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week 2 quiz

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The language, beliefs, values, norms, and behaviors passed from one generation to the next make up a group's   culture  
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_____ would be part of material culture.   hairstyles  
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Nonmaterial culture refers to a group's   ways of thinking and doing.  
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One thing that can be said about material culture is that   there is nothing "natural" about it.  
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Who is ethnocentric?   Everyone  
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To try to understand a culture on its own terms is called   cultural relativism  
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Which of the following statements about cultural relativism is true?   Cultural relativism has come under attack because it can lead to acceptance of practices like genital cutting and wife beating.  
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After plane ride from New York City, Irving found himself on a dusty road w/ goats, chickens, and motor scooters, instead of cars. Food, clothing, carpets were sold by street vendors, some worked from a cloth spread on ground. Irving was experiencing   culture shock  
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Another term for nonmaterial culture that sociologists use is   symbolic culture  
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An advantage of knowing a culture's gestures is   being able to communicate with simplicity.  
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The main way people communicate is through   language  
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The basis of culture is   language  
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The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis states that   people understand the world based on their form of language.  
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People's _____ are their standard for discerning what is good and just in society.   values  
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A term for rules of behavior is   norms  
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When people break norms, they receive   negative sanctions  
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When someone is walking on the right side of the sidewalk, and you are walking faster and overtake them to their left, this is _____ in the United States.   a folkway  
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If you kill another person, you have violated a society's   mores  
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Even just the thought of the violation of a _____ fills us with revulsion.   taboo  
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A world within the larger world of the dominant culture is a   subculture  
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How many subcultures does U.S. society contain?   Thousands  
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Some of the values and norms of a _____ place it at odds with the dominant culture.   counterculture  
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Harold and Fabienne could be termed members of a motorcycle enthusiast _____ and the cyclists who passed them could be termed members of a motorcycle enthusiast _____.   subculture; counterculture  
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The core value of education has   changed over the years, until today a college education is considered an appropriate goal for most Americans.  
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Cultural imperialism is the deliberate imposition of one’s own cultural values on another culture.   True  
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