Culture develops uniquely in part because of the environment
True
What is one of the biggest barriers immigrants face (think communication)
Language barrier
Mexican-Americans have isolated themselves from the Mexican culture
False
What is wrong with stereotypes?
They prevent us from seeing the individual differences in people
What is the most important institution in society?
Family
California tribes are known for eating
Acorns
The largest immigrant group in the US during the 1800's
German
Southeast Asians immigrated to the Unites States after what war?
Vietnam War
What does assimilation mean?
Interaction of cultures to share values, beliefs, customs.
_______ class is usually determined by education, money, and occupation.
Social
What region of Native Americans lived in Pueblos?
China and Japan
What religious group was forced from their homes into ghettos?
Jews
What is a dialect?
When many people in a region share the same speech patterns and sounds
Which immigrant community can be found living near the vineyards of California and in the urban centers of the Midwest and the Northeast?
Italian or German?
Italian
Remember Germans mainly settled in the east - Pennsylvania
Which is the only Native American tribe to have written language?
The Inuit always ate their meat raw
false
What group left their homeland due to a potato famine?
Irish
What is the most important institution within culture?
The family
Most Americans eat and enjoy _______ from other cultures.
What type of homes did Iroquois live in?
From what continent did people first come to North America from?
Asia
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland are part of a region known as....
Scandinavia
What do Anthropologists study?
The way people live, culture
The Plains nations lived in _____ for protection.