Sociology Crash Course - Culture

Low / Popular culture is best defined as cultural behaviors and ideas that are __________ with most people in a society.

• unpopular

• popular

• embedded

• static

High culture is best defined as cultural patterns that distinguish a society's ___________.

• Middle tier

• Elite

• Militarily powerful

• All of the above

_________________culture is best defined as the cultural patterns that are broadly in line with a society's cultural ideals and values.

• Elitest

• Mainstream

• Middle Class

• Bad

__________________ are patterns that set apart a segment of society's population.

• Mainstream

• Subculture

• Historicism

• None of the above

The U.S. is often thought of as a "______________," a place where many cultures come together to form a single combined culture.

• nation

• nation-state

• melting pot

• None of the above

In recent decades, historical studies have shifted to better interpret cultural contributions and history through _____________.

• Afrocentrism

• Eurocentrism

• Americana

• None of the above

Multiculturalism's strength is __________.

• Diversity

• Nationalism

• Ethnic singularity

• Inequality

One of the biggest _______________ was the hippies of the 1960's.

• Counter-culture

• Subculture

• Push-backs

• All of the above

Cultural traits spread through ____________.

• differentiation

• diffusion

• delusion

• None of the above