Cultural Concepts

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Civilization

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A highly organized society.

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Culture

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A way of life of a given people including language, beliefs, clothing...

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Cultural Diffusion

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When ideas, objects/things, behaviors, or goods of one culture are used by another as if it was their own.

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Acculturation

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The blending or mixing of one culture with another.

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Assimilation

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To make similar. When one gives up their own culture to join another by choice or force.

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Ethnocentrism

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When people believe that their way of life is the best and the RIGHT way to live. Everyone else is wrong.