Sociologists focus on the similarities and differences between cultures.

• True

• False

Sociologists examine cultures in an unbiased manner.

• True

• False

Behaviors, beliefs, and characteristics of a particular social, ethnic, or age group

• government

• economy

• culture

___________________ are commonalities that almost all cultures share.

• cultural universals

• taboos

• cultural variations

What a group holds to be important

• laws

• values

• folkways

Language is not considered a component of culture.

• True

• False

Subcultures do not pose a threat to the larger culture.

• true

• false

Groups that go directly against the main culture are known as _____________________.

• subcultures

• counter cultures

• cultural variations

Judging a culture based off the values and principles of your own culture is known as:

• ethnocentrism

• xenophobia

• racism

Sports and recreation can be a good way to bond within a culture.

• True

• False