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CAST 101 TEST 3 - Chapters 3 and 4

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Those categories that one is born into and cannot change are (a)   .

Choose from the below words
ascribed criteria
prescribed criteria
achieved criteria
2.

2. ​ (a)   occurs when two or more ethnic groups share the same space but do not mix to a significant extent.

Choose from the below words
Cultural pluralism
Cultural sensitivity
Cultural diversity
3.
  1. 3. An ​ (a)   society is where maximum use is made of information and communications technology (ICTs) in order to lead lives of utmost efficiency.

Choose from the below words
educational
information
intellectual 
4.

4. The ways people have of giving meaning to something and then coming to believe in it are known as ​ (a)   .

Choose from the below words
social construction
social stratification
social assumptions
5.

5. The existence of multiple ethnic groups with their beliefs and practices in one location is (a)   .

Choose from the below words
cultural diversity
cultural pluralism
cultural sensitivity
6.

6. This term calls to attention the different relationships that the computer savvy (information haves) and those without knowledge or skills to handle ICTs (information have-nots).

(a)  

7.

7. Processes of cultural and ethnic mixing to produce new or creole forms.

(a)  

8.

8. Movement of individuals and groups from one social location/class to another, either up or down.

(a)  

9.

9. A grouping of people with the mindset that learning is a continuous process and should be constantly occurring in all aspects of life.

(a)  

10.

10. The organized patterns, arrangements and interactions between groups who comprise the various social institutions and social organizations making up society.

(a)  

11.

Distinguish between cultural erasure and cultural retention using examples from your ethnic group. (This means you will need to state what ethnic group you identify with.)

4 lines
12.

Explain cultural hybridization and provide TWO examples of how it can be identified in Belizean society.

4 lines
13.

Explain how the society where you live is socially stratified and state TWO ways you can achieve social mobility in your society. (This means you need to identify the society where you live in your response.)

4 lines
14.

Illustrate using any TWO ethnic groups as examples of how ethnic hybridization has occurred in Belize.

4 lines
15.

Discuss ONE positive effect and ONE negative effect of cultural diversity in Belize.

4 lines
16.

Discuss the importance of cultural sensitivity and explain how this can be achieved through adequate education.

4 lines
17.
Groups within a society may share a unique set of values and behaviours that differs from those of the wider culture they are a part of.
a)
subculture
b)
popular culture
c)
high culture
d)
mass culture
18.
Some things are held to be true with confidence and faith.
a)
values
b)
beliefs
c)
ideology
d)
norms
19.
The ability of a system or people to adjust if the environment where the system or people exist/s is changing
a)
adaptive capacity
b)
cultural innovation
c)
cultural hybridization
d)
cultural diffusion
20.
Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected; phenomena that could not be explained by existing theories.
a)
variable
b)
anomaly
c)
exception
d)
values
21.
Produced by the scientific method to explain and predict the natural and physical world.
a)
scientific method
b)
contested knowledge
c)
variable
d)
certain knowledge
22.
Occurs when a child learns the attitudes, values, and actions appropriate to individuals as members of particular cultures.
a)
primary socialization
b)
ethnic hybridization
c)
home schooling
d)
secondary socialization
23.
The process by which members of society learn to be human - they learn the rules that society has devised for living and interacting in society in an acceptable way.
a)
hybridization
b)
socialization
c)
diffusion
d)
acculturation
24.
A radical change in generally accepted concepts of a discipline that can occur when new discoveries and ideas overthrow a well-accepted scientific theory or law.
a)
paradigm shift
b)
contested knowledge
c)
anomaly
d)
scientific method
25.
Music, visual and performing arts, literature, festivals, cuisine, etc., are promoted mainly through the efforts of the mass media.
a)
subculture
b)
high culture
c)
popular culture
d)
modern culture
26.
Refers to values that promote the best thoughts and ideas that human beings, particularly Europeans, have developed and perfected such as ballet and classical music.
a)
high culture
b)
popular culture
c)
mass culture
d)
subculture
27.
Another term that describes how culture spreads from one society to another.
a)
cultural erasure
b)
cultural hybridization
c)
cultural renewal
d)
cultural diffusion
28.
Describes how cultural forms are transmitted, in tact, from one generation to another which is the continuity of their cultural experience.
a)
diffusion
b)
acculturation
c)
cultural renewal
d)
cultural reproduction
29.
Persons have less or more access to the rewards of the society.
a)
social justice
b)
social inequality
c)
social stratification
d)
social norms
30.
Practices that have survived even when most other forms and symbols of a culture are no longer evident.
a)
cultural renewal
b)
cultural preservation
c)
cultural erasure
d)
cultural retention
31.
This resulted from slavery and indentureship which classified people according to skin colour and occupation.
a)
meritocracy
b)
social structure
c)
plantation society
d)
plantocracy
32.
The process of socialization whereby a person becomes part of another's culture.
a)
acculturation
b)
assimilation
c)
interculturation
d)
enculturation
33.
Approaching culture with a consciousness of diversity and respect for differences.
a)
cultural diversity
b)
cultural sensitivity
c)
cultural reproduction
d)
cultural pluralism
34.
A society where one can advance socially based on what one has achieved.
a)
meritocracy
b)
plantocracy
c)
pigmentocracy
d)
information society
35.
The process whereby a culture changes drastically, actually overcoming itself and translating into something else.
a)
transculturation
b)
interculturation
c)
acculturation
d)
assimilation
36.
When a group that has been influenced by a dominant group decides to incorporate all aspects of the dominant group's culture.
a)
acculturation
b)
transculturation
c)
assimilation
d)
enculturation