Chapter 2 - Culture Diversity

Question 1

All the shared products of human groups

Answer 1

Culture

Question 2

Physical objects that people create and use

Answer 2

Material Culture

Question 3

Abstract human creations

Answer 3

Nonmaterial Culture

Question 4

Group of interdependent people who have organized in such a way as to share a common culture and feeling of unity

Answer 4

Society

Question 5

Combination of physical objects and the rules for using those objects

Answer 5

Technology

Question 6

Anything that represents something else.

Answer 6

Symbols

Question 7

The organization of written spoken symbols into a s standardized system

Answer 7

Language

Question 8

Shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable

Answer 8

Values

Question 9

Shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations

Answer 9

Norms

Question 10

Norms that describe socially acceptable behavior but do not have great moral significance attached to them

Answer 10

Folkways

Question 11

Actions that have great moral significance

Answer 11

Mores

Question 12

Written rules of conduct enacted and enforced by the government

Answer 12

Laws

Question 13

An individual tool, act, or belief that is related to a particular situation or need.

Answer 13

Culture Trait

Question 14

A cluster of interrelated traits

Answer 14

Culture Complexes

Question 15

The combination of a number of culture complexes into an interrelated whole.

Answer 15

Culture Patterns

Question 16

Basic needs that all societies much develop to ensure their fulfillment

Answer 16

Culture Universals

Question 17

The tendency to view one’s own culture and group as superior

Answer 17

Ethnocentrism

Question 18

The belief that cultures should be judged by their own standards rather than by applying the standards of another culture.

Answer 18

Culture Relativism

Question 19

Groups in society that share values, norms, and behaviors that are not shared by the entire population.

Answer 19

Subculture

Question 20

A group that rejects the major values, norms, and practices of the larger society and replaces them with a new set of cultural patterns

Answer 20

Counter Culture