Topic: Culture, religion and belief systems

Culture:

• Is the way we as humans deal with our world and with one another.
• Can be found in all mammalian species.
• Is a species' biological nature.
• Refers to a species' evolutionary past.

Which of the following statements is true of culture?

• Languages are cultures.
• Archaeologists dig up culture in their excavations.
• Culture is a powerful human tool for survival.
• all of the above

Culture is:

• entirely learned during our lifetimes.
• the full range of learned behavior patterns and knowledge acquired by people as members of a society.
• what made it possible for humans to transform themselves from relatively insignificant plant and dead animal scavengers in Africa to a truly global species capable of controlling the fate of all other species.
• all of the above

Every civilization/society/culture has basic institutions such as 

• government, education, & economies
• internet, smart phones, & wifi
• food, shelter, comfort
• geography, government, history

Elements of culture shared by a culture; ex: holidays, language, special foods, & religion

• culture trait
• culture region
• multicultural
• globalization

belief in one God

• monotheism
• polytheism

belief in more than one God   

• monotheism
• polytheism

blending two languages to create cultural

• Hearth

• Innovation

• Diffusion

• Simulation

Women stop wearing traditional dress and wear blue jeans

• cultural hearth

• assimilation

• acculturation

• consumerism

One person kisses on the cheek. One person shakes hands. This is an example of

• perceptions

• culture

• the wrong way to greet people

• different cultural norms