Unit 2 Culture
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| Cultural identity | your own sense of your culture (ethnicity)
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| Material culture | visible objects that a group possesses
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| Adaptation | process of adjusting to something
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| Folklore | unwritten literature of a culture
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| Folk culture | lifestyle of a culture (“old ways”)
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| Ethnocentrism | a tendency to view foreign cultures from the perspective of one’s own culture
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| Cultural core | part of culture which is most immediately connected to the physical world
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| Culture | the total knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by the members of a specific group
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| Innovation | taking existing technology and resources and creating something new to meet a need
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| Diffusion | The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior
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| Acculturation | Process where the culture of one group is modified as the result of contact with another group
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| Assimilation | Process of losing one’s culture to adopt a new one
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| Dialect | versions of a language
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| Religion | consist of a belief in a supernatural power or powers that are regarded as the creators and maintainers of the universe
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| Monotheism | belief in one god
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| Polytheism | belief in more than one god
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| Judaism | Basic laws and teachings come from a holy book called the Torah
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| Christianity | Based on the teachings of Jesus Christ which are recorded in the New Testament
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| Islam | Based on the teachings of Muhammad which are recorded in the Quran
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| Hinduism | Different gods represent an aspect of Brahman, commonly associated with the caste system
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| Buddhism | Promote the correct way of living in order to reach an enlighten spiritual state called nirvana
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| Language | Reflects all aspects of a culture. Allows people within a culture to communicate with each other
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| Race | group of people who are thought to share certain physical characteristics
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| Monolingual | speak one language
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| Nonmaterial culture | culture in which you can not touch or see
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| Popular culture | culture practiced by the majority of people and it can quickly change
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