Introductory Unit-A
Terms
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- ethnicity
- a group of people within a larger society that is socially distinguished or set apart by other and/or by itself, primarily on the basis of race and/or cultural characteristics.
- gender
- male or female.
- non-material culture
- ideas, actions, and beliefs that represent a culture.
- individuals with disabilities
- possessing physical or mental challenges/impairments.
- age
- period of human life measured by years from birth, usually marked by a certain stage or degree of mental and/or physical development and legal responsibility.
- material culture
- things and objects that represent a culture.
- culture
- learned behavior of people that includes their belief systems and languages, their social relationships, their institutions and organizations, and their material goods - food, clothing, buildings, tools, and machines.
- race
- an idea used to divide humankind into categories based upon skin color and other physical characteristics.
- language
- body of words and systems used for communication between people who are generally of the same region.
- region
- an area that has one or more geographic characteristics in common.
- religion
- specific set of fundamental beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a group.