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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| culture | knowledge, attitude, behaviors; passed down by a group. learned from family, school, peers, & media |
| Elements of Culture | language, religion, food & shelter, education systems, security/protection, relationships & family, political/social organizations, creative expression/recreation |
| language | allows for communication |
| oral tradition | helps pass cultural traits along through generations |
| dialect | different versions of same basic language |
| religion | belief in supernatural powers responsible for creation and maintenance of universe; monotheistic, polytheistic, animalistic, nontheistic, and atheistic |
| food and shelter | places we live and things we eat |
| education | formal: schools, university, religion -- informal: family, friends, social clubs/groups |
| security/protection | military - nat gov; police - local gov; family - tribe |
| recreation | music, dance, theatre, literature, sports, architecture, art, hobbies |
| culture hearth | where innovations, ideas, and technology begin |
| acculturation | when a group takes some of another groups traits |
| cultural diffusion | when the idea of taking another group's traits is spread |
| spatial distribution | physical location of anything that can be mapped |
| innovation | any new idea accepted by a culture |
| assimilation | totally adopting a new culture |
| institutions | structures of relationship, role, and function in society; politically, religiously, and linguistically |
| Hinterland | an area far away from a big city |
| gerrymandering | redrawing boundaries to ensure political victory |
| service industry | tertiary, provides services rather than goods |
| Saint Lawrence Seaway | system of locks which connect the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean |
| Columbian Exchange | transatlantic exchange of plants, animals, and diseases |