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Aspects of Culture & Religions

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Culture-   the language, literature, music, food, and clothing that characterize a group of people's lives  
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Customs-   traditions people follow, such as how they celebrate holidays, births, marriage, and parenthood  
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Animism-   belief that nature, animals, and elements have spirits; led by shamans, one of earliest forms of religion  
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Hinduism-   ancient religion that stresses living according to one's status in hopes of reincarnating into a higher status until one reaches union with the Supreme Being-Brahma  
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Buddhism-   philosophy of self-denial and mediation to follow the 8-fold path to Nirvana to end the cycle of rebirth by giving up selfish desires  
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Judaism-   first monotheistic religion founded by Abraham, given the 10 Commandments by Moses, and recorded in the Old Testament  
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Christianity-   based on the teachings of Jesus and the New Testament; spread by the apostles who preached the risen Christ  
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Islam-   founded by Muhammad among the Bedouins of Arabia who followed the 5 Pillars that unified all believers  
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Sikhism-   a mixture of Islam and Hinduism that stressed the holiness of all creatures and one god  
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Gender Roles-   the expected rules of behavior, such as women caring for children and the home and men working  
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Urban-   living in towns and cities  
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Rural-   living in the countryside  
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Multicultural-   society containing a mix of cultures such as the US and Canada  
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Social Class-   people sharing similar levels of wealth, power, and prestige  
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Social Mobility-   the ability to change one's social class through education or work ethic  
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