Define innovation, discovery and invention.
Define globalization and identify some positive and negative impacts of the era.
Define McDonaldization and identify some positive and negative impacts of the process.
Define material and nonmaterial culture and identify aspects of each in your life.
Define subcultures, argot, counterculture and culture shock. Give examples of each.
Define language and semiology. Given the arbitrary relationship between a sign’s signifier and signified, between
denotation and connotation, what are the implications?
How do norms and sanctions help us to understand a culture?
Define values and give examples of those that are important to you and why.
Define “culture war” and give examples. How might such “wars” be avoided?
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