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| Culture | the way of life of people who share similar customs and beliefs |
| Cultural Traits | a behavioral characteristic of a people such as language, skill, or custom passed from one generation to another |
| Technology | tools and skills that people need to use them; the practical use of scientific skills especially in industry |
| Cultural Landscape | a landscape that has been changed by human beings and that reflects their culture |
| Agriculture | farming; includes growing crops and raising livestock |
| Social Structure | the way in which people in a culture are organized into smaller groups; each smaller group has its own particular task |
| Nuclear Family | a family unit that includes a mother, a father, and their children |
| Extended Family | a family unit that may include parents, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. |
| Ethics | the standards or code of moral behavior that distinguishes between right and wrong for a particular person, religion, group, profession, and so on |
| Economy | a system for producing, distributing, consuming, and owning goods, services, and wealth |
| Producers | a person who makes a product that are used by other people |
| Goods | products that are made to be sold; cars, baskets, computer, and paper are all examples of goods |
| Services | work done or duties performed for other people, such as a work of a doctor or a TV repair person |
| Consumers | people who buy goods and services |
| Capitalism | an economic system in which people privately own and companies own both basic and nonbasic business and industries |
| Socialism | an economic system in which the government owns most basic industries, such as transportation, communications, and banking; non basic industries are privately owned |
| Communism | an economic system in which the government owns all businesses and industries |
| Government | the system that establishes and enforces the laws in an institutions of a society; some governments are controlled by a few people, and others are controlled by many |
| Direct Democracy | a system of government in which the people participate directly in decision making |
| Monarchy | a system of authoritarain government headed by a monarchy usually a king or queen who inherits the throne by birth |
| Constitutions | a set of laws that defines and limits government power |
| Representative Democracy | a system of government in which the people elect representatives to run the affairs of the country |
| Dictator | a ruler who has complete power over a country |
| Cultural Diffusion | the movement of customs and ideas from one culture to another |
| Acculturation | the process of accepting, borrowing, and eschanging ideas and traits among culture |
| Global Village | many people call the Earth this because modern transportation and communications tell everyone about far away people, businesses, and governments almost instantly |
