Culture permeates all aspects of life and both defines and transcends national, ethnic, racial, religious, and economic boundaries.

1 Define culture and explain how cultural groups communicate cultural values and define their cultural landscapes.
2 Identify a cultural region and explain the type of cultural region and what characteristics or parameters define that region.
3 Provide an example of each of the following for the cultural region that you selected:
artifact
mentifact
sociofact