Cultural Adaptation

What are some examples of cultural adaptation in America mentioned in the article?

• Adoption of different cuisines, celebration of diverse cultural festivals, and integration of various cultural traditions

• Forbidding the practice of any cultural traditions

• Ignoring the existence of diverse cultural festivals

• Exclusively promoting American cuisine

What is the main topic of the article 'finding a voice: A Taiwanese family adapts to America'?

• Adapting to America

• Adopting a pet in America

• Exploring the history of Taiwan

• Learning to cook Taiwanese food

What are some challenges faced by the Taiwanese family in America?

• Financial difficulties

• Lack of access to healthcare

• Difficulty finding employment

• Language barrier, cultural adjustment, and maintaining traditional values while adapting to American culture.

How do you think the Taiwanese family can overcome the challenges they face in America?

• Seeking support from their community, building a strong support network, and maintaining their cultural identity while adapting to the new environment.

• Isolating themselves from the community and not seeking any support

• Moving back to Taiwan and leaving America

• Ignoring their cultural identity and fully assimilating into American culture

What are some ways the Taiwanese family can maintain their cultural identity while living in America?

• By adopting American customs and traditions

• By not speaking their native language at home

• By celebrating traditional holidays and festivals, speaking their native language at home, and participating in cultural events and activities within the Taiwanese community.

• By avoiding cultural events and activities within the Taiwanese community

What are some strategies the Taiwanese family can use to navigate the cultural differences in America?

• Avoiding local Taiwanese communities and seeking support from American families

• Ignoring American culture and sticking to Taiwanese traditions

• Learning about American culture, seeking support from local Taiwanese communities, and open communication within the family

• Keeping cultural differences within the family and not discussing them openly

how people modify their way of life to fit in with an environment or new culture

• cultural ecology

• cultural diffusion

• cultural adaptation

• cultural landscape

What happens when cultures adopt new cultural traits? Choose two correct answers.

• old traditions disappear and new ones take their place

• the cultural barrier goes away

• the culture stretches and adjusts the new trait to fit in with their culture

• the cultural hearth changes locations

When culture is diffused or spread, it can create cultural change because culture is:

• elastic

• adaptive

• integrated

• dynamic

When a human modifies their environment to show their culture it is:

• A barrier

• their cultural landscape

• a cultural adaptation

• agriculture