World Cultures Mr. Pendergast
TEST
REVIEW: “What is Culture?
Test Format:
I.
Fill in the Blanks with the appropriate term
from “Understanding Humans” Chart and “Important Terms, Ch 2” Chart
II.
“True or False – With a
Twist” – Be ready to clearly explain why a statement is
false.
III.
Short Answer Questions: The meat of the test. Will ask you to grapple with some of the
ideas we have discussed.
Handouts & Exercises:
Understanding
Humans: Chapter 1
"Important Terms" Chart
Body Ritual
Among the Nacirema by Horace Miner
Click for "Reading
Summary"
Hamlet Summary & "Cast of
Characters"
Shakespeare in
the Bush by Laura Bohannan
Click for "Reading
Summary"
Eating Christmas
in the Kalahari by Richard Borshay Lee
Click for "Reading
Summary"
Culture, not
Race, Explains Diversity by Mark Nathan Cohen
Click
for "Reading Summary"
The World of
Anthropology: Chapter 2
"Important Terms" Chart