Culture Review

What is culture?

• Only the food of a group of people

• The customs, behaviors, and norms of a group

• Just the language people speak

• Only religious beliefs

What is a society?

• A group that only shares food preferences

• People who live in the same building

• A group that shares a geographic region, identity, and culture

• People who speak the same language

What is an ethnic group?

• People who live in the same city

• A group that shares language, customs, and common heritage

• People who eat the same food

• Those who work in the same place

What are cultural hearths?

• Places where food is cooked

• Modern shopping centers

• Places of origin for cultural traits and innovation

• Religious buildings

What is cultural diffusion?

• The spread of cultural ideas outward from the hearth

• The end of a culture

• When cultures disappear

• When people move to new places

What is acculturation?

• When people learn to cook

• The adoption of new forms of culture or changes

• When people travel

• Learning a new language only

Which is the largest language family?

• Sino-Tibetan

• Niger-Congo

• Indo-European

• Arabic

Which languages are part of the Indo-European family?

• Chinese and Japanese

• Arabic and Hebrew

• English, Hindi, and French

• Korean and Vietnamese

What is cultural appropriation?

• When cultures share equally

• When a dominant group uses a minority's culture for its own benefit

• When people learn about other cultures

• When cultures merge naturally

Which religion has the most followers worldwide?

• Islam

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Hinduism