Culture: Culture And Characteristics And Aspects Of Culture

Culture can be defined as customary beliefs or ways of an origin. Characteristics that can define culture are that culture is learned, shared, based on symbols, integrated and is dynamic (EarthLink). Culture is something that can be passed down from generation to generation, it is not inherited or in our genes. We are taught culture from everyone around us and being taught culture means we will share it as well. Starting from young ages, elders of family and friends share their experiences and knowledge of the culture. Symbols can be different from all other cultures. All symbols have meaning behind them such as their language, artistic pieces and in some cases, currency. Integration of culture is known as holism, or the various parts of culture being interconnected (EarthLink). Every aspect of culture must all be learned to understand the complete meaning within the culture. Not everything within a culture can stay the same, it can adapt to the new times and changes within the society.

Sweden’s terrain features cover a lot of snow, ice and water. The last Ice Age left a thick layer of ice to be melted away (worldatlas). Sweden is divided into three regions; the north is mountainous, central is lowland to east and

Over fifteen million people use some type of telephone, over nine million use the internet and the broadcast media covers the entire country of Sweden through either TV or radio broadcasting stations (CIA). From 1521 through 1523 the Swedish War of Liberation was fought against the Danish which gave Sweden their independence. In 1611 Sweden was establishing trade routes and infringed on Denmark’s main source of income which started the Kalmar War that ended in 1613 (Sweden.org). The Kalmar War was won by the Swedish military and allowed more trade routes which brought more trades from other countries to