Transcript Unit 2 Culture

SOCIOLOGY
Unit 3
Practice Quiz
Question 1
Which of the following statements regarding
culture is FALSE?
a. Culture is static rather than dynamic
b. Culture consists of our food, clothing,
values and the way we communicate
c. Culture is constantly changing
d. Culture is something that we learn
throughout our lifetime
Question 2
The most basic tools or acts that exist within
a culture are referred to as
a. Culture Complexes
b. Culture Patterns
c. Culture Traits
Question 3
This theory says that in terms of
development and the ability to process
language and thought, language comes
first.
a. Comprehension Transfer
b. Mental Networking
c. Knowledge Gap
d. Sapir-Whorf
Question 4
Which of the following statements is TRUE with
regard to communication?
a. Body language is the same in all cultures
b. Symbols cannot be a form of learned
communication
c. Ways of sulking or expressing delight are the
same in all cultures
d. Communication is essential to preservation
of a culture
Question 5
Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding
the individuals involved with Flight 227?
a. Meat was to be rationed out evenly but no one was
forced to eat the human flesh
b. Some specific bodies were identified, as off limits as
were parts of the bodies
c. Roles and responsibilities within the remaining
survivors were based on health and abilities
d. When rescued, surviving members were never fully
accepted back into society because of their actions
Question 6
Using the idea of rap music and how culture
spread from group to group as a part of it
represents what type of culture?
a. Discovery
b. Invention
c. Diffusion
d. Mores
Question 7
The term Verstehen is connected with what
area of Cultural Variations?
a. Subcultures
b. Ethnocentrism
c. Reformulation
d. Cultural Relativism
Question 8
Someone giving you a dirty look or mocking
you in a bad way would be an example of
a(n)
a. Formal positive sanction
b. Informal positive sanction
c. Formal negative sanction
d. Informal negative sanction
Question 9
Cultural Lag refers to what in culture?
a. The belief that material culture changes
more quickly than nonmaterial
b. The generation gap and elderly not
understanding technology
c. The difference between modern countries
and those classified as third-world
d. How culture changes directly through
diffusion
Question 10
A subculture using a language that only they
can understand is what? For example,
teenagers using text messaging language or
an immigrant group speaking their native
language in a new country.
a. Argot
b. Cultural Integration
c. Diffusion
d. Mores
Question 11
Looking at urbanization and studying the
plans of a city looking to expand with little
concern for environmental concerns like
wildlife or water supply is an example of
a. Urban Ecology
b. Urban Sprawl
c. Urbanology
d. Demography
Question 12
This type of INTERACTION involves one
person or group directly trying to control
the will and efforts of others.
a.Competition
b.Exchange
c.Conflict
d.Accomodation
Question 13
Which of the following is the BEST example
of an ascribed status position?
a.High school graduate
b.Your place of employment
c.Who your parents are
d.Member of the high school basketball
team
Question 14
Which of the following is a characteristic of
Pre-Industrial societies?
a. Food production is the main economic activity
b. Compulsory education is significant for the entire
group
c. The focus for the majority of people is providing
services for others
d. The use of technology and machines dominates the
workforce
Question 15
A student who is struggling to balance their
status positions as both employee at
Jake’s and passing their Economics class
is experiencing what?
a. Role Conflict
b. Role Strain
c. Reciprocal Roles
d. Role Reversal
Question 16
The difference between societies labeled as
Mechanical Solidarity and Organic
Solidarity is that Mechanical refers to more
Preindustrial societies where people work
for the common good of the community
a.True
b.False
Question 17
Which of the following was NOT a
characteristic of preindustrial cities?
a. Lacked sanitation leading to higher death
rates
b. Strong city governments to protect the
citizens and provide services
c. Division of city based upon occupation,
class or castes
d. Settlements along major rivers
Question 18
In looking at Population Pyramids, which of the following
statements is FALSE regarding what we can learn from
them
a. More-developed countries have pyramids more in that
shape with a larger portion of the population being
younger
b. Population pyramids reflect population in age groups
either based on percentage or total number
c. Population pyramids are divided between men and
women within a country
d. Population pyramids can be used to project job outlook,
retirement and other possible issues for a country
Question 19
What percentage of Americans today live
in urban areas?
a. 25
b. 50
c. 75
d. 95
Question 20
A prediction from the 1700’s indicating
population would soon reach
astronomical numbers was known as
a.Population Pyramid
b.Anomie Theory
c.Demographic Transition Theory
d.Malthusian Theory
Answer Key
1. A
2. C
3. D
4. D
5. D
6. C
7. D
8. D
9. A
10.A
11. B
12. C
13. C
14. A
15. A
16. A
17. B
18. A
19. C
20. D