8 themes of culture

Question 1

What are the 8 themes of culture?

Answer 1

Social groups, language, religion, art, government, Economy, daily life, history

Question 2

What is culture?

Answer 2

Way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs

Question 3

social groups

Answer 3

People who share similar characteristics & have a sense of unity
Ethnic groups - a group of people who share common beliefs, language, or history

Question 4

Language

Answer 4

How people communicate with each other
Dialect - local form of a language that differs slightly from original language

Question 5

Religion

Answer 5

Many cultures use religion to answer questions about meaning of life
Major world religions are Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism

Question 6

Daily Life

Answer 6

How people live day-to-day
Food, clothes, hairstyles, building styles and materials

Question 7

History

Answer 7

shared history helps determine how a group of people see themselves
Can be shared in writing, stories and plays, etc.

Question 8

Arts

Answer 8

way for people to express their culture
Music, dance, song, painting, literature, etc.

Question 9

Government

Answer 9

how a country is run
Monarchy –a king or queen inherits the right to rule
Dictatorship – A person or persons rule a country by force
Democracy – The citizens rule, or choose who rule

Question 10

Economy

Answer 10

How people in a culture earn a living
What a nation makes to earn money