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Characteristics of society and culture
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40 CXC CAPE Caribbean Studies questions on Characteristics of society and culture, each with instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme.

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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

What does it mean to say culture is learned?

  1. It can only be taught in schools
  2. It cannot change once acquired
  3. It is acquired through upbringing rather than inherited biologically
  4. It is the same in every society
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✓ Answer: CIt is acquired through upbringing rather than inherited biologically
Award 1 mark. A child raised in Barbados acquires Bajan speech and customs whatever their ancestry. This is why culture and ancestry are not the same thing.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

Which of these is an example of material culture?

  1. The value placed on education
  2. Norms about greeting elders
  3. Religious beliefs
  4. A steelpan
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✓ Answer: DA steelpan
Award 1 mark. Material culture is the physical objects a group creates and uses. Beliefs, norms and values are non-material culture.
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Are the Characteristics of society and culture questions aligned to the official CXC CAPE Caribbean Studies syllabus?
Every question is written against the published CXC CAPE Caribbean Studies specification, including the exact command words (state, describe, explain, calculate, evaluate, etc.), mark allocations, and difficulty tier you'd see on a real CXC CAPE paper. Explanations are written in the style of official examiner mark schemes — they tell you what is being awarded marks and why distractors are wrong, not just whether you got it right. The bank is continually refined to match the latest syllabus updates from CXC CAPE.
How is Characteristics of society and culture typically tested on CXC CAPE Caribbean Studies papers?
Characteristics of society and culture appears across multiple question types on real CXC CAPE Caribbean Studies papers — most commonly as multiple-choice questions in the objective section, structured short-answer questions in the main paper, and occasionally as part of an extended response. Kramizo's practice bank reflects that mix: 4-option MCQs, true/false statements, fill-in-the-blank key terms, multi-select questions, and ordering questions. Working through the bank gives you exposure to every question style examiners actually use.

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