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| the ways of thinking, the ways of acting, and the material objects that together form a people's way of life |
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| people who interact in a defined territory and share a culture |
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| personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life |
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| anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by people who share a culture |
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| a system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another |
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| the process by which one generation passes culture to the next |
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| the idea that people see and understand the world through the cultural lens of language |
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| culturally defined standards that people use to decide what is desirable, good, and beautiful and that serve as broad guidelines for social living |
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| specific ideas that people hold to be true |
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| rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members |
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| norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance |
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| norms for routine or casual interaction |
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| knowledge that people use to make a way of life in their surroundings |
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| the use of simple tools to hunt animals and gather vegetation for food |
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| the use of hand tools to raise crops |
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| the domestication of animals |
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| large-scale cultivation using plows harnessed to animals or more powerful energy sources |
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| the production of goods using advanced sources of energy to drive large machinery |
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| the production of information using computer technology |
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