Question 1

According to scientists, Homo sapiens first appeared on Earth about how long ago?

Accepted Answer

A)  2500 years 
B)  25 000 years 
C)  250 000 years 
D)  250 million years 
A)  2500 years 
B)  25 000 years 
C)  250 000 years 
D)  250 million years

Question 2

The Old Order Mennonite way of life accepts most of this country's popular culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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)  There is no distinction; they overlap in most areas. 
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)  There is no distinction; they overlap in most areas.

Question 4

Counterculture refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  people who differ in some small way. 
B)  popular culture. 
C)  high culture. 
D)  cultural patterns that oppose those that are widely held. 
A)  people who differ in some small way. 
B)  popular culture. 
C)  high culture. 
D)  cultural patterns that oppose those that are widely held.

Question 5

Which of the following most closely conveys the point of the Sapir-Whorf thesis?

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 6

English is the official language of about 5 percent of humanity, and it has become the preferred second language in most of the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Cultural values in high-income nations tend to be secular-rational, giving greater importance to personal self-expression.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What basic view of culture underlies the structural-functional approach? Explain.

Accepted Answer

The basic view of culture that underlies

Question 9

Who, of the following, would be most likely to say that "culture is a system of behaviour that is partly shaped by human biology"?

Accepted Answer

A)  a structural functionalist 
B)  a conflict theorist 
C)  a sociobiologist 
D)  a symbolic interactionist 
A)  a structural functionalist 
B)  a conflict theorist 
C)  a sociobiologist 
D)  a symbolic interactionist

Question 10

Sociobiology employs a micro-level of analysis of culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Quick Quiz:
-Culture refers to values, beliefs, behaviour, and material things that form a way of life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The term cultural lag refers to the fact that

Accepted Answer

A)  the rate of cultural change has been slowing. 
B)  some societies advance faster than others do. 
C)  some people are more cultured than others. 
D)  some cultural elements change more quickly than others. 
A)  the rate of cultural change has been slowing. 
B)  some societies advance faster than others do. 
C)  some people are more cultured than others. 
D)  some cultural elements change more quickly than others.

Question 13

Of the 60 Aboriginal languages spoken in Canada a hundred years ago, how many are NOT in danger of extinction today?

Accepted Answer

A)  4 
B)  18 
C)  30 
D)  55 
A)  4 
B)  18 
C)  30 
D)  55

Question 14

Culture acts as a constraint, limiting human freedom because

Accepted Answer

A)  much culture is habit, which people repeat again and again. 
B)  humans cannot create new culture for themselves. 
C)  culture always discourages change. 
D)  cultural universals prevent any kind of excessive deviation. 
A)  much culture is habit, which people repeat again and again. 
B)  humans cannot create new culture for themselves. 
C)  culture always discourages change. 
D)  cultural universals prevent any kind of excessive deviation.

Question 15

A Marxist analysis of Canadian culture suggests that our competitive and individualistic values reflect

Accepted Answer

A)  the values of the "founding fathers." 
B)  trends in Western European history. 
C)  this nation's capitalist economy. 
D)  this nation's family system. 
A)  the values of the "founding fathers." 
B)  trends in Western European history. 
C)  this nation's capitalist economy. 
D)  this nation's family system.

Question 16

What causes culture shock?

Accepted Answer

Culture shock is a phenomenon experience

Question 17

Culture refers to values, beliefs, behaviour, and material things that form a way of life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The spread of cultural traits from one society to another is called

Accepted Answer

A)  immigration. 
B)  cultural transmission. 
C)  popular culture. 
D)  diffusion. 
A)  immigration. 
B)  cultural transmission. 
C)  popular culture. 
D)  diffusion.

Question 19

How different are Canadians and Americans in the twenty-first century? Discuss BOTH our similarities and our differences, as well as where these similarities and differences have their roots.

Accepted Answer

In the twenty-first century, Canadians a

Question 20

Karl Marx argued that a society's economic system was shaped by its value system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 3: Culture

According to scientists, Homo sapiens first appeared on Earth about how long ago?

The Old Order Mennonite way of life accepts most of this country's popular culture.

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

Counterculture refers to

Which of the following most closely conveys the point of the Sapir-Whorf thesis?

English is the official language of about 5 percent of humanity, and it has become the preferred second language in most of the world.

Cultural values in high-income nations tend to be secular-rational, giving greater importance to personal self-expression.

What basic view of culture underlies the structural-functional approach? Explain.

Who, of the following, would be most likely to say that "culture is a system of behaviour that is partly shaped by human biology"?

Sociobiology employs a micro-level of analysis of culture.

Quick Quiz: -Culture refers to values, beliefs, behaviour, and material things that form a way of life.

The term cultural lag refers to the fact that

Of the 60 Aboriginal languages spoken in Canada a hundred years ago, how many are NOT in danger of extinction today?

Culture acts as a constraint, limiting human freedom because

A Marxist analysis of Canadian culture suggests that our competitive and individualistic values reflect

What causes culture shock?

Culture refers to values, beliefs, behaviour, and material things that form a way of life.

The spread of cultural traits from one society to another is called

How different are Canadians and Americans in the twenty-first century? Discuss BOTH our similarities and our differences, as well as where these similarities and differences have their roots.

Karl Marx argued that a society's economic system was shaped by its value system.

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