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Chapter 2: Culture
Multiple-Choice Questions
TB_Q2.1.1
The language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and objects passed from one generation to the
next make up a group’s __________.
a. identity
b. ethnocentrism
c. culture
d. material culture
Answer: c. culture
Learning Objective: LO 2.1 Explain what culture is, how culture provides orientations to life,
and what practicing cultural relativism means.
Topic/Concept: What Is Culture?
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q2.1.2
__________ would be part of material culture.
a. Hairstyles
b. Language
c. Beliefs
d. Values
Answer: a. Hairstyles
Learning Objective: LO 2.1 Explain what culture is, how culture provides orientations to life,
and what practicing cultural relativism means.
Topic/Concept: What Is Culture?
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q2.1.3
Nonmaterial culture refers to a group’s __________.
a. art
b. weapons
c. ways of thinking and doing
d. eating utensils
Answer: c. ways of thinking and doing
Learning Objective: LO 2.1 Explain what culture is, how culture provides orientations to life,
and what practicing cultural relativism means.
Topic/Concept: What Is Culture?
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
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TB_Q2.1.4
One thing that can be said about material culture is that __________.
a. it is “natural”
b. it includes gestures
c. it includes a people’s language
d. there is nothing “natural” about it
Answer: d. there is nothing “natural” about it
Learning Objective: LO 2.1 Explain what culture is, how culture provides orientations to life,
and what practicing cultural relativism means.
Topic/Concept: What Is Culture?
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Analyze It
TB_Q2.1.5
Who is ethnocentric?
a. everyone
b. westerners over 50, but not under 50
c. just those easterners who live in the Carolinas
d. older people only
Answer: a. Everyone
Learning Objective: LO 2.1 Explain what culture is, how culture provides orientations to life,
and what practicing cultural relativism means.
Topic/Concept: What Is Culture?
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q2.1.6
To try to understand a culture on its own terms is called __________.
a. ethnocentrism
b. cultural relativism
c. folklore
d. cultural education
Answer: b. cultural relativism
Learning Objective: LO 2.1 Explain what culture is, how culture provides orientations to life,
and what practicing cultural relativism means.
Topic/Concept: What Is Culture?
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q2.1.7
Which of the following statements about cultural relativism is true?
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a. It has not been criticized by social scientists.
b. Cultural relativism has come under attack because it can lead to acceptance of practices like
genital cutting and wife beating.
c. Sociologists accept all cultures, without judgment.
d. Cultural relativism encourages cultural smugness.
Answer: b. Cultural relativism has come under attack because it can lead to acceptance of
practices like genital cutting and wife beating.
Learning Objective: LO 2.1 Explain what culture is, how culture provides orientations to life,
and what practicing cultural relativism means.
Topic/Concept: What Is Culture?
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Analyze It
TB_Q2.1.8
After a fairly short plane ride from New York City, Irving found himself on a dusty road with
goats, chickens, and motor scooters rather than cars. Food, clothing, and carpets were being sold
by street vendors, some of whom worked from a cloth spread on the ground, in no order that he
could recognize. Irving was likely experiencing __________.
a. ethnocentrism
b. culture shock
c. a step back into history
d. contact with people who shared none of his values
Answer: b. culture shock
Learning Objective: LO 2.1 Explain what culture is, how culture provides orientations to life,
and what practicing cultural relativism means.
Topic/Concept: What Is Culture?
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
TB_Q2.2.9
Another term for nonmaterial culture that sociologists use is __________.
a. material culture
b. symbolic culture
c. gestural culture
d. culture shock
Answer: b. symbolic culture
Learning Objective: LO 2.2 Know the components of symbolic culture: gestures, language,
values, norms, sanctions, folkways, mores, and taboos; also explain the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
Topic/Concept: Components of Symbolic Culture
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q2.2.10
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Approach 13th Edition Henslin
Chapter 2: Culture
Multiple-Choice Questions
TB_Q2.1.1
The language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and objects passed from one generation to the
next make up a group’s __________.
a. identity
b. ethnocentrism
c. culture
d. material culture
Answer: c. culture
Learning Objective: LO 2.1 Explain what culture is, how culture provides orientations to life,
and what practicing cultural relativism means.
Topic/Concept: What Is Culture?
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q2.1.2
__________ would be part of material culture.
a. Hairstyles
b. Language
c. Beliefs
d. Values
Answer: a. Hairstyles
Learning Objective: LO 2.1 Explain what culture is, how culture provides orientations to life,
and what practicing cultural relativism means.
Topic/Concept: What Is Culture?
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q2.1.3
Nonmaterial culture refers to a group’s __________.
a. art
b. weapons
c. ways of thinking and doing
d. eating utensils
Answer: c. ways of thinking and doing
Learning Objective: LO 2.1 Explain what culture is, how culture provides orientations to life,
and what practicing cultural relativism means.
Topic/Concept: What Is Culture?
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
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TB_Q2.1.4
One thing that can be said about material culture is that __________.
a. it is “natural”
b. it includes gestures
c. it includes a people’s language
d. there is nothing “natural” about it
Answer: d. there is nothing “natural” about it
Learning Objective: LO 2.1 Explain what culture is, how culture provides orientations to life,
and what practicing cultural relativism means.
Topic/Concept: What Is Culture?
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Analyze It
TB_Q2.1.5
Who is ethnocentric?
a. everyone
b. westerners over 50, but not under 50
c. just those easterners who live in the Carolinas
d. older people only
Answer: a. Everyone
Learning Objective: LO 2.1 Explain what culture is, how culture provides orientations to life,
and what practicing cultural relativism means.
Topic/Concept: What Is Culture?
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q2.1.6
To try to understand a culture on its own terms is called __________.
a. ethnocentrism
b. cultural relativism
c. folklore
d. cultural education
Answer: b. cultural relativism
Learning Objective: LO 2.1 Explain what culture is, how culture provides orientations to life,
and what practicing cultural relativism means.
Topic/Concept: What Is Culture?
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q2.1.7
Which of the following statements about cultural relativism is true?
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a. It has not been criticized by social scientists.
b. Cultural relativism has come under attack because it can lead to acceptance of practices like
genital cutting and wife beating.
c. Sociologists accept all cultures, without judgment.
d. Cultural relativism encourages cultural smugness.
Answer: b. Cultural relativism has come under attack because it can lead to acceptance of
practices like genital cutting and wife beating.
Learning Objective: LO 2.1 Explain what culture is, how culture provides orientations to life,
and what practicing cultural relativism means.
Topic/Concept: What Is Culture?
Difficulty Level: Difficult
Skill Level: Analyze It
TB_Q2.1.8
After a fairly short plane ride from New York City, Irving found himself on a dusty road with
goats, chickens, and motor scooters rather than cars. Food, clothing, and carpets were being sold
by street vendors, some of whom worked from a cloth spread on the ground, in no order that he
could recognize. Irving was likely experiencing __________.
a. ethnocentrism
b. culture shock
c. a step back into history
d. contact with people who shared none of his values
Answer: b. culture shock
Learning Objective: LO 2.1 Explain what culture is, how culture provides orientations to life,
and what practicing cultural relativism means.
Topic/Concept: What Is Culture?
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
TB_Q2.2.9
Another term for nonmaterial culture that sociologists use is __________.
a. material culture
b. symbolic culture
c. gestural culture
d. culture shock
Answer: b. symbolic culture
Learning Objective: LO 2.2 Know the components of symbolic culture: gestures, language,
values, norms, sanctions, folkways, mores, and taboos; also explain the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
Topic/Concept: Components of Symbolic Culture
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q2.2.10
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