Understanding Cultural Concepts Quiz

What is the term for the adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group under the influence of another?

• Assimilation

• Acculturation

• Cultural divergence

• Cultural convergence

Which of the following best describes the art or practice of designing and constructing buildings?

• Artifacts

• Architecture

• Assimilation

• Acculturation

What term refers to the material manifestation of culture, including tools, housing, systems of land use, and clothing?

• Artifacts

• Creole language

• Branch

• Caste System

What is the process called when a person or group loses the cultural traits that made them distinct from the people around them?

• Acculturation

• Assimilation

• Cultural convergence

• Cultural divergence

Which term describes a major division within a religion?

• Caste System

• Branch

• Creole language

• Artifacts

What is the term for a rigid set of social classes that provides privileges for the higher classes and limits on the lower classes?

• Caste System

• Cultural divergence

• Acculturation

• Assimilation

What is a language called that began as a combination of two other languages and is spoken as the primary language of a group of people?

• Creole or creolized language

• Branch

• Artifacts

• Architecture

What term describes when two cultures become more similar because of frequent interactions?

• Cultural divergence

• Cultural convergence

• Assimilation

• Acculturation

What is the term for when a culture splits into distinct parts?

• Cultural convergence

• Cultural divergence

• Acculturation

• Assimilation

Which of the following is NOT a term related to cultural processes?

• Architecture

• Branch

• Caste System

• Equation