- 1. People in all societies have fundamental orientations toward life
that they take for granted; these essentially determine the type of people
they are. Sociologists call these orientations:
A. culture within us.
B. theoretical perspectives.
C. shared culture.
D. high culture.
2. ________ are ways that we can communicate without words.
A. Sanctions
B. Signs
C. Gestures.
D. Mores
3. A society's _______ are the expected behaviors that develop out of
a society's values.
A. norms
B. ideologies
C. beliefs
D. sanctions
4. ___________ are one of the major forces for social change in a society.
A. Value strain
B. Value clusters
C. Value contradictions
D. Value conflict
5. Two examples of _________ are incest taboos and courtship customs.
A. real culture
B. cultural universals
C. nonmaterial culture
D. core values
6. _______ is a group's tools and the skills and procedures necessary
to make and use these tools
A. Technology
B. Nonmaterial culture
C. Cultural adaptation
D. Mechanical engineering
7. An example of ________ is the custom of maintaining a nine-month
school year in the U.S. even though this custom no longer matches the current
technology.
A. cultural delay
B. cultural leveling
C. cultural hindrance
D. cultural lag
8. Which of the following is an example of breaking a more?
A. Walking on the
right side of the sidewalk.
B. Stealing.
C. Having sexual relations
with a relative.
D. Eating human flesh.
9. What is a counter-culture?
A. A group which has
its own values and norms of identity but is still compatible with the dominant
culture.
B. A group which has values
in opposition to the dominant culture.
C. Any sub-unit of the
dominant culture.
D. A group below the dominant
culture.
10. Cultural lag refers to
A. A situation in which
nonmaterial culture lags behind changes in the material culture.
B. A situation in which
material culture lags behind changes in the nonmaterial culture.
C. the amount of time it
takes for less developed countries to catch up culturally with more developed
countries.
D. the amount the older
generation is out of touch with the younger generation.
11. Which of the following best describes cultural diffusion?
A. The spread of
culture over a specific geographic area
B. The spread of one
group's political power from one geographic area to another.
C. The process of two
or more cultures becoming similar.
D. The spread of cultural
characteristics from one group to another.
12. Languages, beliefs, and values are examples of
A. Constructed culture.
B. Material culture.
C. Non-material culture.
D. Natural culture.
13. A rule which society does not strictly enforce is referred to as
a
A. Folkway.
B. More.
C. Taboo.
D. Value.
14. What are value clusters?
A. A series of
interrelated norms generated by a single value.
B. A value which generates
several interrelated mores.
C. A series of interrelated
norms which are generated by several values.
D. A series of interrelated
values that together form a larger whole.
15. What is a cultural universal?
A. A cultural trait
that occurs across a culture.
B. A cultural trait
that occurs in all cultures.
C. A symbol which has
different meanings in all cultures.
D. A symbol which has
the same meaning across all parts of a culture.