Culture Vocab #1

The beliefs, values, practices, behaviors, and technologies shared by society and passed down from generation to generation

• Culture

• Culture Trait

• Popular Culture

• Artifact

Answer explanation

A shared object or cultural practice

• Culture

• Cultural Trait

• Popular Culture

• Artifact

The widespread behaviors, beliefs, and practices of ordinary people in society at a given point of time

• Culture

• Cultural Trait

• Popular Culture

• Artifact

The long-established behaviors, beliefs, and practices passed down from generation to generation

• Traditional Culture

• Cultural Norms

• Cultural Relativism

• Ethnocentrism

A shared standard or pattern that guides the behavior of a group of people

• Traditional Culture

• Cultural Norms

• Cultural Relativism

• Ethnocentrism

The evaluation of a culture by its own standards

• Traditional Culture

• Cultural Norms

• Cultural Relativism

• Ethnocentrism

The tendency of ethnic groups to evaluate other groups according to preconceived ideas originating from their own culture

• Traditional Culture

• Cultural Norms

• Cultural Relativism

• Ethnocentrism

A visible object or technology that a culture creates

• Artifacts

• Sociofacts

• Mentifacts

• Identity

A structure or organization of a culture that influences social behavior

• Artifacts

• Sociofacts

• Mentifacts

• Identity

A central, enduring element of a culture that reflects its shared ideas, values, knowledge, and beliefs

• Artifacts

• Sociofacts

• Mentifacts

• Identity