Vocabulary Quiz

A person who supports the arts or other activities by supplying money for them:

• patron

• perspective

• pirate

• proportion

A person who studies human societies and cultures and their development is called a:

• A) Sociologist

• B) Anthropologist

• C) Archaeologist

• D) Biologist

The term used to describe the spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another is:

• A) Assimilation

• B) Acculturation

• C) Cultural diffusion

• D) Cultural lag

A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god is known as:

• A) Democracy

• B) Theocracy

• C) Monarchy

• D) Oligarchy

The economic system where the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit is called:

• A) Socialism

• B) Communism

• C) Capitalism

• D) Feudalism

The study of the rights and duties of citizenship is known as:

• A) Civics

• B) Ethics

• C) Sociology

• D) Anthropology

A person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work or better living conditions, is called a:

• A) Immigrant

• B) Emigrant

• C) Migrant

• D) Refugee

The term for a society's shared and learned behaviors, beliefs, attitudes, values, and ideals is:

• A) Culture

• B) Tradition

• C) Custom

• D) Norm

The process by which a person or a group's language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group is called:

• A) Assimilation

• B) Integration

• C) Segregation

• D) Marginalization

A form of government in which power is held by the nobility is known as:

• A) Aristocracy

• B) Democracy

• C) Plutocracy

• D) Bureaucracy