Culture Basics/Levels of Culture
Cultural Competence
Hinduism
Buddhism
Judaism
100

The mainstream culture.

What is the most accepted, dominant culture in a society.

100

Stage 1 of cultural competence.

What is denial of cultural differences.

100

Central figure with over 330,000,000 manifestations.

What is the Brahman.

100

The god(s) that Buddhists worship.

What is they do not worship a god.

100

Judaism's belief system. One god or many?

What is monotheistic.

200

The definition of cultural relativism.

What is understanding people's culture from their view.

200

Stage 2 of cultural competence.

What is ethnocentric or "us vs. them."

200

The ultimate goal of Hindus.

What is Moksha.

200

The goal of Buddhists.

What is to reach enlightenment or nirvana.

200

True or False: Judaism seeks to spread their religion to non-believers.

What is false.

300

Definition of internal level culture.

What are the invisible parts of culture that people cannot see by looking at you.

300

Stage 5 of cultural competence.

Ability to "fit" into multiple cultures.

300

Hinduism is most popular in this place.

What is India.

300

Buddhism is popular here.

What is East Asia and Southeast Asia.

300

The sacred text of Judaism.

What is the Tanakh (Torah) or the "Hebrew Bible."

400

Culture relating to food, clothing, and music preferences.

What is surface-level culture.

400

Stage 6 of cultural competence.

What is the ability to integrate many cultures into a personal one.

400

The founder/central authority of Hinduism.

What is there is no founder/ central authority, it is a fusion of different ideas.

400

The founder/central authority.

What is Siddhartha Gautama or Buddha.

400

The three branches of Judaism.

What are Orthodox, Reform, and Conservative.

500

The most ignorant/blind to cultural differences.

What is the mainstream culture.

500

Three ways you can get better with your cultural competence.

What is reading, conversations, asking questions, studying social studies, making friends, trying the food, or traveling.

500

Karma's relation to reincarnation.

What is what you do in this lifetime will affect how you are born in future lifetimes.

500

How Buddhists reach enlightenment.

What is accept 4 Truths and complete the Eight Fold path successfully.

500

The traditional reason why Jewish people follow the 10 commandments. 

What is if they are broken then the Jewish people can be punished.