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These words are from the Academic Word List (AWL)Nouns: institutions period transmission framework aspectsAdjective: culturalVerbs: creates transforms enables occur |
What is culture? Culture refers to the social behavior and norms found in human societies. It includes the arts, beliefs, customs, _______________, and other products of human work and thought to a particular social group and/or a particular ______________ of time (e.g. a national culture, the culture of the Tang dynasty or a modern American high-school subculture). Some _____________ of culture are considered to be ______________ universals because they are found in all human societies; these include expressive forms like art, music, dance, ritual, religion, and technologies like tool usage, cooking, shelter and clothing. Culture ___________ social learning to _________________ through ____________________ of mythology, philosophy, literature and science, and it provides the __________________ for social organization in human societies. This includes political organization and the organization of social institutions. Culture ____________ and ___________________ individual experiences, everyday life, social relations and power within a social group.
Original source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture
The correct answers:
- INSTITUTIONS
- PERIOD
- ASPECTS
- CULTURAL
- ENABLES
- TRANSMISSION
- FRAMEWORK
- CREATES/TRANSFORMS
- CREATES/TRANSFORMS