Question 1

Cultural change is set in motion in three general ways. What are they?

Accepted Answer

A)  invention, discovery, and diffusion 
B)  invasion, invention, and experiment 
C)  immigration, imagination, and innovation 
D)  adaptation, integration, and immigration 
A)  invention, discovery, and diffusion 
B)  invasion, invention, and experiment 
C)  immigration, imagination, and innovation 
D)  adaptation, integration, and immigration

Question 2

Technology refers to knowledge people use to make a way of life in their surroundings.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Eurocentrism refers to the dominance of European cultural patterns.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The theoretical approach that highlights the link between culture and social inequality is the

Accepted Answer

A)  structural-functional approach. 
B)  social-conflict approach. 
C)  symbolic-interaction approach. 
D)  sociobiology approach. 
A)  structural-functional approach. 
B)  social-conflict approach. 
C)  symbolic-interaction approach. 
D)  sociobiology approach.

Question 5

What basic view of culture underlies the social-conflict approach? Explain.

Accepted Answer

The social-conflict approach to culture

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A)  "person of culture." 
B)  "thinking person." 
C)  "one who walks upright." 
D)  "person who evolves." 
A)  "person of culture." 
B)  "thinking person." 
C)  "one who walks upright." 
D)  "person who evolves."

Question 7

What is the difference between material and nonmaterial culture?

Accepted Answer

Material culture and nonmaterial culture

Question 8

Low-income countries have cultures that value which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  economic survival 
B)  equal standing for women and men 
C)  self-expression 
D)  secular practices 
A)  economic survival 
B)  equal standing for women and men 
C)  self-expression 
D)  secular practices

Question 9

Canada has a popular culture but not a high culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Hockey fans, homeless people, computer nerds, and jazz musicians all display _____ patterns.

Accepted Answer

A)  high cultural 
B)  popular cultural 
C)  virtual cultural 
D)  subcultural 
A)  high cultural 
B)  popular cultural 
C)  virtual cultural 
D)  subcultural

Question 12

Most people participate in numerous subcultures without necessarily becoming very committed to any of them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which theoretical approach is linked to the philosophical doctrine of materialism?

Accepted Answer

A)  the structural-functional approach 
B)  the social-conflict approach 
C)  the symbolic-interaction approach 
D)  the sociobiology approach 
A)  the structural-functional approach 
B)  the social-conflict approach 
C)  the symbolic-interaction approach 
D)  the sociobiology approach

Question 14

_____________ described the difference between folkways and mores.

Accepted Answer

A)  Emile Durkheim 
B)  William Graham Sumner 
C)  Harriett Martineau 
D)  George Herbert Mead 
A)  Emile Durkheim 
B)  William Graham Sumner 
C)  Harriett Martineau 
D)  George Herbert Mead

Question 15

If you were to attend the opera, you would be experiencing

Accepted Answer

A)  high culture. 
B)  popular culture. 
C)  cultural transmission. 
D)  virtual culture. 
A)  high culture. 
B)  popular culture. 
C)  cultural transmission. 
D)  virtual culture.

Question 16

What does the sociobiology approach tell us about human culture? Explain.

Accepted Answer

The sociobiology approach tells us that

Question 17

Cultural integration refers to the fact that

Accepted Answer

A)  Canadian society contains many cultural patterns. 
B)  European cultural patterns dominate Canadian society. 
C)  change in one cultural pattern is usually linked to changes in others. 
D)  everyone in Canada shares most cultural values. 
A)  Canadian society contains many cultural patterns. 
B)  European cultural patterns dominate Canadian society. 
C)  change in one cultural pattern is usually linked to changes in others. 
D)  everyone in Canada shares most cultural values.

Question 18

Culture forces us to choose as we make and remake a world for ourselves

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Among all forms of life, humans stand out as the only species that

Accepted Answer

A)  relies on culture to ensure survival. 
B)  has patterned ways of living. 
C)  has biological instincts. 
D)  makes use of tools. 
A)  relies on culture to ensure survival. 
B)  has patterned ways of living. 
C)  has biological instincts. 
D)  makes use of tools.

Question 20

Quick Quiz: Short Answer Question
-What makes Canadians and Americans different?

Accepted Answer

Canadians and Americans are different du

Exam 3: Culture

Cultural change is set in motion in three general ways. What are they?

Technology refers to knowledge people use to make a way of life in their surroundings.

Eurocentrism refers to the dominance of European cultural patterns.

The theoretical approach that highlights the link between culture and social inequality is the

What basic view of culture underlies the social-conflict approach? Explain.

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

What is the difference between material and nonmaterial culture?

Low-income countries have cultures that value which of the following?

Canada has a popular culture but not a high culture.

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

Hockey fans, homeless people, computer nerds, and jazz musicians all display _____ patterns.

Most people participate in numerous subcultures without necessarily becoming very committed to any of them.

Which theoretical approach is linked to the philosophical doctrine of materialism?

_____________ described the difference between folkways and mores.

If you were to attend the opera, you would be experiencing

What does the sociobiology approach tell us about human culture? Explain.

Cultural integration refers to the fact that

Culture forces us to choose as we make and remake a world for ourselves

Among all forms of life, humans stand out as the only species that

Quick Quiz: Short Answer Question -What makes Canadians and Americans different?

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