Understanding Culture
The way of life of a people, including their beliefs and practices
What is culture?
A family that includes several generations
What is an extended family?
The process of accepting new ideas and fitting them into a culture
What is acculturation?
In developed nations, this is the basic social unit of any culture
What is the family?
People learn their cultures mainly through .....?
What is language?
An advanced culture with cities and a system of writing
What is civilization?
A group of people sharing a culture
What is society?
The movement of customs and ideas
What is cultural diffusion?
German born merchant who moved to California in the 1800s?
Who is Levi Strauss?
Historians refer to this time period of when people went from hunting and gathering their food to relying on farming and herding
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
A custom or organization with social, educational, or religious purposes
What is an institution?
A grouping of people based on rank or status
What is a social class?
Changes in the natural environment, technology, and ideas
What are things that affect culture?
The movement of ideas and customs
What is cultural diffusion?
People are working to save their own cultures to keep valuable traditions from being _______?
What is lost?
The parts of a people's environment that they have shaped and the technology they have used to shape it
What is cultural landscape?
A pattern of organized relationships among groups of people within a society
What is social structure?
Information traveling more quickly and speeding up cultural changes
What is the invention of new technology?
The process of accepting new ideas and fitting them into a culture
What is acculturation?
Cultures can change as a result of changes in ideas, natural environment and _________________
What is technology?
Advances in culture such as agriculture and writing
What allowed civilizations to develop?
Includes a mother, a father, and their children
What is a nuclear family?
A famous clothing that was invented in the United States in the 1800s
What are blue jeans?
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Three important features of a culture are:
What is language, social class, and religious beliefs?
Transportation technology, such as airplanes, has made it easier for _______ to spread.
What is ideas?