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WorksheetsCharacteristics of Culture
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which of the following statements is true concerning human evolution?
The first humans evolved in the cold temperate regions of the world because of the need to develop culture for survival in those areas.
Culture is necessary for survival in the complex industrialized nations, but it is not in small societies that live by hunting and gathering wild foods.
Culture is an adaptive mechanism for humans.
Compared to what it was before the end of the last ice age (about 10,000 years ago), the rate of human culture change is now _______________ .
faster
slower
about the same
Which of the following statements is true?
The fact that cultural evolution can occur faster than biological evolution has altered the effect of natural selection on humans.
People are pre-adapted by their genes to acquire particular cultures.
none of the above
All human cultures evolve over time. Which of the following things is most responsible for this?
culture is an adaptive mechanism
culture is instinctive
culture is cumulative
Approximately 8,000-10,000 years ago, our ancestors invented agriculture. Which of the following things was a consequence of this development?
a more controllable and dependable food supply
the creation of villages, towns, and ultimately cities
the emergence of new kinds of political systems.
all of the above
Which of the following is a likely consequence of cultural evolution?
culture loss
better health
greater intelligence
all of the above
Culture change occurs as a result of ________________ .
diffusion
invention
both of the above
neither of the above
Ethnocentrism refers to the fact that _________________ .
some cultures are actually better than others
people usually believe that their way of life is superior, and they are somewhat condescending or even hostile toward other cultures
the technologically simpler societies usually feel that their cultures are inferior
When anthropologists study other societies, they need to suspend their own culture-based judgments. What is this kind of approach called?
cultural relativity
ethnocentric
diffusion
Which of the following statements is true?
People usually are unconscious of their culture in their daily lives.
There are always a few people in small-scale societies who know all of their culture.
In most societies, boys and girls are taught the same things about their culture.
Which of the following statements is true?
The range of permissible ways of dressing and acting as a man or woman are relatively unlimited in traditional Muslim societies.
It is likely that there still are some societies existing in total cultural isolation from the outside world.
Cultures usually allow a range of permissible behavior patterns.
The break-up of the former empire of the Soviet Union into largely ethnic based nations is an example of ___________ .
globalism
tribalism
none of the above
