Vocabulary: Culture and Customs

1. What do you think is 'Cultural stereotypes'?

• A. The fixed ideas that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong. Ex: French people are arrogant.

• B. Different personalities of people due to coming from different cultural backgrounds 

• C. These are the ceremonies or festivities that people have been celebrating in different countries.

• D. The things that cause people to experience culture shock.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

2. What do you think is 'Cultural heritage'?

• A. Temples, festivities, land, souvenirs, and other stuff left by your parents or ancestors,

• B. Specific customs that have been practiced by people from one generation to another.

• C. The legacy of tangible and intangible heritage assets of a group or society that is inherited from past generations

• D. Valuable things that you want to leave behind for your next generation.

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CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

3. What do you think is 'Civilization'?

• A. specific costumes that people were in for a specific ceremony.

• B. Things that are prohibited in each culture.

• C. A major religious celebration in each country.

• D. A society with advanced development and well-established standards.

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CCSS.L.6.1E

CCSS.L.5.4B

4. What do you think is 'Multicultural'?

• A. A group of people with different beliefs and customs.

• B. Different lifestyles of people who are from different countries.

• C. People who have knowledge of many cultures.

• D. Occupational differences people have from one culture to another.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

5. What do you think is 'Segregation'?

• A. Separation of a group of people based on race, religion, skin color, etc.

• B. Separation of students based on where they are from.

• C. a sub-culture for the minority who live in a country.

• D. People who have different belief systems in different countries.

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CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

6. What do you think is 'Ceremonies'?

• A. a particular part of the wedding ceremony in India.

• B. Different ways of holding a funeral for the deceased.

• C. Similar to rituals or religious celebrations, often involving people in authority.

• D. A fun time when people from different countries celebrate it annually.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

7. What do you think is 'Discrimination'?

• A. A rule in a particular society that forbids people from doing specific things.

• B. Unfair treatment based on prejudice of a person or a group.

• C. The beauty standards that each society has.

• D. Unfair laws in some countries.

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

8. What do you think is 'Values'?

• A. An expensive thing that one wishes to be able to afford in life.

• B. An idea that all people should be equal.

• C. Something that is costly.

• D. The morals and beliefs of an individual.

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CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

9. What do you think is 'Currency'?

• A. A way of exchanging ideas in a particular culture.

• B. a country that exchanges goods for gold.

• C. The money used in a particular country.

• D. A specific religion that people in the West follow.

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

10. What do you think is 'Work Culture'?

• A. Certain attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that make up the regular atmosphere in a work environment.

• B. A rule in a workplace.

• C. The culture in which your boss is always the smartest and strongest. 

• D. A specific way a company works.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4