Compare grant and lee as commanders of their respective armies. is the traditional view of lee as the "greatest general of the civil war," despite his defeat, a justified one? why or why?

Everyone will have their opinions, but looking at it from a historical viewpoint you can make an argument that Lee was a great general. Because of the fact that he had less troops at his disposal, and not enough factories and resources because of a union blockade and still was able to gain tactical victories during portions of the war shows that he was a very formidable foe for sure 

Several different things make up a culture like, how the people worship, their form of government, geography, and trade. religion is one of the most important things to a culture, it defines peoples life. their different beliefs form into festivities and events that merge with their culture. people that practice hinduism see cows as gods, so no doubt they would celebrate cows, and these celebrations would definitely merge with their culture. those that are buddhist live life trying to reach a certain level of peace, so no doubt would they change things in their life in order to correspond with their religion.