Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, defined by

everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts.

 Culture refers to the cumulative deposit of knowledge, experience, beliefs, values, attitudes,
meanings, hierarchies, religion, notions of time, roles, spatial relations, concepts of the universe,
and material objects and possessions acquired by a group of people in the course of generations
through individual and group striving.
 Culture is the systems of knowledge shared by a relatively large group of people.
 Culture is communication, communication is culture.
 Culture in its broadest sense is cultivated behavior; that is the totality of a person's learned,
accumulated experience which is socially transmitted, or more briefly, behavior through social
learning.

Primarily because it is misunderstood. It refers to ways of life, to what's important to each

different culture, and we study it, so that we might value these differences. Culture
is expressed in actions and Language, itsexpressed in the Arts, and if we look back in time,
where did our culture come from, in ancient history, we learn a lot from many sources - We have
different religions, and some of us and our cultures are more overt spiritually, and through
spirituality, a value system is transmitted, right now although it is not my main culture, that is
what I was born into, I can see a Bhuddist setting and hear a gong resounding and have an idea
of Zen and its calmness and teachings. Through the world now and globalisation, we share
cultures, and we can be influenced by other cultures, although we are aware of the culture into
which we were born and differences which are important to peoples of the world.
So if I travel to China, for example on business, I will from politness learn about what is
important to the Chinese culture and what an exciting subject to study. Good Luck.

Sociologists define society as the people who interact in such a way as to share a common
culture. The cultural bond may be ethnic or racial, based on gender, or due to shared beliefs,
values, and activities. The termsociety can also have a geographic meaning and refer to people
who share a common culture in a particular location. For example, people living in arctic
climates developed different cultures from those living in desert cultures. In time, a large variety
of human cultures arose around the world. Culture and society are intricately related. A culture
consists of the “objects” of a society, whereas a society consists of the people who share a
common culture. When the terms culture and society first acquired their current meanings, most
people in the world worked and lived in small groups in the same locale. In today's world of 6
billion people, these terms have lost some of their usefulness because increasing numbers of
people interact and share resources globally. Still, people tend to use culture and society in a
more traditional sense: for example, being a part of a “racial culture” within the larger “U.S.
society.”

Best Answer:  I can give you only my private perception as to what these words mean:
Law - a rule established by some authority (usually God) (ex. Thou shalt not kill)
Principle - an absolute rule that is inherent to the world, as it exists. In other words, God does not
consciously enforce it, but ultimately he is still the creator of that rule. (ex. All squares have 4 sides)
Norm - a principle that is not absolute and may change in future, but usually has the "blessing" of the
supreme authority (ex. Marriage is the union between a man and a woman)
Norms are what the majority portion of society deems as "normal". for instance, we don't eat people in
the US, because the majority frowns on this, however should the majority deem it a good thing, thus it
becomes a "norm"

Principles are unwritten social laws, once again this is driven by the majority. example would be, not
looking on someones paper to get answers to a test.

laws are legal rules, once again the majority in society makes these. laws normally would protect the
majority, however some are made that adversely effect the minorities example, the voting laws passed
in the south in the early 1900's or the drug possession/dealing laws on the books today. I say the last
part, because if a person is caught with a pound of powered cocaine they will get a smaller sentence
than a person caught with the same amount of crack cocaine, however minorities normally use and sell
crack cocaine

hope this helped out