0. Culture Unit
Key Vocabulary

1. Artifact
Material or physical aspects of a culture that are representative of that culture; made items
Examples: chopsticks, blue-jeans, the automobile, round hats, Santa Claus, Christmas Tree, statues/monuments, mummies, flags, pyramids

2. Sociofact
The way in which a culture organizes itself; the social structures of a culture that dictate social behavior
Examples: families, tribes, states, others??: schools, government structure, church group, neighborhood, sports teams, social classes, gang, corporations

3. Mentifact the ideas, values, and beliefs of a culture
Examples: religion, language, others??? Lifestyle choices, traditions/practices

4. cultural complex
The combination of artifacts, mentifacts, and sociofacts that are used to define a culture.

5. 7 elements of culture vs. cultural complex
Customs and traditions
Arts and entertainment
Religion
Language
Economic systems
Government
Social organizations
Artifact
Sociofact
Mentifact

6. Core-Domain-Sphere Model

7. Core-Domain-Sphere Model
Core: has all characteristics of culture, almost 100% adherence to characteristics (often the hearth of the culture)
Domain: A little distance from the core – has dominant cultural characteristics, but they are not exclusive to this area
Sphere: Attributes of culture are present, but not dominant.
Outliers: strong examples of cultural phenomena show up far from the core and not connected to the sphere or domain

8. Example of Core-Domain-Sphere: Baseball

9. Identify each of the following pictures as artifact, sociofact or mentifact - briefly explain your reasons. It is possible for elements of the pictures to represent a combination of categories. 1.
2. Catholic School Uniform 3. 4.