What is Culture?

Colonialism

Attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.

Society

a group of people living together in a more or less ordered community.

Cultural Traits

a particular group's individual skills, customs, and ways of doing things

Architecture

the art and science of designing buildings

Religion

the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.

Multicultural Society

A society in which people from different cultures live together

Cultural Diffusion

The spread of ideas, practices, traditions, beliefs, and technologies from one people to another

Creative Expression

Using our minds and imaginations to make something that expresses who we are or the world as we see it. This can be through art, music, literature, or movement.

Cultural Region

an area in which a group of people share a similar culture and language

Art

creative expression, usually in visual form.

Tradition

custom that has been handed down

Culture

the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next

Literature

written works such as fiction, poetry, or drama