 | Term | Definition |
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culture |
the way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs or customs |
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cultural traits |
a particular group's individual skills, customs, and ways of doing things |
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technology |
tools and the skills people need to use them |
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cultural landscape |
changes to a culture's environment and the technology used to change it |
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agriculture |
farming |
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social structure |
way of organizing people into smaller groups |
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nuclear family |
mother, father, and their children |
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extended family |
includes several generations |
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ethics |
standards of accepted behavior |
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economy |
system for producing, distributing, and consuming goods and services |
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producers |
owners and workers |
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goods |
what producers make |
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services |
what producers perform for other people |
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consumers |
people that buy and use the goods and services |
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capitalism |
most basic and non basic businesses are privately owned |
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socialism |
government owns most basic industries |
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communism |
government owns all basic and nonbasic industries |
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government |
system that sets up and enforces a society's laws and institutions |
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direct democracy |
everyone participated in the day to day affairs of the group |
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monarchy |
type of government where king or queen is the ruler |
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representative democracy |
citizens elect representatives to run the country's affairs |
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dictator |
government leader who had almost total power over an entire country |
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constitutions |
sets of laws that define and limit a government's powers |
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cultural diffusion |
movement of customs and ideas |
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acculuration |
process of accepting, borrowing, and exchanging ideas |
