Why is culture important and how does it answer the question "What is cultural identity?"? Culture is the underlying foundation of traditions and beliefs that help a person relate to the world around then. It is the basis for any superstitions they may have. It is the aversion to (23) __________types of meat, or which days you can work on. Culture gives US a (24) __________starting point when beginning to search for our roots. Knowing (25) __________a person comes from will help to define how they look at their family obligations as well as how they celebrate important milestones in life. As a person has given up their cultural identity, they no longer can identify themselves with the things that were (26) ________the most important things in their lives. They lose direction. As time (27) __________by and they continue to forget about their past and their natural traditions, their identity becomes less and less pronounced. 23. A. especial B. special C. specific D. typical 24. A. definitive B. definite C. definition D. definitively 25. A. by which B. how C. when D. where 26. A. at once B. once C. one time D. for once 27. A.goes B. flies C. passes D. walks