Vocabulary 1
What do archaeologists study?
They study human prehistory and history.
There are at least this many uncontacted cultures worldwide, and most live in the Amazon rainforest.
100
Margaret Mead
anthropologists
What does BCE stand for?
Before Common Era
What do sociologists study?
They study human behavior.
The Amazon is home to the largest ___________in the world.
rainforest
Gave the world the Christmas Tree
Germans
What do historians study?
written record of different cultures over time
In China, when eating it is rude to do what?
It is rude to eat all the food on your plate.
Who studies the laws and government of a culture?
political scientists
There are more than ___________insects buzzing around.
30 million
What did Dionysius Exiguus come up with?
Came up with a way of recording time that we still use today - BC, BCE
What is it called when two cultures meet and exchange ideas?
culture contact
The American Indians shared what sport with other cultures they met?
lacrosse
What is ethnocentric mean?
Judging another culture according to your own values.
The rainforest receives between 80 and ______inches of rain each year.
480
The Ka-Kaung or Padaung have long practiced a custom of placing brass rings around their necks. People of this culture live in areas of Myanmar and what other country?
Thailand
What does indigenous mean?
Indigenous peoples are groups of people who were the first to live in a certain area; native
Mead wrote how many books and articles?
What is global interdependence? Give an example
Something happening in one area of the world can cause a ripple that affects somewhere else. It also shows how different parts of the world depend on one another for goods and services.
Sample Examples: destruction of the rain forest will affect others; good and services moving between countries
The Amazon river begins in the Andes Mountains in ___________ and travels to the ________Ocean.
Peru; Atlantic
In Indonesia, you should never do this.
Point the bottoms of your feet at anyone.
What is culture?
The shared beliefs, religions, and laws that guide what a group thinks is important or beautiful.
The letters A.D. in a time line stand for what in Latin?
Anno Domini