Culture Basics
What term means "beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people"?
Culture
What is cultural diffusion?
The movement/spread of cultural ideas, practices, or objects from one place to another.
What is a "belief"?
A personal idea that a person holds to be true.
Is the language spoken by a community an example of material culture or non-material culture?
Nonmaterial Culture
A family from South Asia moves to the United States. They build a restaurant that serves South Asian food, inspiring other local restaurants to do the same. Which process is happening?
Cultural Diffusion
Define religion
A system of beliefs, values and practices that relates to supernatural elements.
Give one example of material culture from everyday school life.
Answers May Vary
(Textbooks, Lockers, Classroom Furniture, etc.)
Explain the difference between acculturation and assimilation in one sentence each.
Acculturation = adopting parts of a new culture while keeping parts of the original. Assimilation = fully adopting a new culture and not keeping parts of the original.
What amendment protects freedom of religion in the United States?
1st Amendment
Give an example of something that shows cultural landscape in our school.
If a student puts a Mexican flag in their bedroom as a decoration, is that material culture or non-material culture? Explain.
Material culture. The flag is a physical object (decoration).
What is the most practiced religion in the world?
Christianity
Define "assimilation" in one sentence.
Assimilation = fully adopting the dominant/new culture and not keeping parts of the original culture
Give an example of a non dominant culture in the United States influencing the dominant culture.
Mexican food, k-pop, yoga, fashion, etc. (Answers may vary)
A person attends weekly services at a synagogue, wears a special head covering during prayer called a kippah, and celebrates a holiday that involves a ritual meal with their family. What religion is this person most likely practicing?