sociology

3. the view that the human-made heritage is one of the most important influences in human life, that it lifts humans above the animals, permitting each generation to begin where the previous generation left off
6. the human-made environment, which includes both material and nonmaterial traits, both tools and customs
8. the intangible part of civilization, such as laws, customs, and folkways
9. ways of doing things that have become group-wide practices. develop into mores
11. the simplest unit of culture. May be material or nonmaterial
12. any area or region which is characterized by one particular civilization or culture
14. the values and norms which give the culture of an area its uniqueness
16. people who have not yet developed a written language, sometimes called primitive peoples or preliterates
17. the feeling that one's own culture is the best and only significant one
19. process of absorbing one's native culture. sometimes used interchangeably with socialization

1. the obvious, tangible environment of human-made objects
2. a group of people forming an isolated culture group within a larger culture, like the immigrant colonies in our cities-chinatown, little italy, etc
4. a group of related culture traits clustering around a central culture trait
5. isolating; setting apart; as applied to racial adjustment, the setting apart of one group from another- for example, making blacks live in a certain part of a city and ride in different railway coaches
7. one straddling two cultures, the one into which he or she was born and the one into which he or she migrates
10. unique cultures within the main culture
13. joining of groups or individuals from different cultures into one group with a common culture and cultural identity. Also the one-way merger of an individual into a new group through the acquisition of new culture elements
15. in sociology, the customary standard of behavior of any given group, that which is socially accepted as the normal pattern of conduct
18. the process of acquiring the culture of an area other than that of one's birth and rearing