Asian/Latin American History Notes
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CULTURE/ETHNOCENTRICITY – be able to identify, define and interpret
Culture – the way of life for an entire society; food, beliefs, dress, language, music, festivals, art, holidays, religion, behaviors, values, rituals, manners
Ethnic – race, origin, religion, culture, common ancestry and genealogy; kin/tribe, people of one country not all same ethnicity but are same nationality
Diversity – different cultures, broad range of differences
Prejudice – pre + judge, refers to existing biases toward members of certain groups based on stereotypes, ex: sexism, racism, ageism, anti-Semitism, linguicism
Stereotype – ass/u/me, ideas held by individuals about members of certain groups, some in your favor but usually negative, treat people with bias and then become prejudice
Ethnocentric – the viewpoint that one’s ethnic group is the center of everything, against which all other groups are judged, + = pride, - = genocide
Assimilation – the process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the prevailing culture’s customs and attitudes
Taboo – strong social prohibition, forbidden, objectionable, abhorrent
Bias – preconceived ideas
Xenophobia – fear of foreigners
Norm – rule that is socially enforced
Isolationism – alienated from society for breaking norms, foreign policy isolate ourselves
GOVERNMENT
Democracy – rule by the people
Direct Democracy – everyone can vote (not exist at national level)
Representative Democracy – people are elected to stand in for others to express their views and opinions on ideas, they vote and make decisions, at every level, they represent us
Partisanship = siding with your party
Presidential Democracy – head of government and head of state = president, elected separately and independently of the legislative branch, president is limited by legislature and judicial all equal and have checks and balances, legislative Congress = Senate > House
Senate – only 100, upper house,
CULTURE/ETHNOCENTRICITY – be able to identify, define and interpret
Culture – the way of life for an entire society; food, beliefs, dress, language, music, festivals, art, holidays, religion, behaviors, values, rituals, manners
Ethnic – race, origin, religion, culture, common ancestry and genealogy; kin/tribe, people of one country not all same ethnicity but are same nationality
Diversity – different cultures, broad range of differences
Prejudice – pre + judge, refers to existing biases toward members of certain groups based on stereotypes, ex: sexism, racism, ageism, anti-Semitism, linguicism
Stereotype – ass/u/me, ideas held by individuals about members of certain groups, some in your favor but usually negative, treat people with bias and then become prejudice
Ethnocentric – the viewpoint that one’s ethnic group is the center of everything, against which all other groups are judged, + = pride, - = genocide
Assimilation – the process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the prevailing culture’s customs and attitudes
Taboo – strong social prohibition, forbidden, objectionable, abhorrent
Bias – preconceived ideas
Xenophobia – fear of foreigners
Norm – rule that is socially enforced
Isolationism – alienated from society for breaking norms, foreign policy isolate ourselves
GOVERNMENT
Democracy – rule by the people
Direct Democracy – everyone can vote (not exist at national level)
Representative Democracy – people are elected to stand in for others to express their views and opinions on ideas, they vote and make decisions, at every level, they represent us
Partisanship = siding with your party
Presidential Democracy – head of government and head of state = president, elected separately and independently of the legislative branch, president is limited by legislature and judicial all equal and have checks and balances, legislative Congress = Senate > House
Senate – only 100, upper house,