Intro to Culture Vocabulary

Culture is the way of life of a group of people who share similar customs and values, such as _______ and religious beliefs.

• language

• weather

• height

• currency

What is the definition of 'Values'?

• A) A type of fruit

• B) Particular standards you have for your life

• C) A mathematical equation

• D) A kind of music

Fill in the blank: _______ is a group of people having common traditions, institutions and collective activities and interests.

• Society

• Family

• Government

• Company

Fill in the blank: ________ are an important practice, relationship, organization or structure in a society or culture.

• Institutions

• Materials

• Inventions

• Languages

Fill in the blank: ________ (Traditions) are a widely accepted, traditional way of behaving or doing something that is unique to a specific society, location, or time.

• Customs

• Rules

• Laws

• Habits

What is the term for 'A particular group’s distinct skills, customs and ways of doing things.'?

• Cultural Trait

• Economic Policy

• Natural Resource

• Political System

Fill in the blank: ________ is the process by which cultural elements spread from point of origin to another group or society.

• Cultural Diffusion

• Cultural Assimilation

• Cultural Isolation

• Cultural Stagnation

What is cultural borrowing? Fill in the blank: Cultural borrowing is __.

• using or borrowing a piece of a different culture

• creating a new culture from scratch

• rejecting all foreign influences

• destroying cultural traditions

Which of the following is an example of cultural borrowing?

• Eating Chinese food in the US

• Eating American food in the US

• Eating at home

• Cooking your own traditional food

Look at the images of food. Are these examples of cultural borrowing?

• True

• False