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Grade 6 · Social Studies · Unit 2 of 16

What Is Culture?

Culture, regions and understanding

What your child practises

Practises the idea of culture and the role it plays in people’s lives, how the world can be divided into cultural regions, and why understanding other cultures matters.

Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: 6.1.1; 6.1.2; 6.1.3 · what culture is, major cultural regions of the world, and why cross-cultural understanding matters

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Two cultures can be alike because…

    • they all speak exactly one language
    • they all live in one climate
    • they never change
    • people everywhere need food, shelter and ways to celebrate

  2. Question 2

    Which is a criterion for grouping the world into cultural regions?

    • the number of roads
    • a shared language
    • the price of bread
    • the age of the oldest tree

  3. Question 3

    In which cultural region do many people speak Spanish or Portuguese?

    • Scandinavia
    • Latin America
    • Eastern Europe and Russia
    • Oceania

  4. Question 4

    Special foods a community shares at celebrations are part of its…

    • soil
    • culture
    • latitude
    • climate

  5. Question 5

    Songs and dances passed down in a family are an example of…

    • arts and customs
    • weather patterns
    • landforms
    • natural resources

  6. Question 6

    Which is a fair description rather than a stereotype?

    • “All people there dress alike.”
    • “Many families in that region enjoy this dish.”
    • “Nobody there likes new things.”
    • “Everyone from there eats the same thing.”

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