Unit 3 Intro to Culture

Open Ended

Define CULTURE.

"Culture can be defined as the..."

Open Ended

List as many traits that can be described as "AMERICAN CULTURE"

(Remember cultural traits = clothes, food, music, values, norms, buildings, cars...). You may upload any (appropriate) images as well.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following terms best describes the food preferences, architecture, and land-use practices found in a particular region?

• Cultural relativism

• ethnocentism

• Culture traits

• Unitary state

• Cultural hearth

Multiple Choice

The principal religion of Central and South America is

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Roman Catholicism

• Eastern Orthodox

• Protestant

Multiple Choice

Based on the map, which of the following languages are most likely to be spoken in counties where 60% or more of residents spoke a language other than English at home?

• French and French Creole languages

• Spanish and American Indian languages

• German and Dutch

• Russian and Hindi

• Chinese and Arabic

Multiple Choice

Identify the cultural trait that influences the cultural landscape shown in the image?

• Taboos

• Language

• Religion

• Ethnicity

• Gender

Multiple Choice

Identify which of the following concepts or processes is symbolized by the pagoda in the image.

• Acculturation

• Assimilation

• Ethnocentrism

• Cultural Trait

• Syncretism

Multiple Choice

In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of

• large heterogeneous groups

• indigenous groups

• groups that have little interaction with other

• Small, homogeneous groups

• large, homogeneous groups

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is most accurate with regard to food preferences and taboos?

• Food preferences are stronger than taboos as seen by the high consumption of beef on the Deccan Plateau

• Food preferences and taboos have little influence on the diet in Arabia and Southeast Asia

• Some foods are avoided for religious or cultural reasons even at the expense of a balanced diet

• Food preferences and taboos show little variability between cultures

• Low hog production in China demonstrates an avoidance of pork by the Chinese

Multiple Choice

A map that showed hog production per capita would reveal the lowest values in which of the following regions?

• The US Midwest

• Western Europe

• Southeast Asia

• China

• The Middle East

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the belief that one's own culture is the best or better than other cultures?

• Ethos

• Ethnocentrism

• Prejudice

• Relativism

• Acculturation

Multiple Choice

An American family vacations in Vietnam with the primary purpose of learning about Vietnamese culture through conversations with locals, consumption of traditional fare, and attending Vietnamese cultural celebrations. This is most directly an example of which of the following?

• Assimilation

• Possibilism

• Assimilation

• Cultural Relativism

• Ethnocentrism

Multiple Choice

A radical white supremacist from the American south writes an editorial in a local newspaper praising Southern culture while criticizing Black culture in the wake of racial protests against police brutality.

This is an example of...

• Redlining

• Cultural Relativism

• Blockbusting

• Ethnocentrism

• Gentrification

Multiple Choice

Cultural landscape can be defined as

• the types of art, music, dance, and theater practiced in the particular region

• The ways that people in differing cultures perceive the environment

• the forms superimposed on the physical environment by the actions of humans

• the diversity of distinctive cultures within a particular geographic area

• a particular are within a geographic region dedicated to cultural activities

Draw

Identify the traits on the cultural landscape

Draw

Use the edit tool to circle traits on the cultural landscape

Multiple Choice

Which of the following features is most useful for describing the cultural landscape shown in the image?

• The ethnicity of the people in the image

• The dragon that the people are holding

• the density of the crowd

• The French language on the banner hanging from the building

• The clothing of the people participating in the parade

Multiple Choice

Looking at the photograph, the image shows the significance of temples, religious statuary, and iconography on the

• cultural hearth

• ethnic culture

• traditional toponyms

• cultural landscape

• colonial architecture