Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Why is culture important and how does it answer the question "(21) ____ is cultural identity?"? Culture is the underlying (22) ____ of traditions and beliefs that help a person (23) ____ to the world around them. It is the basis (24) ____ any superstitions they may have. It is the aversion to (25) ____ types of meat, or which days you can work on. Culture gives us a definite starting point when beginning to (26) ____ for our roots. Knowing (27) ____ a person comes from will help to define how they look at their family obligations as (28) ____ as how they celebrate important milestones in life.

As a person has given up their cultural identity, they (29) ____ can identify themselves with the things that were (30) ____ the most important things in their lives. They lose direction. As time (31) ____ by and they continue to forget about their past and their natural traditions, their identity becomes less and less (32) ____.

Why is culture important and how does it answer the question "(21) ____ is cultural identity?"?