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  1. culture
    all the knowledge and values shared by a society
  2. values
    beliefs of a group in which they have emotional investment
  3. belief
    any cognitive content held as true
  4. ritual
    the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
  5. history
    a record or narrative description of past events
  6. geography
    study of the earth's surface
  7. economics
    science dealing with the circulation of goods and services
  8. government
    the system or form by which a community is ruled
  9. ethnicity
    an affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties
  10. immigration
    movement of people into a country or area
  11. colonialism
    exploitation by a stronger country of a weaker one
  12. fundamentalism
    the interpretation of sacred texts as literal truth
  13. genocide
    systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
  14. epidemic
    a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease
  15. racism
    the prejudice that one people are superior to another
  16. apartheid
    a social policy of racial segregation
  17. animism
    the doctrine that all natural objects have souls
  18. traditional
    consisting of or derived from a practice of long standing
  19. Modern
    used of a living language
  20. stereotype
    a conventional or formulaic conception or image
  21. culture shock
    a condition of disorientation affecting someone who is suddenly exposed to an unfamiliar culture or way of life or set of attitudes
  22. ethnocentrism
    belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group
  23. cultural anthropology
    the branch of anthropology that deals with human culture and society
  24. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  25. secular
    someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
  26. urbanization
    the social process whereby cities grow
  27. terrorism
    the use of violence against civilians for ideological goals
  28. monotheism
    belief in a single God
  29. polytheism
    belief in multiple gods
  30. global
    involving the entire earth
  31. rite of passage
    a ritual performed when an individual changes status
  32. scarcity
    a small and inadequate amount
  33. patrilineal
    based on or tracing descent through the male line
  34. matrilineal
    based on or tracing descent through female ancestors
  35. hierarchy
    a series of ordered groupings within a system
  36. human right
    any basic freedom to which all people are entitled
  37. syncretism
    the union of different systems of thought or belief
Created on Wed Oct 13 12:49:24 EDT 2010 (updated Tue Dec 21 12:24:28 EST 2010)

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