Culture Vocab
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100
The shared values, traditions, norms, customs, symbols, art, history, folklore, ways of living and institutions of a group of people; the characteristic features of everyday existence shared by people in a place or time.
What is culture?
100
"I don't know. He is not my father."
Who is Nwoye?
100
The village green, where assemblies for sports, discussions, etc., take place.
What is ilo?
100
On the first day of class, we read the poem "On Listening to Your Teacher _____ _____" by Aimee Nezhukumatathil.
What is "Take Attendance"?
100
This famous author wrote the acclaimed African Trilogy, which begins with Things Fall Apart.
Who is Chinua Achebe?
200
Shared standards a culture lives by; shared expectations and rules that guide the behavior of people within a social group.
What are norms?
200
"I think she will stay. They usually stay if they do not die before the age of six."
Who is Chielo?
200
The large living quarters of the head of the family.
What is obi?
200
"Body Ritual among the Nacirema" by Horace Miner is an example of this genre of literature.
What is satire?
200
Things Fall Apart takes place in a fictional country inspired by this real country. 
What is Nigeria?
300
The idea that one should not judge a culture according to our own standards of what is right or wrong, strange or normal; to instead ask "why" and to try to understand cultural practices in their own cultural contexts.
What is cultural relativism?
300
"That man was one of the greatest men in Umuofia. You drove him to kill himself; and now he will be buried like a dog...."
Who is Obierika?
300
A masquerader who impersonates one of the ancestral spirits.
What is egwugwu?
300
You wrote a piece of flash fiction imitating his story "Sticks." We also watched the video "On Story" in which he described the craft of writing.
Who is George Saunders?
300
The Robert Frost Farm, where the poet lived from 1900-1911, is located in this New Hampshire town.
What is Derry?
400
A leaning or outlook, usually driven by a personal or unreasonable judgment; may be driven by prejudice.
What is bias?
400
"That boy calls you father. Do not bear a hand in his death."
Who is Ezeudu?
400
Outcast; one who is taboo and not allowed to mix with the freeborn in any way.
What is osu?
400
You read and watched a program about this Robert Frost poem that begins "Something there is that doesn't love a wall...."
What is "Mending Wall"?
400
Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gave a famous TED talk entitled "The Danger of ______"
What is "a Single Story"?
500
The process in which a minority group or culture begins to resemble those of a dominant group.
What is cultural assimilation?
500
"Never kill a man who says nothing."
Who is Uchendu?
500
A musical instrument; a kind of gong played by the town crier.
What is ogene?
500
The epigraph to Things Fall Apart is an excerpt from "The Second Coming," a poem by this famous Irish poet.
Who is W.B. Yeats?
500
List these people by first name from left to right.
Who are Allan, Lorenzo, Oscar, Cristian, Luis, and Fredi?