Unit 5 Culture Study

What is the beliefs, customs, behaviors and traditions of a specific group of people?

• culture
• caste
• aristocracy
• cultural diffusion

What do we call the hereditary class of rulers; a group of the most wealthy and privileged in ancient Greece?

• philosophy
• oral tradition
• aristocracy
• social class

a fixed social class into which a person is born is called a _________.

• Caste
• diversity
• philosophy
• Culture

people who are trained and ordained for religious services like a priest or a minister are called members of the _____.

• Clergy
• Caste
• Culture
• diversity

The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one culture to another is called _____.

• culture
• social class
• cultural diffusion
• oral tradition

It's good to have cultural variety in the workplace, or ______.

• philosophy
• Caste
• diversity
• mythology

A system or process of ranking members of a group within a society according to importance is called _____.

• social class
• hierarchy
• cultural diffusion
• diversity

________ is a collection of myths or stories that people tell about their gods and heroes. They are stories about how the world was created and why certain things happen.

• aristocracy
• diversity
• mythology
• philosophy

Traditions that are passed down in spoken stories and songs is called ____. These traditions make up a community's cultural and historical background.

• cultural diffusion
• oral tradition
• philosophy
• mythology

The study of knowledge and the world is called ___. This means "Love of Wisdom" in Greek.

• aristocracy
• social class
• philosophy
• diversity