Question 1

What is the difference between material and nonmaterial culture?

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Material culture and nonmaterial culture...

Question 2

Japan is more multicultural than the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Cultural change results from invention, discovery, and diffusion.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Sociobiology explores how human biology has shaped today's culture.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Sociologists define a symbol as

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A)  anything that carries meaning to people who share a culture.
B)  any material cultural trait.
C)  any gesture that conveys insult to others.
D)  social patterns that cause culture shock.

Question 7

Compared to college students of the late 1960s, more of today's college students are concerned with

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A)  developing a philosophy of life.
B)  making money.
C)  seeking justice in the world.
D)  being involved in political affairs.

Question 8

Mores are norms that have great moral significance.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What causes culture shock? Provide an example of culture shock in everyday life.

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Culture shock is a phenomenon experience...

Question 10

The United States is multicultural because

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A)  everyone holds the same values and beliefs.
B)  each individual holds many different and conflicting values and beliefs.
C)  there are many widely shared values and beliefs.
D)  in this country we find many different languages and ways of life.

Question 11

How does ideal culture differ from real culture? Illustrate your essay using three examples of how ideal and real culture differ in U.S.society.

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Ideal culture refers to the values, beli...

Question 12

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

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

Question 13

Cultural transmission refers to the process of

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A)  cultural patterns moving from one society to another.
B)  using the oral tradition.
C)  passing cultural patterns from one generation to another.
D)  using writing to enshrine cultural patterns.

Question 14

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

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

Question 15

English is the first language of only 5% of humanity, but it has become the preferred second language throughout most of the world.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

About how many adults in the United States speak a language other than English at home?

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A)  7 million
B)  17 million
C)  27 million
D)  57 million

Question 17

Looking all around the world, what we find everywhere is

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A)  the same ideas about what is right.
B)  people enjoying the same sports.
C)  people creating diverse cultural systems.
D)  the same standards that define what is beautiful and ugly.

Question 18

Cultural universals are elements of culture that

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A)  have always been part of U.S.culture.
B)  have diffused from the United States to other countries.
C)  have come to the United States from elsewhere.
D)  are part of every known culture.

Question 19

Cultural lag refers to the fact that some cultural elements change more quickly than others.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The fact that instant messaging is based on a new set of symbols shows us that

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A)  today's young people are creating new symbols.
B)  there are many ways to use symbols to communicate.
C)  culture changes over time.
D)  All of these are correct.

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