CARIBBEAN STUDIES

Class Work Assignment

Topic: Characteristics of Society and Culture

Name:________________________________________________________________________

Your Caribbean Studies Group: ____________________________________________________

Date Given: Feb. 5, 2021 Date Due: Feb. 5, 2021

1. One explanation of a society is that it has a “shared common purpose”. State one
“shared common purpose” of: the Jamaican society: __________________________
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Characteristics of Culture

2. State TWO characteristics that are common to all human beings. 2 mks
a) __________________________________________________________________
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b) __________________________________________________________________
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3. State TWO Jamaican traditions. 2 mks
a) __________________________________________________________________
b) __________________________________________________________________
4. State the meaning of: 4 mks
a) Norms. ___________________________________________________________
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b) Values.
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5. What does the term “prescribe behavior” mean? 2 mks

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6. List TWO institutions in Jamaica that prescribe behavior. 2 mks
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7. State two “Gendered Practices” in Jamaican Society. 2 mks
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8. State the meanings of: 4 mks

a) Symbols: _________________________________________________________
b) Traits:____________________________________________________________
9. The characteristics of a culture are acquired through learning. Excluding schools,
state TWO ways in which people learn the characteristics of their culture. 2 mks
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10. a) Two examples of “social institutions” are:
___________________________________ and ______________________________
c) Two examples of “social organizations” are:

______________________________ and _____________________________ 4 mks

11. Explain the link between social institutions and social organizations. 2 mks
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12. Select ONE social institution and state one way in which it “constrains behavior” in
Jamaica. 2mks
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13. State the meaning of the term “sub-culture”: 2 mks
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14. With the use of examples STATE the difference between Material and Non-material
culture: 4 mks
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15. “All a wi a one”. State ONE factor that verifies this statement and ONE that does not.
a) Factor that verifies: 2 mks
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b) Factor that does not verify: 2 mks
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TOTAL MARKS = 40