UNIT 3: Chapter Six - 3.1, Pages 130-137 Flashcards

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Culture

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All of a group’s learned behaviors, actions, beliefs, and objects.

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Visible Culture

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A group’s actions, possessions, and influence on the landscape.

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Invisible Culture

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Shared beliefs, systems, customs, and traditions.

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Cultural Traits

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The types of elements, visible and invisible.

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Cultural Complex

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A series of interrelated traits.

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Taboos

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behaviors heavily discouraged by a culture.

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Traditional Culture

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Encompasses all three cultural designations. All three types share the function of passing down long-held beliefs, values, and practices and are generally resistant to rapid changes in their culture.

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Folk Culture

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The beliefs and practices of small, homogenous groups of people, often living in rural areas that are relatively isolated and slow to change.

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Indigenous Culture

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When members of an ethnic group reside in their ancestral lands, and typically possess unique cultural traits, such as speaking their own exclusive language.

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Globalization

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The increased integration of the world economy since the 1970s.

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Popular Culture

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When cultural traits– such as clothing, music, movies, and types of businesses –spread quickly over a large area and are adopted by various groups.

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Horizontal Diversity

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Each traditional culture has its own customs and language that makes it distinct from other culture groups.

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Vertical Diversity

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Modern urban societies are usually heterogeneous, or exhibiting differences, within the society and usually contain numerous multiethnic neighborhoods.

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Artifacts/Material Culture

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Tangible things, or those that can be experienced by the senses.

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Mentifact/Nonmaterial Culture

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Intangible concepts, or those not having a physical presence.

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Sociofacts

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The ways people organize their society and relate to one another.