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A pair of blue jeans is best associated with which cultural subsystem? |
| | A) | a mentifact |
| | B) | a sociofact |
| | C) | an artifact |
| | D) | nonmaterial |
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From most general to most specific, which is the most accurate hierarchical representation of cultural units? |
| | A) | complex, realm, region, trait |
| | B) | realm, complex, region, trait |
| | C) | realm, region, complex, trait |
| | D) | trait, complex, region, realm |
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Individual culture traits that are functionally interrelated comprise a: |
| | A) | culture complex |
| | B) | cultural ethnicity |
| | C) | cultural integration |
| | D) | culture hearth |
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Religions that tend to be expansionary, seeking to transmit their beliefs to new peoples and areas, are termed: |
| | A) | ethnic |
| | B) | secular |
| | C) | tribal |
| | D) | universalizing |
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Cultural convergence refers to: |
| | A) | the fact that not all cultures pass through all stages of cultural development at the same time |
| | B) | the belief that the physical environment shapes human thought and action |
| | C) | the sharing of technologies, organizational structures, and cultural traits and artifacts by widely separated societies |
| | D) | the fact that, while cultures are essentially conservative, they are always in a state of flux |
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When a social group is unresponsive to changing circumstances and innovation, it is said to exhibit: |
| | A) | cultural divergence |
| | B) | cultural convergence |
| | C) | cultural isolation |
| | D) | cultural lag |
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Which of the following is not a process of cultural change? |
| | A) | segregation |
| | B) | diffusion |
| | C) | innovation |
| | D) | acculturation |
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The belief that the physical world shapes human activity and, therefore, culture, has been labeled: |
| | A) | cultural integration |
| | B) | environmental determinism |
| | C) | the cultural landscape |
| | D) | possibilism |
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Globally, the most wide-spread language family is: |
| | A) | Afro-Asiatic |
| | B) | Indo-European |
| | C) | Chinese |
| | D) | Ural-Altaic |
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A shaman is generally associated with what type of religion? |
| | A) | ethnic religion |
| | B) | tribal religion |
| | C) | universalizing religion |
| | D) | secularism |
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Which of the following is not an ethnic religion? |
| | A) | Shintoism |
| | B) | Judaism |
| | C) | Buddhism |
| | D) | Hinduism |
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What term refers to believing that one’s own ethnic group is superior? |
| | A) | racial superiority |
| | B) | ethnos |
| | C) | ethnicity |
| | D) | ethnocentrism |
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What term refers to the fusion of old and new cultural forms and practices by contact with outside groups? |
| | A) | acculturation |
| | B) | adaptation |
| | C) | amalgamation |
| | D) | syncretism |
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Within the United States, Baptists are regionally dominant in the: |
| | A) | South |
| | B) | New England region |
| | C) | Mountain West |
| | D) | Upper Midwest |
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Legal and educational systems are components of which subsystem of culture? |
| | A) | sociological |
| | B) | pedagogical |
| | C) | ideological |
| | D) | technological |
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Of the four major world religions, the one which has experienced the most extensive worldwide dispersion is: |
| | A) | Buddhism |
| | B) | Christianity |
| | C) | Hinduism |
| | D) | Islam |
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One distinguishing feature of all culture hearths of the Old World and the Americas is their: |
| | A) | abandonment as centers of culture and settlement in modern times |
| | B) | clustering in a band around the earth between 20 degrees south and 40 degrees north latitude |
| | C) | confinement to lowland river valleys |
| | D) | location on the western sides of continental landmasses |
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According to Jared Diamond, which region of the world had the greatest geographical advantages for diffusion of food production? |
| | A) | Eurasia |
| | B) | North America |
| | C) | Australia |
| | D) | South America |
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The present day spatial distribution of Buddhism is best described as: |
| | A) | China, Tibet, Siberia, Korea |
| | B) | Northern India, China, Southeast Asia |
| | C) | Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Mongolia, Japan |
| | D) | Tibet, India, Middle East, Japan |
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The viewpoint that people, not environments, are the dynamic forces of cultural development is called: |
| | A) | environmental determinism |
| | B) | possibilism |
| | C) | syncretism |
| | D) | civilization |
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When immigrants to a country give up many of their past cultural traits, lose their distinguishing characteristics and merge into the mainstream of the dominant culture, they are said to have: |
| | A) | acculturated |
| | B) | amalgamated |
| | C) | adapted |
| | D) | assimilated |
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Under which form of economic organization does each sex maintain a respected, productive, coequal role in the kinship group? |
| | A) | industrial |
| | B) | commercial agriculture |
| | C) | hunting and gathering |
| | D) | subsistence agriculture |
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The status of women is a cultural spatial variable because: |
| | A) | women are found all over the world |
| | B) | gender relationships and role assignments differ among societies |
| | C) | women are biologically different from men |
| | D) | women do different kinds of work |
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Which of the following is not an effect of popular culture? |
| | A) | Uniformity is substituted for differentiation. |
| | B) | The individual is exposed to a broader range of available opportunities. |
| | C) | It obliterates locally distinctive folk culture lifestyles. |
| | D) | It reinforces tradition and resistance to change. |
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Which of the following is not an example of material culture? |
| | A) | furniture |
| | B) | tools |
| | C) | folk songs |
| | D) | musical instruments |
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Language is part of which cultural subsystem? |
| | A) | technological |
| | B) | sociological |
| | C) | material |
| | D) | ideological |
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Which term refers to a simplified language formed from an amalgam of two languages used for administration and work supervision? |
| | A) | lingua franca |
| | B) | dialect |
| | C) | creole |
| | D) | pidgin |
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Which of the following is not a monotheistic religion? |
| | A) | Judaism |
| | B) | Islam |
| | C) | Hinduism |
| | D) | Christianity |
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Swahili, the national language of Kenya and Tanzania, is an example of a: |
| | A) | lingua franca |
| | B) | creole language |
| | C) | pidgin language |
| | D) | dialect |
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Which language has the greatest number of speakers? |
| | A) | English |
| | B) | Spanish |
| | C) | Arabic |
| | D) | Mandarin |
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Creole languages evolve from: |
| | A) | lingua franca languages |
| | B) | dialects |
| | C) | standard languages |
| | D) | pidgin languages |
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What is the oldest major religion? |
| | A) | Hinduism |
| | B) | Islam |
| | C) | Judaism |
| | D) | Shinto |
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Pyramid building in both Egypt and Central America is an example of: |
| | A) | cultural convergence |
| | B) | parallel invention |
| | C) | cultural divergence |
| | D) | acculturation |
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Observance of the "five pillars" is associated with which religion? |
| | A) | Hinduism |
| | B) | Buddhism |
| | C) | Confucianism |
| | D) | Islam |
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What term refers to an established language used for communication by people whose native tongues are mutually incomprehensible? |
| | A) | official language |
| | B) | lingua franca |
| | C) | creole |
| | D) | pidgin |
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