shared products of human groups. These products include both physical objects and beliefs, values, and behaviors shared by the group.

physical objects created by human groups. Sociologist and anthropoligist use the term artifacts to refer to the physical objects of material culture.

abstract human creations,, such as language, ideas, beliefs, rules, skills, family, patterns, work practices, and political and economic systems.

group of mutually interdependent people who have organized in such a way as to share a common culture and have a feeling of unity.

knowledge and tools people use for practical purposes

organization of written and spoken symbols into a standardized system.

shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable

shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations

norms that do not have great moral significance attached to them- the common customs of everyday life.

normes that have great moral significance attached to them.

written rules of contact that are enacted and enforced by the government.

individual tool, act, or beliefe that is related to a particular situation or need.

cluster of interrelated culture traits

combination of a number of culture complexes into an interrelateed whole.

are farmers that live in small villages along the border between brazil and venezuela.

way of life that is based on cooperation

an anthroploogist that called yanomamo's the fierce people.

common features that are found in all human cultures.

tendency to view ones own culture and group as superior to all other culture and group.

belief that culture should be judged by their own standards

group with its own unique valves,norms, and behaviors that exist within a larger culture.

group that rejects the values,norms, and practice of larger society and replaces them with a new set of culture projects.

an anthropologist that examined hundreds of different cultures in

an anthropologist from the 1940s, he examined hundreds of different cultures in an attempt to determine what general traits are common to all cultures.

they are contented, gental, non aggressive, receptive, trusting, and warm people.

they are agressive, competive, jealous and violent

an anthropologist that explored the religious prohitition prohibition, in India against killing cows even when food shortages exist.

a criminalologist that developed the idea of subcultures in the 1920s

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Question	Answer
culture	shared products of human groups. These products include both physical objects and beliefs, values, and behaviors shared by the group.
material culture	physical objects created by human groups. Sociologist and anthropoligist use the term artifacts to refer to the physical objects of material culture.
nonmaterial culture	abstract human creations,, such as language, ideas, beliefs, rules, skills, family, patterns, work practices, and political and economic systems.
society	group of mutually interdependent people who have organized in such a way as to share a common culture and have a feeling of unity.
technology	knowledge and tools people use for practical purposes
language	organization of written and spoken symbols into a standardized system.
values	shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable
norms	shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations
folkways	norms that do not have great moral significance attached to them- the common customs of everyday life.
mores	normes that have great moral significance attached to them.
laws	written rules of contact that are enacted and enforced by the government.
culture trait	individual tool, act, or beliefe that is related to a particular situation or need.
culture complexes	cluster of interrelated culture traits
culture patterns	combination of a number of culture complexes into an interrelateed whole.
Yanomamo	are farmers that live in small villages along the border between brazil and venezuela.
San	way of life that is based on cooperation
Napoleon Chagnon	an anthroploogist that called yanomamo's the fierce people.
culture universals	common features that are found in all human cultures.
ethnocentrism	tendency to view ones own culture and group as superior to all other culture and group.
culture relativism	belief that culture should be judged by their own standards
sub culture	group with its own unique valves,norms, and behaviors that exist within a larger culture.
counter culture	group that rejects the values,norms, and practice of larger society and replaces them with a new set of culture projects.
george murdock	an anthropologist that examined hundreds of different cultures in
margeret mead	an anthropologist from the 1940s, he examined hundreds of different cultures in an attempt to determine what general traits are common to all cultures.
arapesh	they are contented, gental, non aggressive, receptive, trusting, and warm people.
Mundugumor	they are agressive, competive, jealous and violent
Marvin Harris	an anthropologist that explored the religious prohitition prohibition, in India against killing cows even when food shortages exist.
Edwin Sutherland	a criminalologist that developed the idea of subcultures in the 1920s

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