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| culture | The sum total of learned behaviors passed down from previous generations. |
| subculture | a group of people who have their own unique culture different from those around them. |
| cultural diffusion | movement of cultures from one place to another |
| society | members of a culture |
| nuclear family | father, mother and children |
| extended family | generations beyond the nuclear family |
| monogamy | to have one spouse |
| polygamy | to have more than one spouse at a time |
| patriarchal | family in which the oldest male makes all decisions |
| matriarchal | family in which the oldest female makes all decisons |
| monotheism | practice of worshiping one god |
| polytheism | practice of worshiping |
| archeology | the study of history of man through the exploration of artifacts left behind |
| anthropology | the study of man and his cultures |
| civilization | a highly organized group of people possessing farming and domesticated animals and a written language |
| imperialism | the control by one nationa over the social, politcal and economic life of other lands or countries |
| westernization | the adoption of western (modern, industrialized) culture |
| Agricultural Revolution | 10,000 years ago when man first learned to farm |
| technology | all the skills and tools of a group of people |
| subsistence farmer | producing just enough for your own needs-but little or no surplus to sell |
| primitive | a culture that does not have a written language |
| nomad | people who travel from place to place to find food, often hunter/gatherers |
| climate | the average weather of any particular area |
| drought | prolonged periods of little or no rainfall |
| cash crop | crop that can be sold on the world market |
| race | set of bodily traits shared by a group of people |
| racism | belief that your race is superior to others |
| prejudice | dislike or intolerance of a particular group or race or religion |
| ethnocentrism | the view or belief that your culture is superior to all others |
| infant mortality rate | infant deaths per 1,000 live births in any given year |
| Literacy rate | percentage of population aged 15 or over who can read |
| life expectancy | average life expectancy at birth |
| population density | number of people per square mile/kilometer |
| per capita income | average income for each person in the country |
| population per physician | number of doctors in a country |
| population doubling time | number of years it will take for the population to double |
| Gross National Product | total value of goods and services produced in a country in a given year |
| developed | modern, westernized nations, with a high level of industry, education and SOL |
| Standard of Living (SOL) | an indicator of the level of development based on statistics from life expectancy, literacy rate, infant mortality rate, population density, per capita income and GNP |
| developing | a nation that is working towards modernization, often poor with traditional societies |
| capitalism | free market economy system in which the means of production are owned and operated by individuals for profit |
| communism | a social and economic system in which social classes have been abolished and the means of production as well as the products of labor are in the hands of the citizens |
| democracy | form of government in which power resides in the hands of the citizens either directly or through freely elected representatives |
| dictatorship | rule by one person or group of people |
| monarchy | hereditary ruler of a country or region |
| republic | form of government in which power resides in the citizens, not in the hands of a hereditary monarch |
| traditional | a society based on simple farming and or hunting and gathering |
