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*CULTUREALL THE FEATURES OF A PEOPLE’S WAY OF LIFE
*CULTURE TRAITSUNIQUE ASSORTMENT OF
BEHAVIORS AND BELIEFS THAT DISTINGUISH A SOCIETY
*CULTURE REGION•AN AREA IN WHICH MANY
PEOPLE HAVE SHARED CULTURE TRAITS
*INNOVATION• NEW IDEAS THAT A CULTURE
ACCEPTS
*ACCULTURATION•WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL OR
GROUP ADOPTS TRAITS FROM ANOTHER CULTURE
*CULTURAL CONVERGENCE•DIFFERENT CULTURES
BLENDING TOGETHER
*CULTURAL DIVERGENCE
•CULTURES BECOMING SEPARATE AND DISTINCT
*DIFFUSION•WHEN AN IDEA OR
INNOVATION SPREADS FROM ONE PERSON OR GROUP TO ANOTHER AND IS ADOPTED
*EXPANSION DIFFUSION
• CULTURE TRAITS SPREAD THROUGHOUT A SOCIETY
*RELOCATION DIFFUSION
• CULTURE TRAITS SPREAD WHEN PEOPLE MOVE
*HIERARCHICAL DIFFUSION
• CULTURE TRAITS SPREAD FROM PLACES OF GREATER SIZE AND
INFLUENCE TO SMALLER PLACES
*GLOBALIZATION• CONNECTIONS AROUND THE WORLD INCREASE AND CULTURES BECOME MORE
ALIKE
*TRADITIONALISMPEOPLE FOLLOW LONGTIME PRACTICES AND OPPOSE MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND IDEAS
(OPPOSITE OF GLOBALIZATION)
*FUNDAMENTALISMPEOPLE BELIEVE IN STRICTLY FOLLOWING
PRINCIPLES OR TEACHINGS
*CULTURAL DIVERSITY
• WHEN A VARIETY OF CULTURES OR CULTURE TRAITS EXIST WITHIN A
GROUP OR SOCIETY
*ETHNIC GROUP• HUMAN POPULATION SHARING A
COMMON CULTURE OR ANCESTRY
*MINORITY GROUP• A group within a society with certain
traits different from those of the group with the most numbers or
power
*CLASS SYSTEM• SOCIAL SYSTEM IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE
DIVIDED INTO GENERAL SOCIAL CATEGORIES, OFTEN BASED UPON
ECONOMIC FACTORS ($$$)
*MATRIARCHFAMILY, CLAN, OR TRIBE RULED OR DOMINATED BY A WOMAN
FAMILY, CLAN, OR TRIBE RULED OR DOMINATED BY A MAN
*PATRIARCH
ELEMENTS OF CULTURE
LANGUAGE RELIGION MAKEUP CLOTHING
TRANSPORTATION MUSICHOUSES HAIRSTYLE
LANGUAGE• MORE THAN 12 LANGUAGE FAMILIES• FAMILIES HAVE COMMON ORIGIN• FAMILIES DIVIDED INTO BRANCHES
• WHERE DID IT COME FROM?• HOW DID IT SPREAD?
*DIALECT•REGIONAL VARIETY OF A
LANGUAGE• FIXIN’ TO
• TUMP IT OVER• COKE, SODA, POP
*LINGUA FRANCA• LANGUAGE OF TRADE AND
COMMUNICATION
THE MOST WIDELY SPOKEN LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD
IS MANDARIN CHINESEWHY??????
RELIGION
• AN ORGANIZED SYSTEM OF BELIEFS AND PRACTICES HAVING TO DO WITH THE WORSHIP OF GOD(S) OR THE
SUPERNATURAL
MONOTHEISM•BELIEF IN ONE GOD
POLYTHEISM•BELIEF IN MORE THAN ONE
OR MANY GODS
ETHNIC RELIGIONS
• FOCUS ON ONE ETHNIC GROUP• DO NOT SPREAD BETWEEN CULTURES• SHAPED BY OLD BELIEFS, LEGENDS, AND
CUSTOMS
UNIVERSALIZINGRELIGIONS
• SEEK FOLLOWERS ALL OVER THE WORLD• APPEAL TO PEOPLE OF MANY CULTURES• FOLLOWED BY >50% WORLD’S PEOPLE
ANIMIST RELIGIONS
• PEOPLE BELIEVE IN THE PRESENCE AND FORCES OF NATURE
• PEOPLE BELIEVE INANIMATE OBJECTS IN NATURE HAVE SPIRITS