Humanities 125 - American Social Values » Summer 2019 » Quiz on What is Culture and Readings

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Question #1
The term language can be defined as:
A.   Gestures, signs, objects, signals, and words that help people understand the world.
B.   A symbolic system through which people communicate and through which culture is transmitted.
C.   The exchange of gestures and signals for the purpose of reaching a consensus.
Question #2
Society and culture _____.
A.   Could not exist without each other
B.   Are unrelated
C.   Could not exist together
D.   Are the same thing
Question #3
MTV’s widely-watched TV series The Jersey Shore is an example of _____, while the obscure works of playwright Sam Shepard are an example of ______.
A.   High culture; low culture
B.   Jersey culture; low culture
C.   High culture; popular culture
D.   Popular culture; high culture
Question #4
Elise travels across Thailand with her friends and, to her surprise, finds the country quite unlike the United States. “I hate the food,” she tells her family at home. “I hate the language, I hate the weird customs and awful music. America is clearly the best place to be.” This is an example of _______.
A.   Ethnocentrism
B.   Paradigms
C.   Xenocentrism
D.   Moral relativism
Question #5
Which of the following is an example of a cultural universal?
A.   Incest taboos
B.   Marrying the partner whom your parents have chosen for you
C.   Putting your cell phone on silent during a Broadway production
D.   Holding hands with your best friend
Question #6
Which of the following is an example of a counterculture?
A.   The disco invasion of the 1970’s
B.   The Kardashian obsession of the 2010’s
C.   The hippie movement of the 1960’s
D.   The yuppie craze of the 1980’s
Question #7
Many Americans pay for haircuts, trips to the dentist, or transportation on the metro and bus systems. These actions support the notion of capitalism, an example of _____.
A.   The counterculture
B.   A cultural universal
C.   Non-material culture
D.   Material culture
Question #8
Kurt and Mitch visit an Amish village on a class trip. “Let’s see if we can round up some old radios and appliances and drop them off for them later this week. I think they’ll appreciate it. They just don’t understand what they’re missing.” Mitch rolls his eyes. Kurt’s perspective is an example of _______.
A.   Cultural imperialism
B.   Ideal culture
C.   Behavioral normativity
D.   Material culture
Question #9
A cultural universal is:
A.   The ideas, attitudes and beliefs of a particular society.
B.   A written document outlining appropriate behavior.
C.   A pattern or trait common to all societies.
D.   An object or a belonging of a group.
Question #10
Xenocentrism is:
A.   The opposite of cultural relativism
B.   The opposite of ethnocentrism
C.   The opposite of cultural universalism
D.   The same as cultural imperitivism

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