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| Culture | The way of life of people who share similar beliefs and customs |
| Eight Traits of Culture | Daily Life, Social Groups, Religion, Language, Government, Economy, Arts, and History |
| Ethnic Group | A group of people who share a common history, language, religion, and some physical characteristics |
| Dialect | A local form of a language that differs from the same language in other areas |
| Religion | Answers basic questions about life's meaning, teaches morals and laws, & provides individuals with a sense of history. |
| Daily Life | What people do on a day-to-day basis. What people eat, how they eat, what they wear, what type of homes they live in etc... |
| History | Celebrates the accomplishments and important figures of the past, and also remembers the dark periods of disaster or defeat |
| Arts | An expression of a culture that includes but is not limited to painting, sculpture, architecture, dance, music, theater, and literature. The study of art can show what a culture finds to be important or beautiful. |
| Government | Made up by people, this organization provides society with rules/laws so that people may live together without conflict |
| Economy | Describes how people make a living, meet their needs and wants, and the monetary value of items. |
| Dr. Seuss Really Loves Green Eggs And Ham! | Eight Traits of Culture Mnemonic |
| Atheistic | The belief in the absence of a god/goddess |
| Polytheistic | The belief in more than one god/goddess |
| Monotheistic | The belief in one god/goddess |
| Majority Group | An ethnic group that controls most of the wealth and power |
| Minority Group | An ethnic group whose race or ethnic background is different than the majority group |
| Types of Social Groups | Age, Gender, Wealth, Ethnicity, Religion etc... |
| Theistic | Means beliefs |
| Language | A means of communication with other people through speech or sounds (verbal) or pictures or gestures (non-verbal) * Sharing a language is one of the strongest unifying forces of a culture! |
| Limited | Government in which everyone in a society, including the government must follow the laws of the country |
| Unlimited | Government where some people, mainly members of the government, do not have to follow the laws |
| Primary Source | First hand account of something |
| Secondary Source | A second hand account of something told by someone who was not part of that event |
| Supply | The amount of goods that are available to be sold or purchased |
| Surplus | Having more of an item than you actually need |
| Shortage | Having less of an item than you actually need |
| Import | When goods or items are brought into one country from another country |
| Export | When goods leave one country to be sent to another country |
| Demand | The need and/or want of the consumers for goods or services to be purchased |
| Good | A physical item that can be bought or sold |
| Service | Work done or duty performed in exchange for compensation (mainly money) |
| Trade | Exchanging one good for another good without the exchange of money |
| Five types of art | Painting/drawing, sculpture, music/dance, literature/poetry, and theater |
| Four purposes of art | To explain the unexplainable, to commemorate an event, to tell a story, or as an expression of beauty |
| Purpose of governments | Coordinate things like public works, defense, laws, and taxation |
| Primary Source Examples | Diary, letter, or interview |
| Secondary Source Examples | Books, newspapers, or encyclopedia article |
| Artifact | Objects made by humans that were left behind |
| Examples of artifacts | (Tools, weapons, art, and clothing) |
| Prehistory | The time before written history |
| Social Groups | Are different groups of people in a society |
