Social Studies - Culture
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- majority group
- the group in a country that is greater in number
- cuba-under Fidel Castro
- example of dictatorship
- regions
- what share similar characteristics
- parts of Switzerland
- example of direct democracy
- geographers
- people who study ethnic groups
- majority group
- what group typically has the most power
- minority group
- a group in the country that is fewer in number than the majority and differs from them in some way
- tv and internet
- cultural diffusion happens even faster in today's high-tech world because of what 2 things
- poor, middle class, rich
- what are 3 economic groups
- Great Britian - 1700's
- where did industrialization start and in what century
- cutting someone's hair & teaching someone
- example of services
- dialects
- different forms of the same language that have unique words, meanings, and pronounciations
- economic groups, age groups, gender groups
- what are 3 social groups
- Ancient Israel - under Moses
- example of theocracy
- with new machines that made work much faster, more goods produced in less time, more people began to rely on these machines so fewer people were needed to work in the fields resulting in urbanization
- 2 reasons why the industrial revolution was important
- USA
- example of representative democracy
- civilizations
- highly developed cultures
- September 11, 2001
- what is a example of dark times in american history
- industrial revolution
- people learned to use new methods of machinery to drastically increase work productivity is what
- food & clothing
- example of goods
- theocracy
- government ruled by a certain religion; its political leaders are also its religious leaders
- direct democracy
- all citizens vote directly on issues is what type of government
- groups of people could now produce enough food to stay in one place for longs periods of time, as groups of people begin to settle in permanent locations they could grow larger in number and more advanced, eventually civilizations began to spring up
- 3 reasons why agricultural revolution was important
- goods
- solid things that are used and consumed; these things can be seen and touched directly
- information revolution
- what is computers, media, high-tech tools that allow people to access vast amounts of information and send it instantly across the world
- representative democracy
- people vote for representatives who lead the country and make laws is what type of government
- culture
- a way of life for people who share similar beliefs and customs
- dictatorship
- government under the control of one all-powerful leader--usually by force
- trade, movement of people, war
- 3 major ways that cultures are influenced and changed
- agricultural revolution
- people learned to grow their own food by planting seed - about 10,000 years ago
- language
- another factor that unites people of a common culture is
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- who is a hero in american history
- money
- what is worthless by itself
- monarchy
- leaders of this government inherit the right to rule through birth
- Social Groups
- the different groups a society is divided into
- dialects
- there may be many different ?? in a language
- nomadic
- moving from one place to another
- "have-nots"
- those that don't have money
- hunters & gatherers
- in first society times people were primarily ?? & ?? so they were constantly moving to where food and resources were plentiful
- female, male
- what are 2 gender groups
- independence from Britian
- what is a success of american history
- USA & Canada; Latin America; Europe; Russia and Central Asian Republics; North Africa and Southwest Asia; Africa South of the Sahara; Asia; Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica
- our world is divided into 8 major cultural regions - what are they?
- dialect
- example of ?? is calling a beverage is soda, pop, coke in different parts of the country
- social groups; language; religion; daily life; history; arts; government; economy
- what are 8 traits geographers look at when studying culture
- information revolution
- what revolution is happening now
- young, middle-age, elderly
- what are 3 age groups
- Ancient Greek City-States
- example of obligarchy
- minority
- there may be many different ?? groups in a country
- agricultural, industrial, information
- 3 revolutions
- government
- the system of rules and laws that people use to run a country
- cultures
- what do not remain the same and are constantly changing over time
- cultures
- what share similar characteristics and can be classified into regions
- direct democracy, representative democracy
- 2 types of democracy
- goods & services
- what 2 things do we need in life
- services
- work done for others
- ethnic group
- majority group & minority group are subcatogories of what group
- allows us to get what we need in life - good&services
- why is money important
- industrialization
- the process of using machines & factories to make goods faster
- nomadic
- first human societies were ??
- past
- the events of the ?? shape us in many way
- judaism, christianity, islam, buddhism, hinduism, atheism
- what are some major world religions
- agricultural
- what is farming revolution
- industrial
- what is machinery revolution
- dictatorship, oligarchy, monarchy, theocracy
- what are 4 different forms of government
- "haves"
- those that have money are called
- successes, heroes, dark times
- cultures tend to remember history in what 3 main way
- urbanization
- people began leaving rural farm-based areas to live and work in the city is called what
- services
- what do we need that are not solid things
- democracy
- what is our form of government
- dance, theatre, music, and literature
- 4 examples of art other than painting and sculpture
- food, clothes, style of architecture
- what are 3 examples of daily life
- money
- economy is directly related to ??
- religion
- a system of beliefs that answers questions about the meaning of life
- cultural diffusion
- exchange of goods and ideas between groups
- economy
- system describing how people use goods and services to make a living
- oligarchy
- government with its power in the hands of a small, elite group
- no
- is art just painting, sculpture, etc
- beautiful and important
- much can be learned about a culture by studying what its people think is ?? and ??
- era
- time period
- United Kingdom - king/queen
- example of a monarchy
- everyday life
- people of different cultures experience different things in regular ??
- ethnic group
- people who share a common history, language, religion, and physical characteristics
- no
- do regions just describe physical places