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Culture
The ways of life of a particular group of people
Cultural traits
The building blocks of culture; Visible and invisible attributes that combine to make up a group’s culture.
Artifacts
Tangible objects created by a culture
Sociofacts
The ways in which a culture behaves and organizes institutions.
Mentifacts
The ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge of a culture
Cultural norms
Agreed upon cultural practices or standards that guide the behavior of a culture
Cultural taboos
Behaviors heavily discouraged by a culture
Example of cultural taboo
Eating pork in Islam + Judaism
Ethnocentrism
The belief that one’s own culture or ethnic group is superior to others; judging other groups through the lens of one’s own culture.
Cultural relativism
The principle that an individual human’s beliefs and actions should be understood by others in terms of that individual’s own culture
Cultural hearth
An area where civilizations began that radiated its customs, innovations, and ideologies and transformed the world
Environmental Determinism
The belief that the physical environment, especially things like climate and terrain, actively shapes culture.
Possibilism
The belief that environmental conditions may impact culture in some ways, but people are the primary architects of culture.
Cultural Realms
A large segment of the Earth with uniformity in cultural characteristics.
Folk culture
Culture that is traditionally practiced primarily by small, homogenous groups living in isolated rural areas.
Popular culture
Culture found in large, heterogeneous societies that share certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics.
Cultural hearth
An area where civilizations began that radiated its customs, innovations, and ideologies and transformed the world.
Origins of folk culture
