Cultural Universals

Geographic Setting

• The landscape of the region, the natural resources it offers, and of course the rich history generated from the region.

• a grouping based on similar social factors like wealth, income, education,

• architectural styles, building materials, common meals

• architectural styles, building materials, common meals

Social Class

• a grouping based on similar social factors like wealth, income, education, and occupation

• an organized and integrated set of beliefs, behaviors, and norms centered on basic social needs and values

• How people interact with one another and their team members. It's how those in charge operate, communicate, and make decisions in all aspects of daily life.

• formal and societal – i.e. passing cultural values, survival skills, and various types of training onto youth.

Language & Communication

• A group’s spoken and written language, body language, sign language, and numbers systems

• a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state

• The production, distribution, exchange, and consumption of goods and services; how people meet their wants and needs

• The forms of cultural expression that includes music, sports, games, and entertainment.

Religion

• an organized and integrated set of beliefs, behaviors, and norms centered on basic social needs and values

• How people interact with one another and their team members. It's how those in charge operate, communicate, and make decisions in all aspects of daily life.

• formal and societal – i.e. passing cultural values, survival skills, and various types of training onto youth.

• The forms of cultural expression that includes music, sports, games, and entertainment.

Government

• The set of attitudes, beliefs, and rules which give order and meaning to a political process and which provide the underlying assumptions and rules that govern behavior in the culture

• The production, distribution, exchange, and consumption of goods and services; how people meet their wants and needs

• An accomplishment, or a result gained by effort

• How people interact with one another and their team members. It's how those in charge operate, communicate, and make decisions in all aspects of daily life.

Leaders

• How people interact with one another and their team members. It's how those in charge operate, communicate, and make decisions in all aspects of daily life.

• The set of attitudes, beliefs, and rules which give order and meaning to a political process and which provide the underlying assumptions and rules that govern behavior in the culture

• The forms of cultural expression that includes music, sports, games, and entertainment.

• a grouping based on similar social factors like wealth, income, education, and occupation

Wars

• a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state

• architectural styles, building materials, common meals

• How people interact with one another and their team members. It's how those in charge operate, communicate, and make decisions in all aspects of daily life.

• an organized and integrated set of beliefs, behaviors, and norms centered on basic social needs and values

Food and Shelter

• architectural styles, building materials, common meals

• ways of dress

• The forms of cultural expression that includes music, sports, games, and entertainment.

• The production, distribution, exchange, and consumption of goods and services; how people meet their wants and needs

Clothing

• ways of dress

• The forms of cultural expression that includes music, sports, games, and entertainment.

• An accomplishment, or a result gained by effort

• How people interact with one another and their team members. It's how those in charge operate, communicate, and make decisions in all aspects of daily life.

Education

• formal and societal – i.e. passing cultural values, survival skills, and various types of training onto youth.

• an organized and integrated set of beliefs, behaviors, and norms centered on basic social needs and values

• a grouping based on similar social factors like wealth, income, education, and occupation

• A group’s spoken and written language, body language, sign language, and numbers systems