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WorksheetsGS Unit 3: Culture
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
All of the features of a people's way of life (Beliefs, values, skills). Culture is learned and passed down through teaching, example, imitation.
a)
Culture region
b)
Culture trait
c)
Acculturation
d)
Culture
2.
Activities and Behaviors that people often take part in as a part of their culture.
a)
Beliefs
b)
Culture Traits
c)
Values
d)
Customs
3.
Something we believe to be true, though there is no direct proof. Example: If you lead a good life, you will be rewarded in the end.
a)
Belief
b)
Value
c)
Taboo
d)
Custom
4.
Something we believe to be important and/or morally right (or wrong).
Example: It is wrong to kill another human being.
Example: It is wrong to kill another human being.
a)
Value
b)
Belief
c)
Taboo
d)
Custom
5.
Combination of cultural features (language & religion), economic features (agriculture and industry), and physical features (climate and vegetation) that make a place what it is.
a)
Culture region
b)
Globalization
c)
Cultural Landscape
d)
Natural landscape
6.
An area in which people have many shared cultural traits Examples: religion, language, folklore, architecture
a)
Cultural landscape
b)
Natural landscape
c)
Toponym
d)
Culture region
7.
Local or regional culture practiced by small, similar groups in isolated rural areas.
a)
Popular Culture
b)
Folk Culture
c)
Enculturation
d)
Acculturation
8.
Found in large, diverse societies that share certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics.
a)
Popular culture
b)
Folk culture
c)
Acculturation
d)
Enculturation
9.
An act repeated by an individual person.
Example: chewing nails, brushing teeth
Example: chewing nails, brushing teeth
a)
Habit
b)
Custom
c)
Taboo
d)
Culture trait
10.
An act repeated by a large group that has become a characteristic of that group
Example: Jeans in America, holidays
Example: Jeans in America, holidays
a)
Habit
b)
Custom
c)
Taboo
d)
Culture trait
11.
A behavior that goes against a societal standard.
a)
Habit
b)
Custom
c)
Culture trait
d)
Taboo
12.
A way of communicating ideas & feelings with the use of signs, gestures, and especially voice.
a)
Official language
b)
Language
c)
Lingua franca
d)
Toponym
13.
A language (by law) used for laws, reports, signs, money. More than just custom like U.S.
Print money, post laws, etc.
Print money, post laws, etc.
a)
Lingua Franca
b)
Standard Language
c)
Language
d)
Official Language
14.
A commonly used language by people who have different native languages. A common language of trade and communication.
a)
Official language
b)
Standard language
c)
Lingua Franca
d)
Taboo
15.
A place-name. They tell us about history and the movements peoples and cultures.
a)
Cultural landscape
b)
Natural landscape
c)
Toponym
d)
Taboo
16.
Non standard pronunciation of language (usually by a non-native speaker).
a)
Accent
b)
Dialect
c)
Slang
d)
Standard Language
17.
Regional variety of a language. Can usually be understood by speakers of the same language
a)
Accent
b)
Dialect
c)
Slang
d)
Official Language
18.
The use of informal words and expressions that are not considered standard but can be acceptable when used socially (informal). Slang marks identity & excludes others.
a)
Accent
b)
Dialect
c)
Slang
d)
Standard language
19.
Location from which a culture came from.
a)
Cultural Landscape
b)
Culture hearth
c)
Toponym
d)
Culture region
20.
The process of learning one's own culture.
a)
Enculturation
b)
Acculturation
c)
Assimilation
d)
Globalization
21.
When an individual or group adopts some of the traits of another culture.
a)
Enculturation
b)
Acculturation
c)
Assimilation
d)
Globalization
22.
When immigrant groups adopt all of the features of the main culture.
a)
Enculturation
b)
Acculturation
c)
Assimilation
d)
Globalization
23.
New ideas that culture accepts.
a)
Culture hearths
b)
Habits
c)
Innovations
d)
Customs
24.
Information about a new idea or innovation spreads throughout a society gaining new followers.
a)
Expansion Diffusion
b)
Relocation Diffusion
c)
Hierarchical Diffusion
d)
Contagious Diffusion
25.
Spread of culture traits when people move to new places and take their culture with them.
a)
Expansion Diffusion
b)
Relocation Diffusion
c)
Hierarchical Diffusion
d)
Contagious Diffusion
26.
Spread of culture traits in order from big cities to small cities or important people to less important people.
a)
Expansion Diffusion
b)
Relocation Diffusion
c)
Hierarchical Diffusion
d)
Contagious Diffusion
27.
Spread of culture traits from one person coming into contact with another person and sharing ideas/culture traits
a)
Expansion Diffusion
b)
Relocation Diffusion
c)
Hierarchical Diffusion
d)
Contagious Diffusion
28.
Is the process in which connections around the world increase and cultures become more alike.
a)
Acculturation
b)
Diffusion
c)
Enculturation
d)
Globalization
29.
Following longtime practices and opposing many modern technologies and ideas.
a)
Traditionalism
b)
Fundamentalism
c)
Ethnocentrism
d)
Racism
30.
Identity with a group of people who share cultural traditions and ancestry.
a)
Ethnicity
b)
Race
c)
Culture region
d)
Culture group
31.
___________ is used to describe people based on physical attributes (ex. skin color, hair color, etc.).
a)
Nationality
b)
Stereotype
c)
Ethnicity
d)
Race
32.
An incorrect and often unfair generalization about a person or group.
a)
Ethnocentrism
b)
Stereotype
c)
Racism
d)
Habit
33.
The tendency to view the world through one's own perspective, coupled with the tendency to view one's culture as superior to other cultures.
a)
Racism
b)
Ethnocentrism
c)
Stereotype
d)
Globalization
34.
The belief that race is the main factor in determining human traits and abilities and that some races are better than others.
a)
Racism
b)
Ethnocentrism
c)
Stereotype
d)
Globalization
35.
Societies have standards that reflect the beliefs and values of that society.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
Gestures, proxemics and rules regarding eye contact are largely the same throughout the world.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
There is no “American” culture because the American society is not built upon a set of standards that reflects a system of beliefs or values.
a)
True
b)
False
38.
Beliefs and values are not an important component of culture.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
Which of the following is not an example of American culture?
a)
Justice
b)
Freedom
c)
Equality
d)
Assimilation
40.
Which of the following is an example of a habit?
a)
A person that goes to the mall.
b)
A group taboo against horses
c)
A person doing their homework each night.
d)
A group celebrating a holiday
41.
Which of the following is an example of a custom?
a)
A person that goes to the mall.
b)
A group taboo against horses
c)
A person doing their homework each night.
d)
A group celebrating a holiday
42.
Which of the following is not an American taboo?
a)
Eating horses
b)
Face tattoos
c)
Making direct eye contact
d)
Raising the middle finger
43.
Which of the following is NOT a Wisconsin toponym
a)
Bradley Center
b)
Martin Luther King Drive
c)
Bratwurst
d)
Pardeeville
44.
What is the difference between race and ethnicity
a)
Race is who you are, ethnicity is what you look like
b)
Race is what you look like, ethnicity is who you are
c)
Race is what you look like, ethnicity is where you are from
d)
There is no difference
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