Cultural Identity Practice Quiz

What is cultural diffusion?

• A local form of language that is different from the same language in other areas

• An area where the people who live there share one or more cultural traits

• A highly developed culture

• The process of spreading new knowledge and skills to other cultures

What is an ethnic group?

• The process of spreading ideas across cultures

• A group of people who share a common history, language, religion, and some physical characteristics

• A local form of language that is different from the same language in other areas

• An area where the people who live there share one or more cultural traits

What is a dialect?

• A person who has an accent

• A group of people who share a common history, language, religion, and some physical characteristics

• A local form of language that is different from the same language in other areas

• An area where the people who live there share one or more cultural traits

What is a cultural region?

• A highly developed culture.

• A group of people who share a common history, language, religion, and some physical characteristics

• The process of spreading new knowledge and skills to other cultures

• An area where the people who live there share one or more cultural traits

What is a highly developed culture?

• A highly developed culture

• A group of people who share a common history, language, religion, and some physical characteristics

• The process of spreading new knowledge and skills to other cultures

• An area where the people who live there share one or more cultural traits

There are _________ (how many ?) categories that anthropologists (people who study mankind, past and present) use to look at the culture of a group of people.

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Economy

,

(b) Language

,

(c) Religion

,

(d) Arts and Literature

• theater

• services

• How people express themselves and their beliefs

• verbal

• music

• The way people communicate

• non-verbal

• dance

• products

• Helps people answer questions about life's meaning and purpose

• how people earn a living $

• oral

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Rules and Laws

,

(b) History

,

(c) Social Groups

,

(d) Daily life

• class

• help maintain order

• race

• difficult times (war, depression)

• big events (think: independence, no leaders, etc.)

• age

• housing

• types of government

• how people are grouped together

• entertainment

• gender

• How people spend their time

• political parties

• education

• work

• what has happened in the past that has impacted their culture

The Cultural Iceberg Theory talks about parts of a culture that are easy to see/pick up on and those parts of a culture that you would need to study/spend more time exploring (not so visible). On this diagram, please name 3 parts of a culture that ARE VISIBLE.

a

b

c

j

i

h

g

f

e

d

music

holidays

architecture

language

appearance

dances

food

games

flags

dress

Cultural Iceberg Theory:

Parts of a culture that ARE NOT EASY to see

a

b

c

d

e

f

h

g

i

j

marriage

gestures

personal space

expectations (roles of children, teens)

modesty

beauty

work ethic

raising children

humor

fairness