Take the Ethnicity Test Quiz: Discover Your Cultural Roots

Study Notes

Refers to the norms, values, and intangible aspects of human existence, including music, dance, poetry, and other forms of creative expressions
Encompasses fads, fashion trends, manners, taboos, scientific knowledge, technology, architectural and engineering wonders, medical advancements, and breakthroughs in transportation and communication

Refers to people who collectively and publicly identify themselves as distinct and unique based on cultural features such as language, shared ancestry, common origin, custom, and traditions
8 major ethno-linguistic groups in the Philippines: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Bisaya/Binisaya, Ilonggo, Bikol, Waray, and others

An organized system of ideas about the spiritual sphere or the supernatural, along with associated ceremonial or ritualistic practices
Used by people to interpret and/or influence aspects of the universe beyond human control

Refers to the state of being intellectually gifted and/or having physically or mentally challenged conditions concerning personality/behavior
Includes learning disability, speech impairment, hearing problems, intellectual disabilities, mental development disabilities, physical disabilities such as blindness and low vision

The legal relationship that binds a person to a country, giving people a sense of identity and belongingness

Serve as guides or models of behavior that tell us what is proper or improper, appropriate or inappropriate, right or wrong
Often in the form of rules, standards, or prescriptions that are strictly followed by people who adhere to certain conventions and perform specific roles
Indicate a society's standards of propriety, morality, ethics, and legality
Influence how people behave, e.g., children are expected to express respect to their elders in the Philippine culture

A group of people sharing a common culture
An organized group or groups of people who generally share a common territory, language, culture, and who act together for collective survival and well-being
Characterized by a territorially localized population, members interacting in a network of relationships, and affectively bonded by common linguistic patterns and other forms of symbolic representations

Develops as a response to a society's conditions and immediate solutions to the problems of individuals and groups

Ideas: beliefs, values, attitudes, laws, norms, abstract concepts, and knowledge
Activities: dynamic components of culture, what people do as opposed to what they believe or feel
Artifacts: man-made products of ideas and activities