Society and Culture

Question 1

Characteristics of a society

Answer 1

1) Shared COMMON purpose
2) Defined territorial space
3) CONTINUITY over time and space
4) CITIZENSHIP wintin a space

Question 2

Characteristics of a culture

Answer 2

1) Learnt behaviour
2) Customs and traditions
3) norms and vallues guide behaviour
4) institutions prescribe behaviour
5) gendered practices

Question 3

Types of culture

Answer 3

• Material/popular culture
• High culture
• Non-material culture
• Cyber culture
• Diaspora culture

Question 4

Difference between society and culture

Answer 4

• Culture needs a society to develop

Question 5

Relationship between society and culture

Answer 5

• rooted in same values and beliefs
• society provides a framework in the form of social institutions
• society takes cultural values and ranks them