WorksheetsG11 Sociology CH3 Culture Key Terms
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
beliefs
tenets or convictions that people hold to be true
patterns or traits that are globally common to all societies
shared beliefs, values, and practices
countercultures
groups that reject and oppose society’s widely accepted cultural patterns
patterns or traits that are globally common to all societies
the gap of time between the introduction of material culture and nonmaterial culture’s acceptance of it
patterns or traits that are globally common to all societies
cultural universals
countercultures
globalization
culture
the spread of material and nonmaterial culture from one culture to another
shared beliefs, values, and practices
the integration of international trade and finance markets
culture lag
the gap of time between the introduction of material culture and nonmaterial culture’s acceptance of it
the visible and invisible rules of conduct through which societies are structured
gestures or objects that have meanings associated with them that are recognized by people who share a culture
diffusion
the spread of material and nonmaterial culture from one culture to another
things and ideas found from what already exists
shared beliefs, values, and practices
discoveries
things and ideas found from what already exists
direct, appropriate behavior in the day-to-day practices and expressions of a culture
patterns or traits that are globally common to all societies
ethnocentrism
the evaluation and judgment of another culture based on one’s own cultural norms
a way to authorize or formally disapprove of certain behaviors
gestures or objects that have meanings associated with them that are recognized by people who share a culture
folkways
direct, appropriate behavior in the day-to-day practices and expressions of a culture
established, written rules
casual behaviors that are generally and widely conformed to
the integration of international trade and finance markets
globalization
countercultures
cultural universals
the cultural patterns of a society’s elite
high culture
ideal culture
formal norms
innovations
new objects or ideas introduced to culture for the first time
things and ideas found from what already exists
language
a symbolic system of communication
the moral views and principles of a group
popular culture
mainstream, widespread patterns among a society’s population
the cultural patterns of a society’s elite
the standards a society would like to embrace and live up to
sanctions
a way to authorize or formally disapprove of certain behaviors
people who live in a definable community and who share a culture
gestures or objects that have meanings associated with them that are recognized by people who share a culture
society
people who live in a definable community and who share a culture
a way to authorize or formally disapprove of certain behaviors
shared beliefs, values, and practices
subcultures
groups that share a specific identification, apart from a society’s majority, even as the members exist within a larger society
groups that reject and oppose society’s widely accepted cultural patterns
symbols
gestures or objects that have meanings associated with them that are recognized by people who share a culture
patterns or traits that are globally common to all societies
values
a culture’s standard for discerning what is good and just in society
tenets or convictions that people hold to be true
social control
a way to encourage conformity to cultural norms
a way to authorize or formally disapprove of certain behaviors
