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Question #1

The term language can be defined as:

A. The exchange of gestures and signals for the purpose of reaching a consensus.

B. Gestures, signs, objects, signals, and words that help people understand the world.

C. A symbolic system through which people communicate and through which culture is transmitted.

Question #2

Society and culture _____.

A. Could not exist without each other

B. Could not exist together

C. Are unrelated

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; popular culture

B. High culture; low culture

C. Popular culture; high culture

D. Jersey culture; low 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. Putting your cell phone on silent during a Broadway production

C. Holding hands with your best friend

D. Marrying the partner whom your parents have chosen for you

Question #6

Which of the following is an example of a counterculture?

A. The Kardashian obsession of the 2010’s

B. The disco invasion of the 1970’s

C. The yuppie craze of the 1980’s

D. The hippie movement of the 1960’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. Non-material culture

C. A cultural universal

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. Material culture

D. Behavioral normativity

Question #9

A cultural universal is:

A. An object or a belonging of a group.

B. A written document outlining appropriate behavior.

C. The ideas, attitudes and beliefs of a particular society.

D. A pattern or trait common to all societies.

Question #10

Xenocentrism is:

A. The opposite of ethnocentrism

B. The same as cultural imperitivism

C. The opposite of cultural relativism

D. The opposite of cultural universalism

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