Culture, Lecture 1

Question 1

Culture definition, mid-15th century

Answer 1

the tilling of land, the act of preparing the earth for crops”

Question 2

Culture from the latin

Answer 2

cultivating, care of plants, agriculture.

Question 3

Culture, early 17-th century

Answer 3

the cultivation of plans was transferred to fish or oysters

Question 4

Culture, late 19-th century

Answer 4

production of bacteria or other microorganisms in suitable environment

Question 5

Culture, popular in 19-th century

Answer 5

the figurative sense of cultivation through education, systematic improvement of the mind

Question 6

Culture (final/now)

Answer 6

closest related customs and achievements of a people, a particular form of collective intellectual development.

Question 7

Culture as a system of elements

Answer 7

the whole way of life: total accumulation of elements of lifestyle. ideas, behavior, symbols, language, social institutions, relationships, or any combination of these or other elements.

Question 8

Function: culture os a tool for reaching some end

Answer 8

!culture provides a guide to the process of learning, adaptation to the world, survival, success in life, etc.
!culture provides a means of control over other individuals and groups

Question 9

A cultural text

Answer 9

anything created by humans that provides information about the culture or its creator or users.

Question 10

Culture is…

Answer 10

learned and acquired