Unit 3 Topic 8

Question 1

What is acculturation?

Answer 1

The process by which people in one culture adopt some traits of another culture while maintaining their own cultural traits

Question 2

What is transculturation?

Answer 2

The phenomenon where aspects of different cultures merge together to create a unique one

Question 3

What is assimilation?

Answer 3

People assume all or almost all of the cultural traits of the dominant culture

Question 4

Voluntary vs. Forced Assimilation

Answer 4

Occurs when an individual or group finds it advantageous to assume most of the cultural traits or the culture around them

Occurs when a group is coerced into abandoning their cultural traits and adopting the traits of the dominant culture

Question 5

What is syncretism?

Answer 5

Describes the blending of two or more cultural traits that result in a new cultural trait

Question 6

What is multiculturalism?

Answer 6

Describes a society in which many cultures coexist without pressure to assimilate