Sociology Chapter 2

Society's entire way of life can also be called?

• Family
• Society
• Culture
• Ethnicity

A groups way of thinking, acting, and material objects that form a way of life is?

• Culture
• Ethnicity
• Personality

Ideas created by members of a group or society are called?

• Theories
• Nonmaterial culture
• Material Culture

Personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life.

• Confusion
• Culture shock
• Stereotyping

Approximately how many different languages are spoken in the USA?

• 80
• 100
• 200
• 380

Examples of symbols in American culture are?

• Flags
• All
• Certain clothes
• Cars

People who interact in a defined area live in?

• Society
• Farms
• The world

When Americans travel to other countries and behave inappropriately they are inflicting what on the people?

• Beliefs
• Values
• Way of life
• Culture shock

This is a system that allows us all to communicate with each other. What is the key to the world of culture?

• Understanding
• Beliefs
• Language

Passing on beliefs, language and traditions to family and others is called?

• Traditions
• Storytelling
• Cultural Transmission