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G11 Sociology CH3 Culture Key Terms

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

beliefs

a)

tenets or convictions that people hold to be true

b)

patterns or traits that are globally common to all societies

c)

shared beliefs, values, and practices

2.

countercultures

a)

groups that reject and oppose society’s widely accepted cultural patterns

b)

patterns or traits that are globally common to all societies

c)

the gap of time between the introduction of material culture and nonmaterial culture’s acceptance of it

3.

patterns or traits that are globally common to all societies

a)

cultural universals

b)

countercultures

c)

globalization

4.

culture

a)

the spread of material and nonmaterial culture from one culture to another

b)

shared beliefs, values, and practices

c)

the integration of international trade and finance markets

5.

culture lag

a)

the gap of time between the introduction of material culture and nonmaterial culture’s acceptance of it

b)

the visible and invisible rules of conduct through which societies are structured

c)

gestures or objects that have meanings associated with them that are recognized by people who share a culture

6.

diffusion

a)

the spread of material and nonmaterial culture from one culture to another

b)

things and ideas found from what already exists

c)

shared beliefs, values, and practices

7.

discoveries

a)

things and ideas found from what already exists

b)

direct, appropriate behavior in the day-to-day practices and expressions of a culture

c)

patterns or traits that are globally common to all societies

8.

ethnocentrism

a)

the evaluation and judgment of another culture based on one’s own cultural norms

b)

a way to authorize or formally disapprove of certain behaviors

c)

gestures or objects that have meanings associated with them that are recognized by people who share a culture

9.

folkways

a)

direct, appropriate behavior in the day-to-day practices and expressions of a culture

b)

established, written rules

c)

casual behaviors that are generally and widely conformed to

10.

the integration of international trade and finance markets

a)

globalization

b)

countercultures

c)

cultural universals

11.

the cultural patterns of a society’s elite

a)

high culture

b)

ideal culture

c)

formal norms

12.

innovations

a)

new objects or ideas introduced to culture for the first time

b)

things and ideas found from what already exists

13.

language

a)

a symbolic system of communication

b)

the moral views and principles of a group

14.

popular culture

a)

mainstream, widespread patterns among a society’s population

b)

the cultural patterns of a society’s elite

c)

the standards a society would like to embrace and live up to

15.

sanctions

a)

a way to authorize or formally disapprove of certain behaviors

b)

people who live in a definable community and who share a culture

c)

gestures or objects that have meanings associated with them that are recognized by people who share a culture

16.

society

a)

people who live in a definable community and who share a culture

b)

a way to authorize or formally disapprove of certain behaviors

c)

shared beliefs, values, and practices

17.

subcultures

a)

groups that share a specific identification, apart from a society’s majority, even as the members exist within a larger society

b)

groups that reject and oppose society’s widely accepted cultural patterns

18.

symbols

a)

gestures or objects that have meanings associated with them that are recognized by people who share a culture

b)

patterns or traits that are globally common to all societies

19.

values

a)

a culture’s standard for discerning what is good and just in society

b)

tenets or convictions that people hold to be true

20.

social control

a)

a way to encourage conformity to cultural norms

b)

a way to authorize or formally disapprove of certain behaviors