Vocab Flashcards
(66 cards)
Citizenship
Empowerment
Doing your part to make the world a better place.
Public good
Sustainability
Ensuring we can survive into the future
Globalisation
Increased movement and communication between people, commodities, and cultures.
Culture
Values/traditions/beliefs/norms of a group of people
Society
Group living in the same place.
Nation
Group of people with a common culture.
State
Political borders, common society
Nation-state
Cultural nation and political state that are one in the same.
Tragedy of the Commons
Overuse or misuse of something shared by a population. The fallout of a change.
Cultural System
The way a group expresses their cultural. Their cultural norms.
Reflexivity
The understanding of your personal limitations.
Eg. You can’t be a different ethnicity.
Human Universals
- Complexity of Communication
- Bipedal
- Organized religion
Top 3 Human Innovations
- Harnessing Fire
- Agricultural development
- Industrial revolution/mass production
Racism
The belief that thw human race is divided by races.
News flash, its not
Ethnicity
Anything that represents a person other than their biology.
Ethnocentrism
The belief that one culture is better than another.
Cultural relativism
Every culture is valid within its own context.
Culture makes sense to the people who are part of it.
Race
Group of organisms that are genetically distinct within the same species
Ex. Dog breeds
NOT HUMANS
Species
A group of organisms that is within 1% different from other organisms.
Enmeshment
A relatioship with unclear or crossed boundaries. Co-dependency, etc.
Parental Alienation
When one parent denegrates the other and purposely or unintentionally ruins the relationship with the other parent.
Kids’ rights
All children have the right to know both parents
Estrangement
When a parent is absent for a valid reason, be it violence, or “choice”
Intersectionailty
How class, gender, and ethnicity impact a Person and their world view.