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Elements of Culture
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1. Social Organization
· The way people are organized into small groups.
· Family Patterns: Through the family children learn how they are expected to act and what to believe.
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Social Organization
● Nuclear family: married couple and children. Typical in the U.S.
● Extended family: Several generations living in one household: grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins.
● Social classes: rank people in order of status, depending on what is important to the culture (money, job, education, ancestry, etc.)
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2. Customs and Traditions
● Customs and traditions can be rules of behavior.
● They can be customs, traditions, holidays, rules, or written laws.
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3. Religion · Answers basic questions about the meaning of life.· Supports values that groups of people feel are important.
· Monotheism is a belief in one god.
· Polytheism is a belief in many gods.
· Atheism is a belief in no gods.
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4. Language· All cultures have a spoken language.
· People who speak the same language often share the same culture.
· Many societies include a large number of people who speak different languages.
· Each language can have several different dialects.
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5. Arts and Literature
They are the products of the human imagination and reflect the culture of a country/place.
· They help us pass on the culture’s basic beliefs.
· Examples: art, music, literature, and folk tales
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6. Government
People form governments to provide for their common needs, keep order within society, and protect their society from outside threats.
· Definition of government:
1. Person/people who hold power in a society;
2 Society’s laws and political institutions.
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7. Economic Systems
● How people use limited resources to satisfy their wants and needs.
● Answers the basic questions: what to produce, how to produce it, and for whom.
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8. History
- Every country has it’s own unique history.
- History shapes a country’s culture, beliefs, values, ect..