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Unit 1 Section 1
Introductory Vocabulary
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Social Studies
7th Grade
08/18/2013
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Culture

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A learned system of shared beliefs and ways of doing things that guide a person's daily behavior
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Culture Region
 Definition
Area of the world in which people share certain culture traits.
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Culture Traits
 Definition
Elements of culture such as dress, food, or religious beliefs
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Ethnic Groups
 Definition
Cultural groups of people who share learned beliefs and practices.
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Multicultural
 Definition
A mixture of different cultures within the same country or community.
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Race
 Definition
A group of people who share inherited physical or biological traits.
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Acculturation
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The process of cultural changes that result from long-term contact with another society.
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Symbol
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A word, shape, color, flag, or other sign that stands for something else.
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Ethnocentrism
 Definition
Seeing differences in another culture as inferior.
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Domestication
 Definition
The growing of a plant or taming of an animal by a people for their own use.
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Subsistence Agriculture
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A type of farming in which farmers grow just enough food to provide for themselves and their own families.
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Commercial Agriculture
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A type of farming in which farmers produce food for sale.
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Civilization
 Definition
A highly complex culture with growing cities and economic activity.
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