| A | B |
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| culture | values, beliefs, behavior, and material objects that form a people's way of life |
| society | people who interact in a defined territory and share culture |
| culture shock | personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life |
| symbol | anthing that carries a particular meaning recognized by people who share culture |
| language | system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another |
| cultural transmission | process by which one generation passes culture to the next |
| Sapir-Whorf thesis | assertion that pwople percieve the world through the cultural lens of language |
| values | culturally defined standards by which people assess desirability, goodness, and beauty, and which serve as broad guidlines for social living |
| beliefs | specific statements that people hod to be true |
| norms | rules and expectations by which a society guides the behaviors of its members |
| mores | norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance |
| folkways | norms for routine, casual interaction |
| technology | knowledge that people apply to the task of living in their surroundings |
| hunting and gathering | use of simple tools to hunt animals and gather vegetation |
| horticulture | use of hand tools to raise crops |
| pastoralism | domestication of animals |
| agriculture | large-scale cultivation using plows harnessed to animals or more powerful energy sources |
| industry | production of goods using advanced sources of energy to drive large machinery |
| high culture | cultural patterns that distinguish a society's elite |
| populare culture | cultural patterns that are widespread among society's population |
