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WorksheetsCultural relativism + Ethnocentrism
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
Area that shares a large number of cultural traits.
Cultural diffusion/Culture borrowing
Culture Region
Fine Arts
Economy
How does culture spread?
Language
Government and economy
War, trade, colonization and immigration
What happens when a culture is isolated from other cultures?
Changes in lifestyle occur quickly.
There is a plethora of technology.
Changes in lifestyle occur slowly.
There is a large foreign born population (immigrants).
Which continent see the least amount of cultural borrowing?
Asia
Europe
Australia
Antarctica
What is a culture trait?
Items that all social organizations have.
Hair color
Items that are specific to a group of people.
Eye color
People expressing themselves in a meaningful way.
Fine Arts
Government
Customs and Traditions
Language
How people and countries use their limited resources to satisfy their wants and needs.
Government
Fine Arts
Economy
Religion
Rules that allow a society to live without chaos.
Custom and Traditions
Social Organization
Religion
Government
Basic human needs such as food, clothing, sports, education, festivals etc. passed down from one generation to the next.
Customs and traditions
Government
Language
Social Organizations
Answers questions about life's meaning.
Customs and traditions
Religion
Government
Social Organizations
A form of a dialect that may have a distinct vocabulary and pronunciation .
Religion
Government
Social Organization
Language
Ways a culture organizes its members into smaller groups
Social Organization
Government
Languages
Religion
Is ethnocentrism
positive
negative
not necessarily either
Some people believe ethnocentrism becomes negative when someone believes
you are entitled to hurt people who are not from your culture group
it's ok to be wrapped up only in their own culture
the values, beliefs, ideas and practices of one's own culture are the best, the most valid, the most natural, the most human
An extreme form of ethnocentrism has led to
genocide
war
discrimination
all of these
Cultural relativism regards
all cultural traditions as having some reason behind them
everything another culture doe to be correct
that some cultural ideas are intrinsically better than others
that some cultural ideas are intrinsically worse that others
Does cultural intelligence require you to give up your own ideas about right and wrong?
Yes
No
Why can being non-judgmental help you achieve your aims?
you will get into fewer fights
people are likely to reciprocate when the feel respected
people will believe you are like them
it won't
Culture shock can come because of
being in a different country
being unable to answer questions
seeing different traditions that are unnaceptable
doubts about the right way to behave
I bet everyone wished they were American.
This statement shows ethnocentrism
This statement is culturally objective
It is ok for some cultures use chopsticks to eat, some use forks/ spoons, and others use their fingers.
This statement shows ethnocentrism
This statement is culturally objective/diffusive
Some women wear a headscarf because of their religious views.
This statement shows ethnocentrism
This statement is culturally objective/diffusive
How can hockey be Canada's national sport? It is a dumb game compared to baseball or football.
This statement shows ethnocentrism
This statement is culturally objective
In some cultures it is important to pray at specific times during the day.
This statement shows ethnocentrism
This statement is culturally objective/diffusive
I feel sorry for anyone that lives in a country that does not have a democratic government.
This statement shows ethnocentrism
This statement is culturally objective/diffusive
Anyone who is not a member of the Hutu Tribe in Eastern Africa should not have a leadership position in the government?
Racism
Ethnocentrism
Cultural Diffusion
Using chopsticks at every meal is weird. Eating with a fork and spoon is the only way it should be done.
This statement shows ethnocentrism
This statement is culturally objective/diffusive
Most people in the United States speak English but there are many different languages also spoken in the US.
This statement shows ethnocentrism
This statement is culturally objective
In Cambodia's northwestern town of Siem Reap, visitors can learn to cook spiders and bugs.
This statement shows ethnocentrism
This statement is culturally objective/diffusive
Which of the following statements does not show ethnocentrism?
Using chopsticks at every meal is a waste of time. You should just use a fork.
Some cultures will eat with their hands.
Why does their food smell so bad?
I can not believe that they eat insects. That is so gross.
The principle that an individual human's belief and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual culture.
Cultural relativism
Ethnocentrism
Xenocentrism
Multiculturalism
The view of things in which one's own group is the center of everything and all others are scaled and rated with reference to it.
Cultural relativism
Ethnocentrism
Xenocentrism
Multiculturalism
