Culture Vocabulary

1. shared beliefs about good/evil and right/wrong
6. anything that stands for or represents something
8. a culture should be judged for its values
9. an organized system of written symbols or spoken sounds that allow communication
11. individual
14. a form of non-verbal communication with visible body actions
15. shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in a group
16. the prohibition of an act on the belief that the behavior cannot be completed by an
18. disorientation after being suddenly subjected to an unfamiliar way of life
20. a set of moral norms derived from generally accepted practices
22. the spreading out and merging of pieces from different cultures
23. a punishment for violating norms
24. the process by which different cultures approach each other as a result of travel and communication

2. a reaction by members of a group indicating approval or disapproval of a behavior
3. a smaller culture within a dominant culture
4. the difference between material culture and nonmaterial culture
5. beliefs and behaviors that define a group's way of life
6. when an idea, gesture, or object that represents a culture
7. the core values a person or organization operates from
10. a reward for conforming to established norms
12. all intangible products made by human interaction
13. belief of one's group is superior to others
17. a type of norm that does not have great moral significance
19. all tangible products made by human interaction
21. a subculture that opposes the values and norms of the dominant culture