Culture
Name 3 examples of material culture
art, clothes, food, etc
What is monotheism?
belief in one god
Name two cultural components.
food, art, religion, government, music, dress, education
What type of government does the United States have?
Representative Democracy (Republic)
Who controls the market in a communist economy?
the government
Name a norm that is different from American culture
anything in the slides or from personal knowledge of different cultures.
What book of the bible is the Cultural Mandate found in?
Genesis
What is Cultural Geography?
the study of cultural components and how they relate to the geography of the places where people live and travel.
Name an example of a military dictatorship.
Hitlers Germany
What drives the price of items in a capitalist society?
Supply vs demand
Define values.
The cultural standards that people use to decide what’s good or bad, what’s wrong or right. They serve as the ideals and guidelines that we live by.
What is an example of cultivating the earth besides farming?
businesses that make material positions (socks, bakeries, furniture, etc.)
What is globalization?
The process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide. Globalization has accelerated since the 18th century due to advances in transportation and communication technology.
Theocracy is a form of government in which a deity of some type is recognized as the supreme ruling authority, giving divine guidance to human intermediaries that manage the day-to-day affairs of the government.
What incentive is there for people to work hard in a capitalist country?
To make more money
What are the two main components of culture.
Non material culture and material culture
What is an example of being fruitful and multiplying besides having children?
Setting up civilizations, society's, governments
How does climate impact a culture?
the types of clothes they wear, if they need to go looking for water, what the surrounding vegetation looks like, what foods are eaten, etc.
What is the difference between an Absolute Monarchy and a Constitutional Monarchy
In a constitutional monarchy, the royal family acts as political figures for diplomacy. Elected officials are the decision makers. In a absolute monarchy, the King/Queen actually create laws and make the decisions.
Name one pro and one con for both communism and capitalism.
Communism: everyone is equal so there is no economic gap between rich and poor, no choice or freedom, no incentive to work hard
Capitalism: everyone has free choice, everyone is not equal so there is large economic gap, incentive to work hard is money
Name the three different norms and rank them by severity. Give an example for each type of norm.
Folkway (standing backwards in an elevator)
More (wearing a Hawaiian shirt to work)
Taboo (child molestation)
Why do some religions spread and others stay within the same area? Name one religion that spreads and one that has stayed relatively contained.
Spread: war, trade, missionary work, migration (Christianity)
Stayed contained: does not accept converts as well, most believers are born into it, tied closely with a cultural group (Judaism)
Mountains, lakes, oceans, plains, forests, jungles, rivers, etc all influence how a culture forms.
What are the two forms of government under the "Few" section of the Who Rules Graph?
Oligarchy and Military Junta
Who proposed the idea of communism and in what book?
Karl Marx in the Communist Manifesto