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physical environment around them, and what dangers
to avoid and how to avoid them, they have developed
sets of rules that guide them and products that they
utilize in their pursuit of these needs. Culture,
therefore, has both material and nonmaterial
components.

The material components of culture include all
the physical objects that the group has discovered,
invented, or borrowed from another group, and to
which they have attached meaning and value. They
encompass items from the physical environment such
as plants, crops, trees, minerals, and animals, as well
as tools such as ploughs, hammers, crop dusters, and
satellites. They include products varying from
toothpaste to facial creams to television sets. The

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