Culture Review

Culture is

• the beliefs and habits you acquire.
  
• an integrated system of beliefs, values, norms, mores, traditions and artifacts transmitted from one generation to the next through learning.
  
• the total of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by members of a group.
• all of these

The process of, Americans adopting culture traits from other cultures, is an example of

• a convergent force.
  
• a divergent force.
• a static culture.
• ethnocentrism.

The spread of McDonald’s into countries like India and Russia is an example of

• ethnocentrism.
• diffusion.
• a static culture.
• assimilation.

Which of the following is not an example of material culture?

• jewelry
• computers
• language
• pottery

Islam spread from its origin on the Arabian Peninsula to North Africa, and then into West Africa.  The Arabian Peninsula is an example of

• acculturation.
• a cultural trait.
• diffusion.
• a cultural hearth.

Buddhism blended with East and Southeast Asian practices to evolve into the religion it is today. The evolution of Buddhism as it moved further from its source is an example of

• distance decay.
• a cultural trait.
• a cultural hearth.
  
• assimilation.
  

The diffusion of a religion, such as when Christianity separated into different branches and denominations, is an example of

• a divergent force.
• a static culture.
• a cultural trait.
• assimilation.

As Americans, we enjoy many different kinds of food.  Eating these foods demonstrates the process of

• diffusion.
  
• innovation.
  
• assimilation.
• acculturation.
  

Americans adopting culture traits from other cultures, is an example of

• a convergent force.
• a divergent force.
  
• ethnocentrism.

Taking existing elements of society and creating something new to meet a need is called

• assimilation.
• innovation.
• diffusion.
  
• acculturation.