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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

JUDAISM

CHRISTIANITY

ISLAM

BUDDHISM

HINDUISM

SIKHISM

CONFUCIANISM

SHINTOISM

ANIMISM