Vocabulary
Grade 6 Chapter One2014-15
Culture
The way of life of people who share similar beliefs and customs
Ethnic Groups
People who have a common origin who share a common language and an history of their past.
Sociologists
People who study human behavior as related to groups of people.
Customs
Practices handed down from the past
Minority Group
Group of people whose culture, race or ethnic origin is different from the people of a region.
Majority Group
• A number of people that is greater than half of any item you are analyzing.
Anthropologist
Study people and societies
Historian
People who study how societies came to be, study the past
Cultural Borrowing
The adoption of one group’s cultural traits by another cultural group. ( piñatas used at children’s parties in America…Originated in Mexico. )
Cultural Diffusion
How a culture spreads its knowledge and skills from one area to another. ( Spread through Television, Internet, telephones, and transportation.)
Absolute Monarchy
You can rule only if you are born into the ruling family.
Democracy
Form of limited government all people have to obey the laws including leaders, and the people have the power.