Elements of Culture Vocab

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Area that shares a large number of cultural traits.

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Culture Region

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What happens when a culture is isolated from other cultures?

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Changes in lifestyle occur slowly.

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Which continent sees the least amount of cultural borrowing?

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Antarctica

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Rules that allow a society to live without chaos.

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Government

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Basic human needs such as food, clothing, sports, education, festivals etc. passed down from one generation to the next.

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Customs and traditions

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Answers questions about life's meaning.

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Religion

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A form of a dialect that may have a distinct vocabulary and pronunciation.

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Language

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Ways a culture organizes its members into smaller groups

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Social Organization

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Cultural blending is

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the mixing of customs, religions, languages, etc. to create a new culture

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Cultural tolerance is

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a dominant culture allowing other cultures to continue practicing religion, language, customs, etc.