Grade Eight Culture Test

Mr. Bell

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  1. Culture is best described as:

    2. Your answer:
    never changing
    continuing even when people do not exist
    a way of life shared by a group of people
    the language shared by a group of people

  2. The cultural pattern of education is categorized as

    3. Your answer:
    the systematic education of children in a culture
    the final step in understanding a culture
    the books used by the students at school
    the people who work with the students in school

  3. Learning the language of a culture is:

    4. Your answer:
    only done through formal insturction
    important in understanding the culture
    never necessary to understanding the culture
    the final step in understanding the culture

  4. Jeremy's parents, brothers and sisters, grandparents and aunt all live together. This is classified as:

    5. Your answer:
    a nuclear family
    an intermediate family
    an extended family
    an unusual situation

  5. The Johanson family has just finished a meal of steak and potatoes. Mrs. Johanson is wearing a Komono that she bought in Japan, Mr. Johanson is wearing his favourite lederhosen. They decide to sit down and watch "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." They are munching on cabbage rolls and lefse while watching the movie. Which of the following statements best describes the Johanson family?

    6. Your answer:
    Their ethnic background is Norwegian
    The economic patterns of this family indicate that they are wealthy
    Other cultures have enriched their lives
    Their main for of recreation is watching movies and snacking

  6. Which of the follwoing statements is the beest reason for your answer in question 5?

    7. Your answer:
    Only wealthy families cna live like this
    They are using things from a variety of cultures
    They are trying to preserve their ethnic background
    Television is a good family activity

  7. Most of your culture is learned in your:

    8. Your answer:
    family
    peer group
    school
    church

  8. In some cultures a young man must always ask the parents of a young woman for permission to marry their daughter. This is an example of:

    9. Your answer:
    kinship patterns
    political patterns
    economic patterns
    religious patterns

  9. Physical environment is:

    10. Your answer:
    the people you live with
    your friends
    the plants and animals around you
    the place you live

  10. Which on of the follwoing statements best describes spiritual needs?

    11. Your answer:
    Friends and family are the only way to satisfy spiritual needs
    Following rituals is the only way to satisfy spiritual needs
    Individuals find maning and purpose in thier relationships with nature and others.
    Religion is the only way to find maning and purpose in your life

  11. Which of the following groups of words describes psycological needs

    12. Your answer:
    food, shelter,water
    friends, parents, grandparents
    cars, television, houses
    acceptance, self-esteem, love

  12. Somalia, a country in northeastern Africa, was once a very rich country. Its people were mainly farmers who fed their families by growing their own food. They built their own houses and made their own clothes with the resources of their country. The children of Somalia were well cared for and were very happy. They looked forward to their futures as proud members of Somalian society. But, Somalia has had years without moistue and a lot of conflict. People in the country have started to fight among themselves. Many people have died as a result of starvation and war. Many children have been left homeless. Canada has helped Somalia and these children by providing them with food, clothes and shelter. The best description of physical needs changing over time in this article would be:

    13. Your answer:
    Somalians were usually a very peaceful people, but now ther are wars being fought inside the country
    Somalians used to grow food to feed their children, but now many of the children rely on other countries to feed them
    Somalians were very happy people but now they are not because many people have died
    Somalia usually had a lot of rain but now ther are long periods of drought.

  13. The economic cultural pattern is best described as the way a culture

    14. Your answer:
    does its banking
    designs it's vehicles
    organizes labour to meet its needs
    handles it's money

  14. Janet lives with her parents, grandmother and two younger brothers on a northern Saskatchewan reserve. Janet's family is an example of:

    15. Your answer:
    a nuclear family
    a matrilineal family
    an extended family
    a patilineal family

  15. If you were to go on a cultural exchange to another country, which statement might best describee the roles you might expect your host family to have

    16. Your answer:
    I would expect eheir roles to be opposite to those of my family
    I would expect them to have somewhat different roles from my family
    I would expect to find no roles in my host family
    I would expect their roles to be identical to my family

  16. The best example of an industrial society is people:

    17. Your answer:
    depending only on themeselves to meet their needs
    using machines and specialized labour to produce goods
    making their own clothes and growing their own food
    using machines to survive

  17. In the movie the "The Gods Must Be Crazy" what did they do with the artifact that they found?

    18. Your answer:
    worship the found item
    continue as they always had
    manufacture the same item
    make changes in their society

  18. What did they name the coke bottle?

    19. Your answer:
    god's present
    evil thing
    hard water
    warm ice

  19. Before the bottle came into the Bushmen's lives, the bushmen met their basic needs without outside help. The best effect of using the found items would be an awareness that:

    20. Your answer:
    change seldom affects all of society
    change only happens quickly
    change in society is continous
    change affects only things in need of change

  20. Which party won the 2003 Provincial Election in SK?

    21. Your answer:
    NDP
    GREEN
    SASK. PARTY
    LIBERAL

  21. WHICH PARTY WILL FORM THE OFFICIAL OPPOSITION

    22. Your answer:
    LIBERAL
    SASK. PARTY
    NDP
    GREEN

  22. WHICH PERSON DID NOT RUN IN OUR CONSTITUENCY?

    23. Your answer:
    JANET LEDINGHAM
    BRENDA BAKKEN
    SHERRY LEACH
    LORNE CALVERT

  23. WHICH PERSON WON THE SEAT IN OUR CONSTITUENCY

    24. Your answer:
    BRENDA BAKKEN
    LORNE CALVERT
    JANET LEDINGHAM
    SHERRY LEACH

  24. WHO IS GOING TO BE THE PREMEIR IN THE NEW PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

    25. Your answer:
    ELWIN HERMANSON
    DAVID KARWACKI
    VICTOR LAU
    LORNE CALVERT

  25. WHO IS GOING TO BE THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION?

    26. Your answer:
    ELWIN HERMANSON
    LORNE CALVERT
    DAVID KARWACKI
    VICTOR LAU

  26. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CANIDATES DID NOT WIN A SEAT IN THE ELECTION

    27. Your answer:
    DAVID KARWACKI
    LORNE CALVERT
    ELWIN HERMANSON
    NONE OF THE ABOVE

  27. This is the differences in ideas, people and ways of living

    28. Your answer:
    beliefs
    culture
    discrimination
    diversity

  28. The way in which a culture expresses its creativity

    29. Your answer:
    kinship patterns
    artistic patterns
    education patterns
    economic patterns

  29. What did the Bushmen call the bottle?

    30. Your answer:
    bad omen
    evil thing
    god's wrath
    terrible thing

  30. The Bushmen live in the

    31. Your answer:
    Kalahari
    Saraha
    Gobi
    San Semente

  31. The Bushmen are located on what continent?

    32. Your answer:
    Middle East
    Africa
    Asia
    Europe

  32. How were the trails from the airplanes explained by the bushmen?

    33. Your answer:
    fire birds
    Gods flatulence
    spirit people
    sky snakes

  33. How did the Bushmen kill their animals?

    34. Your answer:
    poison
    traps
    knifes
    tranquillizers

  34. In the movie the Gods must be crazy, Kate was formerly a

    35. Your answer:
    teacher
    actress
    model
    reporter

  35. Xi thought the gods spoke

    36. Your answer:
    English
    French
    Swahili
    gibberish

  36. Xi through the bottle over the

    37. Your answer:
    the sky
    end of the world
    the mountains
    the ocean

  37. The capital of Canada is

    38. Your answer:
    Regina
    Toronto
    Ottawa
    Montreal

  38. Canada has how many provinces?

    39. Your answer:
    9
    13
    12
    10

  39. An ufair difference in the treatment and rights of people or ideas

    40. Your answer:
    rituals
    belief
    discrimination
    acculturation

  40. An attitude that one culture is best and that all other cultures should be compared with it.

    41. Your answer:
    diversity
    tradition
    ethnocentrism
    multicultural

  41. The process of intercultural borrowing resulting in new and blended patterns

    42. Your answer:
    norms
    acculturation
    stereotype
    democracy

  42. A two-generation family of parents and their children

    43. Your answer:
    extended
    unusual
    multi-generational
    nuclear

  43. Food is a great way of

    44. Your answer:
    fighting
    representing a culture
    filling your friends mouths so they do not talk
    getting rid of different cultures

  44. Canada is a

    45. Your answer:
    unilingual society
    unicultural society
    multicultural society
    southern country

  45. In spring the grade 8 SST class plans on going to

    46. Your answer:
    Culture Day
    Mosaic
    Agribition
    Caribean Days

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