| A | B |
|---|
| culture | a way of life ? everything a person does ? eating, dressing, music |
| assimilation / assimilate | blend |
| characteristics | traits ? things which identify a person or thing ? description |
| clan | family ? group of related people |
| cultural diffusion | when two (2) or more cultures meet ? share ideas, food, customs |
| cultural pluralism | many different cultures in one area |
| custom | things are done out of habit ? not required ? but done none the less |
| demographics / demography | people ? characteristics of people ? i.e. How old they are ? how tall they are ?what gender? |
| dependence | one group relies on (needs) another group ? BUT that group (the second) doesn't need the other |
| economics | money $$$ ? income |
| environment | surroundings ? where a person lives / resides |
| ethnic | group of people ? race |
| ethnocentrism | judging others by your own standards/culture/customs |
| extended family | mom, dad , kids, grandparents |
| global | the world ? worldly |
| hierachy | social order ? structure |
| independence | you can do it by yourself ? go it alone ? self-sufficient |
| interdependence | two (2) groups need each other |
| law | things you have to do ? or follow ? required ? often written down |
| matriarchal | mother or eldest female rules/runs the family |
| matrilineal | everything comes down through the female side of the family |
| nuclear family | mom, dad & kids |
| oral communication | spoken ? thoughts ? not written down |
| patriarchal | father or eldest male rules/runs the family |
| patrilineal | everything comes down through the male side of the family |
| primary source | original .. First hand account |
| racism | hatred of a group of people ? to the point you want them gone forever |
| social / society | people ? groups of people |
| social scientists | historians ? anthropologists .. Archaeologists ? sociologists |
| strata / stratification | organized ? organization ? the way things are laid out ? levels |
| structure | organization ? plan ? how things are laid out |
| technology | computers ? cellphones |
| tradition | custom ? things done because they have always been done this way |
| value | what you believe is good / true ? what you think is bad |
