Step 2: Read the following paragraphs, and then answer the questions that follow.

Culture is socially transmitted rules for behavior, ways of thinking about and doing things. Culture—whether it is language, religion, or law—is learned and reflected in the way we shape our physical world. Material culture is usually considered to be roughly synonymous with artifacts—objects used by humans to cope with the physical world, to facilitate social interaction, and to benefit state of mind—and ecofacts—nonartifactual natural remains that provide information about human behavior, such as remnants of wild and domesticated animals and plants. Material culture may be more broadly defined as that sector of our physical environment that we modify through culturally determined behavior. The physical environment includes more than artifacts. James Deetz writes:

"We can also consider cuts of meat as material culture, since there are many ways to dress an animal; plowed fields; even the horse that pulls the plow, since scientific breeding of livestock involves the conscious modification of an animal's form according to culturally derived ideals. Our body itself is a part of our physical environment, so that such things as parades, dancing, and all aspects of kinesics--human motion--fit within our definition..." (Deetz 1996:35-36). http://www.cr.nps.gov/aad/afori/whisar_matc.htm

		4. What is the topic of the passage?    a. culture   b. artifacts   c. cuts of meat   d. material culture
		5. What is the best one-sentence summary of the passage?    a. Culture is language, literature, artifacts, and religion.   b. Material culture includes cuts of meat, animals, how they are dressed, and our own physical bodies.   c. Many people don't understand the meaning of culture the role it plays in our environment.   d. Material culture includes all aspect of our physical environment that we change through our culturally-determined behavior.