Citizenship theme A: Identity

Question 1

What are the types of identity?

Answer 1

1) Religious.

2) Ethnic.

3) Gender.

4) Age.

5) Social.

6) Cultural.

7) National.

8) Local or regional.

Question 2

Religious Identity

Answer 2

Religious identity can often be shown through dress, symbols, attending places of worship and following religious traditions.

Question 3

Ethnic and cultural identity

Answer 3

Ethnic and cultural identity refers to the groups, history or ethnicity people feel they belong to. This can be regional or generational (country of origin).

Question 4

Gender

Answer 4

Often involving debates about stereotypical male and female.

Question 5

Age

Answer 5

This changes over time as you get older. For example, a younger pers