Antrhopologist's Instructions:

  • Interview as many people as you can from each culture.
  • Ask people the same questions and check for consistency in response. Try to ask each question to at least two different people.
  • After ten minutes, you will be asked to describe the culture.

Questions you may want to ask:

  1. Are all of you from the same culture?
  2. Do all of you speak the same language?
  3. Are you friendly to outsiders?
  4. Do you practice the same religion?
  5. Is the same food prepared by all culture members?
  6. Do you live in extended families?
  7. Are children educated in public schools?
  8. Are most people in cities?

Please add your own questions:

Questions for you to consider:

How friendly and cooperative were the people you interviewed?


L. Robert Kohls and John M. Knight, Developing Intercultural Awareness: A Cross-Cultural Training Handbook (Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press Inc., 1994.)