“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.” -Mark Twain

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8 Elements of Culture There are 8 categories that anthropologists (people who study mankind, past and present) use to look at the culture of a group of people:

Culture Social Religion Groups Art Language History Government Daily Life Economy

Social Groups How a society puts people together Examples: Economic- upper class, lower class, middle class Cliques- what groups or clubs you belong to Family Units Gender based Common Interests- religion, jobs, politics, sports

Art How people express themselves Examples Music Painting Sculpture Architecture

History What people think are important to pass to future generations Examples People Events Wars

Daily Life What people do every day Examples Housing Food Entertainment

Economy What provides the goods and services that are bought, sold, and used Examples Mining Service Industry Agriculture Manufacturing

Government Who has the power and makes decisions Examples Dictatorship Democracy Parliamentary Monarchy

Language The ways people communicate Examples Written language Oral language Non verbal language

Religion What people believe in/ how they explain the unexplainable Examples Death Birth Rights of Passage Rituals

Culture