Identity

Question 1

What factors might define a persons identity?

Answer 1

ethnicity, religion, gender, age, social, cultural, national, regional

Question 2

What are features of the British national identity?

Answer 2

following rules, queuing, fish and chips, bonfire night, sunday roast

Question 3

How might people express their religious identity?

Answer 3

clothes they were, symbols, attending places of worship, how they prepare food

Question 4

How might a woman’s identity change during her life?

Answer 4

Marriage, pregnancy and motherhood, changes to work patterns to care for the family

Question 5

What official documents prove identity in the UK?

Answer 5

Passport, driving licence, National Insurance number

Question 6

Give an example of a multiple identity:

Answer 6

Dual nationality, being a man and homosexual, being a mother and a daughter

Question 7

Give an example of how having a multiple identity might cause conflict:

Answer 7

Dual nationality and war breaks out between those two nations, being gay and Catholic

Question 8

What are the four nations of the UK?

Answer 8

England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales

Question 9

What happened in Scotland in 2014 that caused debate about Scottish identity?

Answer 9

Independence referendum

Question 10

What % of the Scottish public voted in favour of independence from Britain in 2014?

Answer 10

44.7%