WorksheetsIntroduction Pretest
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
A type of social organization that traditionally includes a wife, husband, and children.
Nuclear Family
Extended Family
Nationality
Cultural Diffusion
A type of social organization that includes aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents.
Nuclear Family
Extended Family
Nationality
Cultural Diffusion
System of sounds, gestures, and markings that have meaning within a cultural group.
Polytheism
Monotheism
Language
Race
The worship of one god.
Monotheism
Polytheism
Race
Ethnocentrism
The worship of multiple gods.
Monotheism
Polytheism
Race
Ethnocentrism
An economic system in which the means of production are owned and operated for profit.
Mixed
Command
Traditional
Market/Capitalism
An economic system with both private and state-run enterprises.
Mixed
Command
Traditional
Market/Capitalism
Economic system in which the means of production are controlled by the state, government, or central planning authority.
Mixed
Command
Traditional
Market/Capitalism
An economic system in which the means of production is the result of ritual, habit, or custom, and things are done the way they have always been done.
Mixed
Command
Traditional
Market/Capitalism
A geographical area with unifying characteristics.
Continent
Region
Place
Location
A government where religion plays an integral part in the laws and the country is ruled by religious officials. (Iran)
Theocracy
Communism
Republic
Anarchy
A government where everyone is equal and property is shared. (USSR)
Theocracy
Communism
Republic
Anarchy
A government where they avoid one person rule by having a group rule together. A small group exercises control of the government. (Sparta)
Theocracy
Communism
Anarchy
Oligarchy
People directly vote and represent themselves and the government can be changed by the will of the people. (Town meetings, Ancient Greece)
Republic
Democracy
Constitutional Monarchy
Dictatorship
A government in a state of disorder because of an absence of authority.
Republic
Anarchy
Oligarchy
Communism
Undemocratic rule in which absolute power is exercised through a single party dictator who is often elected. (North Korea- Kim Jong Un)
Dictatorship
Republic
Communism
Totalitarian
This type of government has a legislative body and ceremonial figureheads. (England)
Dictatorship
Absolute Monarchy
Constitutional Monarchy
Theocracy
Kings or Queens have complete authority over the government and the people. Their authority is inherited. (Medieval Europe in England and France)
Dictatorship
Absolute Monarchy
Constitutional Monarchy
Theocracy
State holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life wherever possible. Authority is not inherited, and it is often taken by force.
Totalitarian
Republic
Communism
Democracy
A government in which people vote for other people who will represent their interests. (USA)
Oligarchy
Anarchy
Theocracy
Republic
A system of learned and shared values, beliefs, and rules of conduct that drives human behavior.
Culture
Nationality
Racism
Ethnocentrism
Identity with a group of people that have a biological ancestor which includes physical characteristics that define a person as being a member of a specific group.
Racism
Nationalism
Ethnicity
Race
An allegiance to a particular country and the idea of supporting that country above others.
Nationality
Nationalism
Race
Ethnicity
The evolution of a certain cultural elements because of time, travel, etc.
Culture
Ethnocentrism
Cultural Diffusion
Racism
To look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own culture; to believe that your culture is best.
Ethnocentrism
Nationalism
Racism
Race
Shared learned behaviors and other cultural characteristics that define a person as being a member of a specific group.
Culture
Race
Ethnicity
Nationality
The status of legally belonging to a particular nation by origin, birth, or naturalization.
Cultural Diffusion
Culture
Nationalism
Nationality
The discriminatory and prejudice belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
Racism
Race
Ethnicity
Culture
