Question 1

Multiculturalism is defined as

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A)   efforts to encourage immigration to the United States.
B)   efforts to establish English as the official language of the United States.
C)   a perspective recognizing the cultural diversity of the United States and promoting equality of all cultural traditions.
D)   the idea that the United States should have a single, dominant culture.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 2

Which of the following types of society has the most productive specialization?

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A)   hunting and gathering
B)   horticultural and pastoral
C)   agrarian
D)   industrialE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

The term Homo sapiens, the name of our species, comes from Latin meaning

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A)   "person of culture."
B)   "intelligent person."
C)   "one who walks upright."
D)   "person who evolves."E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

Multiculturalists claim that, over the course of U.S.history, most non-English immigrants were advised to adopt the cultural patterns of the English-their "betters"-rather than "melt in."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Sapir-Whorf thesis states that the language we use shapes the reality we perceive.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The U.S.has a popular culture, but not a high culture.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Japan is more multicultural than the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Ethnocentrism refers to

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A)   people taking pride in their ethnicity.
B)   claiming that another culture is better than your own.
C)   judging another culture using the standards of your own culture.
D)   understanding another culture using its own standards and values.E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Which type of human society has existed only since about the year 1750?

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A)   industrial societies
B)   agrarian societies
C)   horticultural and pastoral societies
D)   hunting and gathering societiesE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 10

Explain how the development of hip-hop music demonstrates the fact that even people of low social position play a part in creating culture.

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Question 11

As a part of human culture, religion is an example of

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A)   material culture.
B)   nonmaterial culture.
C)   culture shock.
D)   human nature.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Key values of U.S.culture

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A)   always fit together easily.
B)   change quickly, even from year to year.
C)   are shared by absolutely everyone in a society.
D)   are sometimes in conflict with one another.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 13

What difference is found in cultural values when comparing low-income nations and high-income nations? Explain this pattern.

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The main difference in cultural values b...

Question 14

The Sapir-Whorf thesis states that

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A)   language involves attaching labels to the real world.
B)   people see the world through the cultural lens of their language.
C)   most words have the same meaning if spoken in different languages.
D)   every word exists in all known languages.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 15

Other than English, which is the most widely-spoken language in the United States?

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A)   French
B)   Spanish
C)   German
D)   ChineseE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 16

The distinction between high culture and popular culture is based mostly on

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A)   how advanced the cultural pattern is.
B)   how long the cultural pattern has existed.
C)   the social standing of the people who display the cultural pattern.
D)   how interesting the cultural pattern is.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 17

Cultural transmission cannot take place unless people have a written language.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What basic view of culture underlies the social-conflict approach? What is one weakness or limitation of this approach?

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Question 19

People around the world have much the same outward appearance and wear the same clothing and bodily decoration.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

A great danger to hunting and gathering societies is

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A)   global warfare.
B)   growing more food than people can carry.
C)   the forces of nature, including storms and droughts.
D)   the forces of social inequality.E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Exam 2: Culture

Key values of U.S.culture

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The U.S.has a popular culture, but not a high culture.

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Which type of human society has existed only since about the year 1750?

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Japan is more multicultural than the United States.

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Other than English, which is the most widely-spoken language in the United States?

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Which of the following types of society has the most productive specialization?

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Multiculturalists claim that, over the course of U.S.history, most non-English immigrants were advised to adopt the cultural patterns of the English-their "betters"-rather than "melt in."

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