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Review of key terms and phrases from our culture unit

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Ways of living shared by a group of people that are passed from generation to generation   Culture  
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A characteristic or quality of a person that is acquired and communicated through social interaction   Cultural trait  
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Cultural traits that are externally visible   Surface Culture  
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Culture traits that are not obvious unless communicated (often the reasoning or value attached to surface cultural traits)   Sub-surface Culture  
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Refers to someone’s cultural background or where they (or their ancestors) came from   Ethnicity  
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The way society has chosen to categorize people based on physical characteristics such as skin color, hair type, etc. (usually based on how you look)   Race  
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Unfair or unreasonable opinion about someone that is formed before getting to know them, often caused by lack of knowledge or ignorance   Prejudice  
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A generalization, usually exaggerated or oversimplified and often offensive, that is used to describe or distinguish a group   Stereotype  
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Area where a cultural trait originated   Cultural Hearth  
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Spread of cultural characteristics from the areas where they originated to new areas   Cultural Diffusion  
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Diffusion where people physically move to a new area and take their culture with them   Relocation  
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Diffusion where culture continuously spreads from an authority or hearth   Hierarchical diffusion  
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Diffusion where culture is spread through contact from person to person, like a disease   Contagious diffusion  
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Diffusion where an idea is modified or combined with another idea to create something new   Stimulus diffusion  
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The merging of culture traits from previously separated culture groups   Assimilation diffusion  
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Paper money originated in China, but countries today have a different form of currency than China.   Example of Stimulus Diffusion  
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Missionaries usually tried to convert kings or tribal leaders to their religion, in the hopes that their people would follow.   Example of Hierarchical Diffusion  
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The migration of Christianity with European settlers who came to America   Example of Relocation Diffusion  
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A fake news story about Reeses Peanut Butter cups being pulled off the shelves in 2017 was somehow shared by nearly half a million people.   Example of Contagious Diffusion  
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The belief in, and practice of, the domination of one social group, identified as a “race,” over another social group, identified as another “race.”   Racism  
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A customary ceremony where the actions and wording are performed in a specific sequence or order   Ritual  
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A special right or advantage granted to a specific person or group. In social structures, can also mean the absence of barriers that other persons or groups may have.   Privilege  
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The practice of unfairly treating a person or group of people differently from other people or groups of people   Discrimination  
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Providing everyone with the same amount of support regardless of their abilities or backgrounds (values SAMENESS)   Equality  
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Providing everyone with the amount of support they need by taking their abilities and backgrounds into account (values FAIRNESS)   Equity  
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Something that stands for or represents an idea, belief, action, or entity.   Symbol  
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Ceremonies or events that mark an important stage in someone's life like birth, adulthood, marriage or death.   Rites of passage  
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The inclusion of people from different races, ethnicities, sexual orientation and socioeconomic backgrounds   Diversity  
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The increasing interconnectedness and integration of economies, cultures, and populations worldwide   Globalization  
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