Culture Worksheet Part 1

Question 1

culture in the future (7)

Answer 1

1. change is occurring in canadian culture. increasing cultural diversify can result in:
   a) racial and ethnic conflict, anti-immigration sentiment in response to newcomers
   - perception that immigrants are stealing jobs, overusing canadian social services paid for by canadian taxpayers
   - get “fragmentation” -> occurs when people in one culture disdain the beliefs and actions of other cultures (real culture)
   b) the creation of a multicultural society where diversity is respected and encouraged
   - get “integration” -> occurs when there is widespread acceptance of ideas and items among cultures (ideal culture)
2. globally -> communications (media, internet, travel, etc) continue to increase the flow of information, and expand cultural diffusion throughout the world

Question 2

cultural lag (2)

Answer 2

• a gap between the technical development of a society and its moral and legal institutions
• occurs when material culture changes faster than nonmaterial culture

Question 3

cultural diffusion (2)

Answer 3

• transmission of cultural items or social practices when one group or society to another through such means as exploration, military endeavors, the media, tourism, and immigration
• moves at a rapid pace because countries continually seek new markets for their products

Question 4

cultural diversity

Answer 4

-the wide range of cultural differences found between on with the nations

Question 5

homogeneous societies

Answer 5

-include people who share a common culture and are typically from similar social, religious, political and economic backgrounds

Question 6

heterogenous societies

Answer 6

-include people who are dissimilar in regard to social characteristics such as nationality, race, ethnicity, class, occupation, or education

Question 7

subculture

Answer 7

-a group of people who share a distinctive set of cultural beliefs and behaviors that differ in some significant way from that of the larger society

Question 8

what effect has immigration had on the culture of canada (2)

Answer 8

• problems in terms of defining Inman maintaining our distinct canadian culture
• the number of distinct subcultures that together make up our canadian culture is what makes us unique

Question 9

hutterites desire no assimilation. what does this mean, how do they do this in canada? (3)

Answer 9

• wish to maintain their separate status and did not want to be absorbed into the dominant culture
• their colonies are usually located far from towns, cities, and highways emphasizes this
• following century old traditions

Question 10

counterculture (2)

Answer 10

• a group that strongly rejects dominant societal values and norms and seeks alternative lifestyles
• the beatniks of the 1950s, the flower children of the 1960s, the drug enthusiasts of the 1970s, and members of nonmainstream religious sects or cults

Question 11

culture shock

Answer 11

-disorientation that people feel when they encounter cultures radically different from their own and believe they cannot depend on their own taken-for-granted assumptions about life