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Global vocab
Mrs. McCutcheon's Cultural diffusion vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Archeology | A study of people and cultures through their remains |
| Artifact | An object made by a human being |
| Rite of passage | Ritual associated with a change of status for an individual. |
| Monotheism | Believing in one God. (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) |
| Polytheism | Believing in more than one God. |
| Animism | The belief that spirits and forces live within animals, objects, or dreams. |
| Nuclear family | 2 generations living together |
| Extended family | 3 or more generations living together |
| Interdependence | Mutual dependence of countries on goods, resources, labor, and knowledge from other parts of the world. |
| Urbanization | the movement of people from rural areas to cities. |
| Economy | based on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. |
| Capitalism | economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit. |
| Communism | economic system in which the means of production are owned by the government. |
| Traditional Economy | Type of economy that relies on habitat, custom, or ritual and tends not to change over time. |
| Secular | having to do with worldly, rather than religious matters; non religious. |