TTO2 - Recap Chapter 1

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Recap Chapter 1

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Aims

1. Describe what culture is and recognise different cultural elements

2. Explain what it means when two countries are part of the same cultural region

3. Describe the main reasons for cultural diffusion, both in the past and present

4. Explain the difference between cultural homogenisation and heterogenisation

5. Describe how Islam has diff used across the Middle East and Northern Africa

6. Describe the most important cultural elements of the Islamic world

7. Describe the most important cultural elements of Sub-Saharan Africa

8. Explain how Sub-Saharan African cultures have been influenced by colonial history

What is NOT part of someone’s culture?

1. Religion
2. Language
3. Skin colour
4. Values and standards

Are the following statements true or false?
I: People are, at all times, aware of their own culture.
II: Behaviour that’s completely normal to you can be abnormal to someone from another culture.

1. Both statements are true
2. I is true, II is false
3. I is false, II is true
4. Both statements are false

When a student your age in Indonesia enters the classroom, he or she would most likely greet the teacher in a very different way from how you greet yours. The standard in Indonesia is to take your teacher’s hand and place it on your own forehead. Which value is expressed through this unwritten rule?

1. Importance of family
2. Patience
3. Respect for older people
4. Love

What’s the correct description of the term ‘cultural region’?

1. An area in which you find people with about the same cultural elements
2. An area in which people speak the same language
3. A region in which cultures will never conflict with each other
4. A region in which the countries have exactly the same cultural elements

Which cultural region is NOT part of the Western world?

1. Europe
2. North America
3. Former Soviet Union
4. Australia and Oceania

Which of the following is NOT an example of cultural diffusion?

1. Colonisers introducing their religion in a colony
2. The Dutch language adopting English words from American social media
3. Turkish immigrants introducing Turkish food in the Netherlands
4. Fewer people in the Netherlands being religious than fifty years ago

Are the following statements true or false?
I: Cultural diffusion is a relatively new development
II: Brazil adopting Christianity on large scale is an example of Europeanisation

1. Both statements are true
2. I is true, II is false
3. I is false, II is true
4. Both statements are false

What’s the main reason for the diffusion of American pop music to the Netherlands?

1. Trade relations
2. Migration
3. Tourism
4. Media

Cultural homogenisation means that cultures become more …

1. sophisticated
2. similar
3. similar
4. Western

Are the following statements true or false?
I: People in the Netherlands are now buying more local products than ten years ago. This is an example of cultural heterogenisation
II: Some Middle Eastern countries ban certain American television series and music. This is an example of cultural heterogenisation.

1. Both statements are true
2. I is true, II is false
3. I is false, II is true
4. Both statements are false

What did NOT play an important role in the diffusion of Islam during the 7th and 8th century?

1. Migration
2. Trade relations
3. Jihad
4. Colonialism

What’s the Qur’an?

1. The holy war of the Muslims
2. The holy book of the Muslims
3. The five main obligations of a Muslim
4. The city where Islam was founded

You’ve learned that the Islamic world can be split into two major groups: Sunnis and Shi’as. This distinction teaches us that …

1. some Middle Eastern countries aren’t part of the Islamic world
2. some Muslims don’t submit to the Five Pillars of Islam
3. there are different interpretations of Islam
4. some Muslims follow another Qur’an

In the United Arab Emirates, the weekend has changed from Thursday and Friday (as it is in the entire Islamic world) to Friday and Saturday. This is an example of …

1. cultural homogenisation
2. cultural heterogenisation
3. global culture
4. colonisation

Are the following statements true or false?
I: Arabic is the lingua franca of the Islamic world.
II: English is the closest thing to a global lingua franca.

1. Both statements are true
2. I is true, II is false
3. I is false, II is true
4. Both statements are false

Sub-Saharan Africa refers to all areas in the African continent … of the Sahara Desert.

1. north
2. east
3. south
4. west

Which of these religions has the least followers in Sub-Saharan Africa?

1. Christianity
2. Islam
3. Traditional religions
4. Hinduism

The Hamar, Maasai and Zulu are examples of …

1. traditional religions
2. cultural regions
3. living communities
4. diaspora

Which two countries were most responsible for the colonisation of the African continent?

1. France and the United Kingdom
2. Belgium and France
3. Germany and France
4. France and the Netherlands

Are the following statements true or false?
I: When a river marks the border between two countries, we call this a natural border
II: Most borders in Africa are natural borders

1. Both statements are true
2. I is true, II is false
3. I is false, II is true
4. I is false, II is true

In which cultural region do people mostly write in characters instead of in the alphabet used in English?

1. East Asia
2. Soviet Union
3. Southeast Asia
4. South Asia

Many Asian restaurants can be found in the Netherlands. However, the food in the original countries often tastes different from the food in Asian restaurants in the Netherlands. Which argument best explains why this is the case?

1. The cooks in the restaurant often lack the skills to prepare the food properly
2. The restaurant owners found it important to abandon their culture
3. It’s impossible to get the majority of the ingredients in the Netherlands
4. The food has been adjusted a little, to the taste and culture of Dutch people

Which of the following religions has the most active followers in Asia?

1. Taoism
2. Confucianism
3. Hinduism
4. Buddhism

Are the following statements true or false?
I: Life in Asian cultures focuses very much on self-development as an individual
II: Elderly people in Asia, that can no longer take care of themselves, usually live in old people’s homes.

1. Both statements are true
2. Both statements are true
3. I is false, II is true
4. Both statements are false