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| Culture elements | Include language, religion, institutions, technologies, and beliefs and customs in people's way of life. |
| Customs | Things that people usually do-how they act, what they eat, what they wear. |
| Institutions | Organizations developed by each society that help to make social roles clear. These include schools, families, and governments. |
| Urban | Term having to do with cities. |
| Rural | Term used to define areas of the countryside that are not part of a city. |
| Genocide | The policy of deliberately killing an entire national, racial, religious, or ethnic group. |
| Terrorism | The calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to try to achieve a goal. |
| Traditional Economy | Used to describe economic systems in societies that are primarily subsistence agriculture-meaning they produce only enough to feed the farmer and his family. |
| Cultural Convergence | The tendency for cultures to become more alike as they share technology and structures in a modern world. |
| Cultural Divergence | The tendency for cultures to become increasingly dissimilar with the passage of time. |
| Multicultural societies | A society where there is an appreciation and acceptance of many different cultures. |
| Animism | Belief that many things in nature have their own spirit. Ex. African tribes, Native Americans, Aborigines |
| Buddhism | Based on a philosophy of self-denial and meditation; sometimes considerd a way of life and not a religion. Found: East, South and Southeast Asia, but also all over the world. |
| Christianity | A monotheistic relgion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ. Found: N. America, Europe, Latin America, but also all around the world. |
| Judaism | A monotheistic religion based on the teachings of the Old Testament. Found: Israel and United States |
| Islam | A monotheistic religion based on the Qur'an (Koran). Found: N. Africa, Southwest Asia, South Asia, Indonesia (the largest Muslim population) |
| Hinduism | Believe there are many gods and goddesses (polytheistic) but that each of these is a manifestation of the one main god Brahman. Found: Many India |
| Sikhism | Based on the teachings of Guru Nanak and combined elements of Islam and Hindusism. Found: Punjab, India (North India) |
