Unit 5: Cultural Identity - Listening

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks Why is culture important and how does it answer the question "(1) ____ is cultural identity?"? Culture is the underlying (2) ____ of traditions and beliefs that help a person (3) ____ to the world around them. It is the basis (4) ____ any superstitions they may have. It is the aversion to (5) ____ types of meat, or which days you can work on. Culture gives us a definite starting point when beginning to (6) ____ for our roots. Knowing (7) ____ a person comes from will help to define how they look at their family obligations as (8) ____ as how they celebrate important milestones in life. As a person has given up their cultural identity, they (9) ____ can identify themselves with the things that were (10) ____ the most important things in their lives. They lose direction. As time goes by and they continue to forget about their past and their natural traditions, their identity becomes less and less pronounced.