Answer Keys

Chapter One

Before You Begin: 1. Ken thinks culture means things like traditional clothing, ceremonies, holidays, foods, festivals, music, art and literature. 2. Fumiko thinks culture is about how people live and organize their society. He thinks of customs, values and beliefs.

Comprehension Check: 1. False 2. False 3. True 4. True 5. True

Vocabulary Building: 1. A. Traditional b. Tradition c. Traditions 2. A. Meaning b. Means c. Mean

Meaning Matching: 1. seijin no hi – a Japanese holiday (Coming of Age Day) 2. value – a judgment about what is important 3. kimono – traditional Japanese clothing 4. custom – a common cultural practice or behavior 5. daVinci – a 15^th century Italian painter 6. belief – the idea that something is true 7. to think of – to come to mind

Summary Completion: Fumiko and Ken are talking about (c) culture. Fumiko asks Ken what (d) first comes to mind when he thinks of culture. Ken says he (k) thinks of traditional things (f) like clothing, (b) ceremonies and holidays. He also thinks of (l) traditional foods (j) such as sushi and festivals like the Japanese (g) matsuri. Fumiko thinks culture has a different (h) meaning. For him, culture (e) is about how (i) people live. It includes customs, values (a) and beliefs.

Comprehension Check: 1. True 2. True 3. False 4. True 5. False 6. True

Vocabulary Building: 1. A. Technical b. Technology c. Techniques 2. A. Cultured b. Uncultured c. Cultures d. Culture

Meaning Matching: 1. to grow – cultivate 2. farming – agriculture 3. gardening – horticulture 4. silk growing – horticulture 5. to make – manufacture 6. craftsman – artisan 7. to develop – to grow out of

Summary Completion: This book is (a) about culture. Culture has many (g) meanings. Because the purpose of this book is to help you (i) understand our rapidly changing world and the people in it, we will study what is known as (h) small “c” culture. Small “c” culture (f) is associated with the customs, beliefs, values and (c) everyday lives of people. It (d) grew out of (b) anthropology, ethnography and (e) intercultural communication.

Chapter Two

Before You Begin: 1. Cultural diversity means difference or variety. 2. Groups based on age, sex, class, ethnic group, religion and region.

Comprehension Check: 1. True 2. False 3. True 4. False 5. True

Vocabulary Building: 1. A. Regional b. Region c. Regions 2. A. Different b. Differences c. Difference 3. A. Are called b. Call

Meaning Matching: 1. age – young and old 2. sex – gender 3. class – rich and poor 4. ethnic group – Koreans 5. indigenous peoples – First Peoples 6. region – Kansai 7. diversity – difference

Summary Completion: Fumiko and Ken are talking about (b) cultural diversity. Ken asks Fumiko what diversity is and Fumiko (f) explains that it means (a) cultural difference within a country. (e) Examples of cultural diversity (h) include differences based on age, sex, class, (d) ethnic groups, religion and region. People in these (c) different groups do not always (g) have the same cultural (i) values.

Comprehension Check: 1. True 2. False 3. True 4. True 5. False

Vocabulary Building: 1. A. Nations b. National c. Nation 2. A. Dominate b. Dominated c. Dominant 3. A. Diversity b. Diverse

Meaning Matching: 1. majority – dominant 2. people of color – Blacks and Latinos 3. handicapped – the deaf and the blind 4. poor – homeless 5. gays and lesbians – sexual preference 6. minority – non-dominant 7. point of view – perspective

Summary Completion: This passage describes the (c) difference between dominant and non-dominant cultures. Dominant cultures reflect the values of national (d) elites, meaning the (f) majority. Non-dominant cultures are also known as (g) minority groups. It is possible for people to belong to (h) more than one cultural group. For example, a (i) young woman from a working-class family in (e) Kansai belongs to different groups (a) based on age, sex, (b) class and region.