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Study Guide for the Culture Test

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Culture   The set of beliefs, values, practices, and beliefs that a group of people have in common.  
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Ethnic Group   A group of people who share a common culture, ancestry, origin, language, and/or identity.  
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Minority Group   Group of people whose culture, race, or ethnic origin is different from most of the people in the region.  
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Cultural Borrowing   The adoption of one group's culture traits by another group.  
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Culture Traits   The activity or behavior in which people often take part.  
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Cultural Diffusion   The spread of culture traits from one area or region to another.  
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Limited Government   A type of government that has legal limits on its power, usually in the form of a constitution. Even the people who make the laws must obey them.  
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Democracy   A form of government in which the people elect leaders and rulers by majority. Giving people the supreme power.  
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Unlimited Government   A type of government in which power is concentrated into the hands of a single leader or small group. No rules or laws exist to limit what the ruler can or cannot do.  
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Interdependence   A relationship between countries in which they rely on one another for resources, goods, or services.  
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Globalization   The process in which countries are increasingly linked to each other through culture and trade.  
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Ethnocentrism   The belief that one's own ethnic group is superior than others.  
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Rights   Benefits and protections guaranteed to you by law.  
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Majority Group   A group in the region that controls: 1. more than half of the total region or 2. the group that controls the wealth and power of the region.  
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LEGS REACTS RSM   The parts of culture  
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LEGS REACTS RSM: Language   The spoken or written form of communication for a people.  
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LEGS REACTS RSM: Economics   Things that have value and how goods and services are distributed in a culture.  
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LEGS REACTS RSM: Government   The way in which a culture makes rules and laws and carries them out.  
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LEGS REACTS RSM: Science Knowledge   of the world and the way things work.  
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LEGS REACTS RSM: Religion   A people’s belief in a god or gods and their method of worship  
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LEGS REACTS RSM: Education   How and what a culture teaches its’ people to survive and contribute to their civilization.  
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LEGS REACTS RSM: Art   The way a culture creatively expresses itself.  
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LEGS REACTS RSM: Customs   The way things are generally done and the traditions of a culture.  
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LEGS REACTS RSM: Technology   The use of science and knowledge to solve problems, make tools or create a process.  
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LEGS REACTS RSM: Social Beliefs   culture’s beliefs about what is right or wrong and how people should relate to one another.  
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LEGS REACTS RSM: Recreation   The entertainment and leisure pursuits of a culture.  
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LEGS REACTS RSM: Security   The way a culture defends itself against threats and conducts warfare. (Law enforcement and military)  
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LEGS REACTS RSM: Media   The sources and methods of communication for information and entertainment in a culture.  
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