Government systems and Culture
Across
- 3. A military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force.
- 6. A smaller unit of culture within a larger unit of culture, often having beliefs or interests at variance with those of the larger culture.
- 8. When people of very different cultures encounter they undergo what some people call _______ _______.
- 10. An attitude of thinking that one's own culture is superior to others.
- 13. A government that derives its authority from religion. The first four letters of the word, means GOD in Greek.
- 17. A group of related traits like dating, marriage, and raising children.
- 19. Long contact between cultures can result in both cultures adopting many traits from the other.
- 20. A form of government where single person or group has complete power.
- 21. Is the systematic forced removal of ethnic, racial, or religious groups from a given area, with the intent of making a region ethnically homogeneous.
Down
- 1. Of the same kind; alike. Consisting of parts all of the same kind.
- 2. A concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies.
- 4. The exchange and blending of two or more cultures in contact with each other.
- 5. holding ________ beliefs is a common feature of most all cultures.
- 7. A particular custom, or way people greet one another when they meet.
- 9. The organization of society on the basis of voluntary cooperation, without political institutions or hierarchical government.
- 11. A geographical region in which people share many of the same cultural traits.
- 12. The single characteristics of a peoples culture is called what?
- 14. A form of government where a small number of people hold power. In Greek the word would mean "Rule by few."
- 15. Usually happens when one culture conquers another. The conquered culture all but disappears.
- 16. A form of government where the people have the power to govern.
- 18. A form of government where a single person, the monarch, holds supreme power.