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History
7th Grade
12/06/2010

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subculture
Definition
attitudes, beliefs, values, shared by a group of people. They may be different from the whole society
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dialect
Definition
a local style of a language
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beliefs
Definition
ideas about the world that are not supported by evidence
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norm
Definition
standards that tell what people should or should not do
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ethnocentrism
Definition
when people think their culture is better than others culture
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folkways
Definition
traditional stories and customs
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religion
Definition
beliefs and practices regarding supernatural beings, powers and forces
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polytheism
Definition
belief in many gods
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monotheism
Definition
belief in one God
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Buddha
Definition
founder of Buddhism
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torah
Definition
Holy book for jewish religion
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koran
Definition
holy book for Islam religion
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Muhammad
Definition
father of Islam
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cultural geography
Definition
study of people and their ways of life
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cultural region
Definition
an area of land where most people have lots in common and they are considered to be a group
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cultural trait
Definition
an element of practice in a culture, such as wearing a head covering or robe
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custom
Definition
practice from past history that people continue to practice
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enculturation
Definition
process of learning about your group's culture, starting when you are a child
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globilization
Definition
spreading one one culture to the rest of the world
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culture
Definition
way of life of a group of people
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cultural diffusion
Definition
spreading of culture from one group to another
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diversity
Definition
variety in features
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value
Definition
an idea about what uis good, right
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Mecca
Definition
home of the islam religion, in Saudi Arabia
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