The student learns that which item is the most important symbolic aspect of culture?
a. Flags
b. Language
c. Art
d. Music
ANS: B
Language is the most extensively used set of symbols in a culture. The other items are important symbols but are not as important as language because words are used to represent objects and ideas.
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T cells produce
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