What makes something special or “one of a kind.”

• jambalaya

• file'

• cultural diversity

• unique

What is a custom?

• An accepted way of doing things

• a behavior or action that has been handed down from a previous generation

What is a tradition?

• An accepted way of doing things

• A behavior or action that has been handed down from a previous generation

What is culture?

• A community's way of life or their way of doing things

• The way people look

• Where a group of people live

• The Pledge of Allegiance

Culture is _________ for different groups of people all over the world.

• The same

• Different

• Always changing

• Cool

The four characteristics of culture are:  

• language, food, art/music, celebrations
• north, south, east, west
• gumbo, jambalaya, pizza, crawfish
• jazz, zydeco, blues, rock

One of the major cultures in Louisiana is

• Chinese
• French/Spanish
• Australian
• Islander

What is language?

• spoken by different groups of people or communities and can be unique to each individual group

• A behavior or action that has been handed down from a previous generation

• An accepted way of doing things

• a communities way of life

What does the word "terrebone" mean?

• Good land

• Big water

• Happy Land

• Sad Water

The word "Mississippi" comes from Native American language. What does the work "Mississippi" mean?

• Happy land

• Sad land

• Happy water

• Big Water