Diffusion
Definition
the movement of customs or ideas from place to place
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subculture
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is a group of people within a society that share certain beliefs or customs(these beliefs and customs are different than the broader culture but not completely different)
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ethnocentrism
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is when one judge's another culture by their own culture's standards. the Greeks did this with other cultures in the ancient world
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Racism
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is the belief that one racial group is superior to another
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command economy
Definition
where the government controls what goods are produced, how they are producted and what they cost
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market economy
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where individuals sell and buy goods and services for money. people earn money to buy what they need or want.
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traditional economy
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is when people produce what they need to survive. hunting herding and farming are daily activities. trade food for goods made by others.
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counterculture
Definition
goes against a certain value in a culture ex. Amish
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values
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what a group thinks is important
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norm
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expectations or rules of behavior that develop based on a group's values
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globalization
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the process of a company operating globally
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diffusion
Definition
the spread of ideas or products from place to place
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taboo
Definition
A norm so strongly engrained that the mere thought inspires revulsion. ex. Cannibalism
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Law
Definition
is a statement that enforces a more. if broken, this is punished by the police.
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more
Definition
norms that are taken very seriously; we insist on conformity or else!
ex public nudity
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folkway
Definition
norms that are not strictly enforced(habit). ex. walking on the right side of the hall.
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