Cultural Concepts Quiz

Who understood culture as something lying between life and death, opposing them and connecting them?

• I. Huizing

• O. Spengler

• Hegel

• A. Toynbee

• Plato

In what century the term "civilization" was introduced into scientific circulation?

• XVIII

• XVI

• XIX

• XX

• XXI

The main feature of popular culture:

• Appeared with the development of the media

• Accompanies the entire history of mankind

• A product of totalitarian societies

• Originated in ancient Rome as a spectacle for the people

• Originated in Ancient China

The emergence of popular culture was the result of:

• Industrialization

• Communism

• Discoveries in science

• Space exploration

• Wartime

The seriality of mass culture is expressed:

• In a narrow circle of consumers

• In the presence of a large circulation, of the same type

• In the uniqueness of each piece

• The inaccessibility of works for the majority of the population

• Limited edition

The goal of the creators of mass culture:

• Express your attitude

• Show the cons of culture

• Discover new art or musical forms

• Earn money and benefit

• Get aesthetic pleasure

The biggest role in the dissemination of works of mass culture is played by:

• Radio

• Newspapers

• Billboard

• Advertising

• Internet

Which scientist introduced the term "cultural configuration", designating a special way of connecting the elements of culture that create a single whole culture, and believing that cultural configuration is a consequence of a unique historical process?

• M. Mead

• A. Kardiner

• R. Benedict

• P. Sorokin

• S. L. Frank

A concept that characterizes the features of the production of cultural values in a modern industrial society, designed for mass consumption:

• Elite culture

• Mass culture

• Material culture

• Pop culture

• Ancient culture

What is the name of the process of mutual influence of cultures, as well as the result of this influence, which consists in the perception of one of the cultures usually less developed, although the opposite influence is possible of the elements of the other, or in the emergence of new cultural phenomena?

• Catharsis

• Conformism

• Mimesis

• Acculturation

• Hedonism