FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SOCIOLOGY EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SOCIOLOGY EXAM

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Question 1: A world within the larger world of the dominant culture is a

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subculture

Question 2: To try to understand a culture on its own terms is called

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cultural relativism Question 3: People's _____ are their standard for discerning what is good and just in society.

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values

Question 4: Nonmaterial culture refers to a group's

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ways of thinking and doing.

Question 5: When people break norms, they receive

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negative sanctions Question 6: 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

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culture shock

Question 7: The core value of education has

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changed over the years, until today a college education is considered an appropriate goal for most Americans.Question 8: Even just the thought of the violation of a _____ fills us with revulsion.

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taboo

Question 9: The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis states that

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people understand the world based on their form of language.Question 10: The language, beliefs, values, norms, and behaviors passed from one generation to the next make up a group's

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culture

Question 11: Who is ethnocentric?

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Everyone Question 12: 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.

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a folkway

Question 13: Which of the following statements about cultural relativism is true?

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Cultural relativism has come under attack because it can lead to acceptance of practices like genital cutting and wife beating.

Question 14: _____ would be part of material culture.

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hairstyles

Question 15: How many subcultures does U.S. society contain?

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Thousands

Question 16: The basis of culture is

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language

Question 17: One thing that can be said about material culture is that

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there is nothing "natural" about it.Question 18: Cultural imperialism is the deliberate imposition of one's own cultural values on another culture.

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True

Question 19: A term for rules of behavior is

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norms

Question 20: The main way people communicate is through

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language

Question 21: 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 _____.

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subculture; counterculture

Question 22: An advantage of knowing a culture's gestures is

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being able to communicate with simplicity.Question 23: Some of the values and norms of a _____ place it at odds with the dominant culture.

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counterculture

Question 24: Another term for nonmaterial culture that sociologists use is

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symbolic culture

Question 25: If you kill another person, you have violated a society's

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mores