Culture can be very difficult to strictly define due to such a variety of societal aspects. According to the Webster's Mew Dictionary of English Language, culture is the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group. Culture is defined in extremely vague terms as a way of life. <Tab/>Culture passes on from one generation to the next. Many varieties of culture exist. Ethnic cultures …showed first 75 words of 509 total…

…showed last 75 words of 509 total…gt;Many Americans, in enthusiastic endorsement of multiculturalism, ignore the similarities among cultures. We tend to focus on the cultural differences despite a wide variety of "cultural universals" which are shared by all cultures. Like the United States, for instance, Iraq has families, schools, house of worship, economics, and governments. Culture is the social heritage of humans that is altered by each generation and must be learned by the newest members of that particular society.