Culture Review

Unit 3 - Culture: Review

I hope you had a great break! We will be finishing our Unit on Culture this week and today we will be reviewing what we learned to get back up to speed!

First of all: What is Culture?

The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following groups would have the most similar culture?

• Family

• Class

• Coworkers

Multiple Choice

The people within a(n) _________ usually share similar cultural elements:

• Government

• Ethnic Group

• Army

• Image

An Ethnic Group is:

a community or population made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of an Ethnic Group

• Baltimore Ravens

• Italian Americans

• Dollar Menuaires

• Europeans

Multiple Choice

What are the individual parts of a culture called?

• Cultural Relevance

• Culture Times

• Cultural Themes

• Cultural Elements

The Elements of Culture are split into many categories.

Some people in a culture may share every element, while others only share most of them. When too many elements are not shared between people, we would consider them to be from different cultures.

Fill in the Blank

When people speak the same ________ they are able to communicate within their culture group.

Multiple Choice

Barbeque is an example of which element of culture?

• Tools

• Food

• Clothing

• Beliefs

Multiple Choice

Music is a part of which element of culture?

• Work

• Tools

• Family

• Art

Multiple Choice

Christians celebrating Christmas in December is an example of which element of culture:

• Language

• Recreation

• Religion

• Clothing

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a part of culture?

• Beliefs

• Weather

• Language

• Food

Multiple Choice

Playing video games is an example of which element of culture?

• Food

• Customs

• Recreation

• Values

Multiple Choice

Owning a Cell Phone is an example of which element of culture?

• Tools

• Language

• Beliefs

• Work

Multiple Select

Which 3 elements of culture are you all participating in right now?

• Language

• Tools

• Food

• Education

• Art

Cultural Diversity

having many different cultures with varied cultural elements that recognize each other's differences. This can be within one region/society or globally!

Multiple Choice

The United States would be considered culturally diverse:

• True

• False

Cultural Diffusion

describes the spread of one culture's practices, beliefs, and/or items.

Like with McDonalds around the world!

Multiple Choice

Cultural diffusion is best described as...

• sharing music from one culture to another
• Cultural margarine
• the spreading of religion
• the spreading of ideas, languages, and traditions from one culture to another

Multiple Choice

What statement is an example of cultural diffusion?

• Venezuela has large reserves of oil

• Texas has large amounts of oil

• students in China learn Chinese in school

• young people dance to American rock music in Japan

Theories relating to cultural diversity in The USA are:

• Salad Bowl: where people keep their own cultural identity and are more diverse. (Acculturation)

• Melting Pot: where people lose their own culturally identity and become part of the whole culture (Assimilation)

Multiple Choice

An immigrant moving to another country who learns the new language and adopts other elements of the new culture are an example of which of the following?

• assimilation

• acculturation

• literacy

• poverty

Multiple Choice

Any culture seeking to maintain its own identity within a multicultural society is an example of which of the following theories?

• Melting Pot

• Salad Bowl

Multiple Choice

When a person moves permanently from their home to another place, their culture is being spread through which of the following:

• Fear

• Migration

• War

• Trade

While this review did not cover every single nuance of the Unit. I hope it was enough to get you refresh on the subject!

We will be taking an assessment tomorrow 1/5 on the Unit and then working on a group project on 1/6 Wednesday in order to check our knowledge of what we have learned!

Then it is on to Government!