1. Culture Review

2. The way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs
culture

3. A group that shares the same language, religion, and history
ethnic group

4. An area that shares similar cultural traits
cultural region

5. A behavior or characteristic of a people, such as language, religion or custom, passed down from one generation to the next
cultural trait

6. The things that all cultures have in common like the need for food, water, shelter
cultural universal

7. The process of spreading ideas, languages and customs from one culture to another
cultural diffusion

8. A local form of a language that is distinct from other areas
dialect

9. A highly developed culture
civilization

10. The development of a worldwide culture with an interdependent economic system
globalization

11. The way a society organizes itself into smaller groups
social structure

12. An important practice, relationship, or organization in a society or culture (government, religion, education, economic)
institutions

13. mom, dad, and children
nuclear family

14. mom, dad, and children with grandparents, aunts and uncles
extended family

15. standard of accepted behavior
ethics

16. beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment
values

17. actions or words that are considered inappropriate to a specific culture.
taboos

18. The basic unit of any culture
family

19. People learn their values and ethics from which cultural institution?
religious

20. Give the name of an example of a government institution
Police department
Fire department
Supreme Court
Congress

21. Essay
Define cultural diffusion. Give two examples of cultural diffusion that has occurred in the United States today.

22. Religions Things to know for each religion: Founders Sacred Text
One religious holiday or practice

23. Study this chart to help you remember about the different religions in the world.
Founder
Sacred Text
Practices
Buddhism
Siddhartha Guatama
Tripitaka
Nirvana
Christianity
Jesus
Bible
Baptism
Hinduism
(none)
Vedas
Polytheism
Islam
Mohammad
Koran
Ramadan
Judaism
Abraham
Torah
Hanukkah

24. Government systems Democracy – people have a say in government
Monarchy – ruled by a king or a queen who is born into that position
Dictatorship – a person who rules by force – and has total control

25. Economic Systems
Be able to tell the differences between traditional, command (communism), market (capitalism), and mixed (socialism) economies – give examples of each