Culture, Race and Ethnicity

Culture includes all of the following EXCEPT:

• values and beliefs

• attitudes and rituals

• languages

• biological characteristics

Race is learned:

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT true about culture?

• Culture is learned

• Culture is shared

• Culture is social in nature

• Culture never changes

Health care providers should be aware of the factors that cause individuals to be unique.

• True

• False

Culture is uniform among all members within a cultural group.

• true

• false

Ethnicity is a classification of people based on:

• Skin color

• national origin and/or culture

• patterns of behavior

• biological characteristics

Countries of origin for Asian Americans may include all of the following EXCEPT:

• China, Cambodia

• India, Indonesia

• Korea, Philippines

• England, Germany, and France

Members of an ethnic group must practice all the beliefs of the group.

• true

• false

Cultural diversity is influenced by race, culture, and ethnicity.

• true

• false

Cultural assimilation means: absorption of a culturally distinct group into a dominant or prevailing culture.

• true

• false