Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A)  industrial societies 
B)  agrarian societies 
C)  horticultural and pastoral societies 
D)  hunting and gathering societies 
A)  industrial societies 
B)  agrarian societies 
C)  horticultural and pastoral societies 
D)  hunting and gathering societies

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Key values of U.S.culture

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 5

The Sapir-Whorf thesis states that

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

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

Accepted Answer

A)  French 
B)  Spanish 
C)  German 
D)  Chinese 
A)  French 
B)  Spanish 
C)  German 
D)  Chinese

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A)  material culture. 
B)  nonmaterial culture. 
C)  culture shock. 
D)  human nature. 
A)  material culture. 
B)  nonmaterial culture. 
C)  culture shock. 
D)  human nature.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A)  hunting and gathering 
B)  horticultural and pastoral 
C)  agrarian 
D)  industrial 
A)  hunting and gathering 
B)  horticultural and pastoral 
C)  agrarian 
D)  industrial

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

The main difference in cultural values b

Question 11

A great danger to hunting and gathering societies is

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

The social-conflict approach to culture

Question 13

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)  how interesting the cultural pattern is. 
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.

Question 14

Multiculturalism is defined as

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 15

Japan is more multicultural than the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

The development of hip-hop music is a pe

Question 18

Ethnocentrism refers to

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

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

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

Key values of U.S.culture

The Sapir-Whorf thesis states that

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

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

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

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

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

A great danger to hunting and gathering societies is

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

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

Multiculturalism is defined as

Japan is more multicultural than the United States.

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."

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

Ethnocentrism refers to

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

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

Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method

Socialization

Social Interaction in Everyday Life

Groups and Organizations

Sexuality and Society

Deviance

Social Stratification

Global Stratification

Gender Stratification

Race and Ethnicity

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

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

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

Key values of U.S.culture

The Sapir-Whorf thesis states that

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

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

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

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

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

A great danger to hunting and gathering societies is

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

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

Multiculturalism is defined as

Japan is more multicultural than the United States.

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."

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

Ethnocentrism refers to

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

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

Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method

Socialization

Social Interaction in Everyday Life

Groups and Organizations

Sexuality and Society

Deviance

Social Stratification

Global Stratification

Gender Stratification

Race and Ethnicity

Economics and Politics

Family and Religion

Education, Health, and Medicine

Population, Urbanization, and Environment

Social Change: Modern and Postmodern Societies

Filters