Culture Basics
Learning Culture
Symbols in Culture
Patterns and Traits
Material and Non-Material
100
This term refers to a society's arts, beliefs, customs, institutions, inventions, language, technology, and values.
What is culture?
100
Children first begin learning their culture by growing up in a specific community and doing this.
What is imitating?
100
In any culture, this general term refers to something that stands for something else, like words or flags.
What is a symbol?
100
This term describes a group of related cultural elements that form an organized system within a culture.
What is a cultural pattern?
100
In Spain, people typically eat this meal at around 10 p.m.
What is dinner?
200
The process by which people—especially children—learn their society's culture. It is key to understanding how culture is passed down.
What is enculturation?
200
This term describes how children absorb elements of their culture by simply observing those around them.
What is observational learning?
200
In Chinese culture, this color symbolizes mourning.
What is white?
200
Cultural elements can be divided into these two main types, including objects and ideas.
What are material culture and nonmaterial culture?
200
People in this country often drink strong coffee with the grounds left in the cup.
What is Turkey?
300
A culture shapes the way people meet these types of essential, everyday needs, like food and shelter.
What are basic needs?
300
Language plays a critical role in passing on culture through this method of communication.
What is verbal communication?
300
In Western societies, this color symbolizes mourning.
What is black?
300
Objects like buildings and artwork are examples of this type of cultural element.
What is material culture?
300
While Canadians use chairs at tables, people in this country traditionally eat seated on mats at low tables.
What is Japan?
400
Mr. Arksey says that absolutely everything about human lives can be connected to this.
What is culture?
400
This specific word describes the process of learning one’s culture primarily through family, friends, and community.
What is enculturation?
400
This term describes the most essential type of symbol used in human culture, crucial for verbal communication.
What are words?
400
Practices and behaviors, like handshakes or justice systems, fall under this category of culture.
What is nonmaterial culture?
400
In this U.S. region, people tend to eat dinner at around 5 or 6 p.m.
What is the Midwest?
500
This is one type of cultural component that includes a society's government, religion, and family structures.
What are institutions?
500
The phrase "Say thank you" is an example of this common type of cultural learning, which children often learn from family members.
What is direct instruction?
500
The French word for "dog" is this, showing how cultures use different symbols for the same thing.
What is "chien"?
500
This type of cultural trait is involved in agriculture and includes both practices and tools used in harvesting
What is a cultural pattern?
500
Many people in this country eat smoked fish for breakfast, whereas Americans may prefer cold cereal.
What is Britain?
600
These three biological abilities are foundational to the development of culture.
What are the abilities to:
* learn
* use language and other symbols
* and employ tools?
600
This is the benefit that enculturation provides for people in a society.
What is "it unifies them and provides them with common experiences"?
600
What is this symbol and what does it represent?
What is the medicine wheel?
600
The change in women’s career patterns in Western societies in the 1900s is an example of this interconnected system within culture.
What is a cultural shift or cultural pattern change?
600
In this country, a common way of greeting involves bowing instead of handshakes.
What is Japan?