Civics 3B Exam February-March

A person goes to Japan and lives there for 20 years and loves their culture. He then returns to his home country of the United States. He thinks the food and the social customs are quite inferior to that of Japan. This is an example of:

• ethnocentrism

• xenocentrism

• relativism

• universalism

A man in the United States tells his wife that he doesn;t want to travel to any other countries because "no other country is as good as the United States." He believes everything in the U.S. is superior in value. This is an example of:

• relativism

• xenocentrism

• ethnocentrism

• universalism

An anthropologists visits the Inuit tribe of the northern regions and does her best to try their food and practice their customs. This is an example of:

• practicing cultural ethnocentrism

• practicing cultural xenocentrism

• practicing cultural universalism

• practicing cultural relativism

Social arrangements, art, and religion are examples of cultural:

• universals

• relativisms

• ideas

• values

Which of the following is a negative consequence of the cosumer culture worldview?

• Destruction of the environment

• Increase in technology

• Increase in economic sectors

• Lack of education

A person believes that the government is the most most important authority and that secularism is the best way for the country to be. This is most associated with what worldview?

• Christian

• Ancient

• Consumer

• Modern

The view that there really is no truth and everything is relative is part of which worldview?

• postmodernism

• modernism

• technological

• ancient

The tendency to consider the accumulation of material products as important and to view our reality as primarily physical instead of spiritual is which worldview?

• ancient

• Christian

• postmodern

• materialist

A negative consequence of the scientific worldview was:

• The church lost its absolute power

• Technology increased

• Science oferred no insights into ethics, values, and psychology

• Observational analysis became important

Nature is sacred and we must be in harmony with it is part of which worldview?

• materialistic

• indigenous

• modern

• Scientific