Cultural Diversity and Change Quiz

What is the term for cultural patterns that are popular with most people in a society?

• Counter-culture

• Subculture

• Mainstream culture

• High culture

What is the school of thought that re-centers historical and sociological study on the contributions of Africans and African-Americans?

• Eurocentrism

• Ethnocentrism

• Multiculturalism

• Afrocentrism

What is the term for cultural traits spreading from one culture to another?

• Cultural diffusion

• Cultural lag

• Cultural change

• Cultural patterns

What is the practice of judging one culture by the standards of another?

• Ethnocentrism

• Afrocentrism

• Cultural diffusion

• Multiculturalism

What is the role of counter-cultures in society?

• To encourage cooperation

• To push back on mainstream culture

• To promote cultural assimilation

• To maintain the status quo

What is the term for cultural patterns that distinguish a society’s elite?

• Popular culture

• Mainstream culture

• Low culture

• High culture

What is the perspective that recognizes cultural diversity while advocating for equal standing for all cultural traditions?

• Eurocentrism

• Ethnocentrism

• Multiculturalism

• Afrocentrism

What is the term for the shared reality and shared culture that we create in society?

• Symbolic interactionism

• Cultural lag

• Cultural change

• Cultural diffusion

What is the term for the preference for European cultural patterns?

• Afrocentrism

• Multiculturalism

• Ethnocentrism

• Eurocentrism

What is the term for cultural patterns that set apart a segment of a society’s population?

• Subculture

• Mainstream culture

• High culture

• Counter-culture