Culture and Ethnicity Quiz

Culture

• Refers to the norms, values, and intangible aspects of human existence, including music, dance, poetry, and other forms of creative expressions
• Encompasses fads, fashion trends, manners, taboos, scientific knowledge, technology, architectural and engineering wonders, medical advancements, and breakthroughs in transportation and communication

Ethnic Group

• Refers to people who collectively and publicly identify themselves as distinct and unique based on cultural features such as language, shared ancestry, common origin, custom, and traditions
• 8 major ethno-linguistic groups in the Philippines: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Bisaya/Binisaya, Ilonggo, Bikol, Waray, and others

Religion

• An organized system of ideas about the spiritual sphere or the supernatural, along with associated ceremonial or ritualistic practices
• Used by people to interpret and/or influence aspects of the universe beyond human control

Exceptionality

• Refers to the state of being intellectually gifted and/or having physically or mentally challenged conditions concerning personality/behavior
• Includes learning disability, speech impairment, hearing problems, intellectual disabilities, mental development disabilities, physical disabilities such as blindness and low vision

Nationality

• The legal relationship that binds a person to a country, giving people a sense of identity and belongingness

Norms

• Serve as guides or models of behavior that tell us what is proper or improper, appropriate or inappropriate, right or wrong
• Often in the form of rules, standards, or prescriptions that are strictly followed by people who adhere to certain conventions and perform specific roles
• Indicate a society's standards of propriety, morality, ethics, and legality
• Influence how people behave, e.g., children are expected to express respect to their elders in the Philippine culture

Society

• A group of people sharing a common culture
• An organized group or groups of people who generally share a common territory, language, culture, and who act together for collective survival and well-being
• Characterized by a territorially localized population, members interacting in a network of relationships, and affectively bonded by common linguistic patterns and other forms of symbolic representations

Culture Development

• Develops as a response to a society's conditions and immediate solutions to the problems of individuals and groups

Components of Culture

• Ideas: beliefs, values, attitudes, laws, norms, abstract concepts, and knowledge
• Activities: dynamic components of culture, what people do as opposed to what they believe or feel
• Artifacts: man-made products of ideas and activities