generally speaking, there are seven main elements of cultureculture is not genetically inherited, it is shared, learned, and dynamic- never static: social organization, customs and traditions, religionan organized system of beliefs expressed through rituals and symbols and concerned with the supernatural in some way; the way a society holds itself together and "sells" its ethics and standards to the next generation - no culture has ever survived without religion More, languagea system of symbols that allow people to communicate with each other, also the MOST symbolic way that culture is passed down, arts and literature, forms of government and economic systems. Added to those elements may be familya family is group of people consisting of parents and children living together in a household; family members can also live away from parents or in a different household or clan structures, marital and sexual arrangements.
