What is culture?

• A. A set of laws
• B. A language
• C. Adaptation to environment
• D. A religion

Answer: (C)

Culture is the way a group of people lives—how they cook, dress, work, gather, celebrate, use tools, and organize daily life—shaped by their environment and experiences. The option that best captures this broad idea is adaptation to environment, because culture develops as people adjust to their surroundings, creating practices, technologies, and social norms that help them survive and thrive. A set of laws is about government, not culture as a whole; language is an important part of culture but only one element; religion is another element too. So adapting to the environment describes culture in its most comprehensive sense.