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Language:
Through language which we convey the message to another person, now this language
may be verbal, non-verbal or in the written form.
More than 6000 different languages.
Every culture has its own verbal, non-verbal (gestures, facial expressions) or written
language.
Some languages are spoken but cant write because it has no grammatical structure.
For any of the one thing there are different names in different languages.
Some gestures are nearly universal: smiles often represent joy and crying often
represents sadness. Other nonverbal symbols vary across cultural contexts in their
meaning. A thumbs-up, for example, indicates positive reinforcement in the United
States, whereas in Russia and Australia, it is an offensive curse (Passero 2002).
Social Organization:
Religion:
Religion answers the basic question about the meaning and purpose of life.
Religion is the sometimes conflict between two culture
Monotheism (Christianity, Islam), Polytheism (Hinduism)
Three questions of religion:
1. Where did we come from? 2. How should we live our lives?
Government:
Economic System:
An economy is how a country deals with its money and how jobs and things like that
affect a country
How people use limited resources to satisfy wants and needs how people earn and
spend money
Forms:
o Traditional Economy (People produce most of what they need to survive i.e
hunting, farming, herding cattle, make own clothes or tools ),
o Market Economy: Buying and selling goods and services.