Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio contends that our world is so complex that cultures developed to regulate life so that we could survive.
2. While Western cultures, beginning with ancient Greece, believed that their own way of life was superior, imperial China did not.
3. In Hofstede's categorization of elements of culture, symbols refer to the socially essential activities within a culture.
4. Cultural identity refers to the identification with and perceived acceptance into a group that has a shared system of symbols and means as well as norms for conduct.
5. As the Treaty of Waitangi was recorded in both M?ori and in English, there have been few misunderstandings about governance and sovereignty in New Zealand.


1. True
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. False

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