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111. The customary normal and habitual ways a group does things are called_____________?
- A. Norms
- B. Folkways
- C. Customs
- D. None of these
Explanation: Folkways are the customary and routine ways in which a group behaves, such as forms of greeting or table manners. Norms is the broader category that includes folkways as well as stricter rules and values.
Correct answer: Folkways112. Material and Non-material culture are_________________?
- A. not related to each other
- B. complementary
- C. slightly related
- D. None of these
Explanation: Material and non-material culture are complementary: physical objects are created, used and understood through ideas, values and norms. For example, a computer is material culture, while the knowledge and rules governing its use are non-material culture.
Correct answer: complementary113. Material Culture consists of_______________?
- A. physical objects
- B. Non-physical objects
- C. Both a and b
- D. None of these
Explanation: Material culture consists of tangible physical objects produced or used by people, such as buildings, clothing, tools and machines. Beliefs, language and values belong to non-material culture.
Correct answer: physical objects114. Everything which is socially learned and shared is called______________?
- A. society
- B. Culture
- C. behavior
- D. None of these
Explanation: Culture includes the learned and shared knowledge, beliefs, values, norms, symbols and material practices of a group. Society refers to the people and relationships forming the group, not everything they learn and share.
Correct answer: Culture115. Cultural relativism is the idea that societies have to be studied in terms of them_____________?
- A. own meanings and values
- B. family and kin relationships
- C. artistic and literary production
- D. religious and spiritual beliefs
Explanation: Cultural relativism interprets customs through the meanings and values of the society that practises them, rather than judging them by outside standards. Family, art and religion may be studied within this approach, but none alone defines it.
Correct answer: own meanings and values116. What is the approach to ethnic integration which requires immigrants to adopt the culture and values of the majority called ?
- A. assimilation
- B. melting pot
- C. cultural pluralism
- D. multiculturalismSearch Public Records
Explanation: Assimilation requires immigrants to adopt the dominant group’s culture, values and often language. Multiculturalism and cultural pluralism instead allow distinctive cultural identities to continue, while the melting pot describes the broader blending process.
Correct answer: assimilation117. What is the systematic elimination of one ethnic group at the hands of another called ______________?
- A. ethnic cleansing
- B. institutional racism
- C. genocide
- D. scapegoating
Explanation: Genocide means the deliberate and systematic attempt to destroy an ethnic, racial, national or religious group. Ethnic cleansing usually refers to forcibly removing a group from a territory, not necessarily destroying it.
Correct answer: genocide118. The Great Migration of 1916-1919 meant that Chicago became an ethnically diverse city The consequence of this was_____________?
- A. assimilation all racial boundaries were dissolved by the ethnic melting pot
- B. multiculturalism all ethnic identities were celebrated equally
- C. most ethnic groups were integrated into mainstream society, but the black population remained in the city's ghettos
- D. racism the white host population were hostile and prejudiced towards migrants
Explanation: European immigrant groups were gradually incorporated into mainstream Chicago, while African Americans faced segregation and remained concentrated in ghettos. This makes option c more accurate than assimilation or equal multiculturalism.
Correct answer: most ethnic groups were integrated into mainstream society, but the black population remained in the city's ghettos119. The Maasai of Kenya is an example of_______________?
- A. Hunter gatherer society
- B. Pastoralist society
- C. Agrarian society
- D. None of these
Explanation: The Maasai traditionally depend heavily on keeping and herding livestock, especially cattle, which makes them a classic pastoralist society. Pastoralists may move seasonally in search of grazing land and water.
Correct answer: Pastoralist society120. Society refers to a group of people_____________?
- A. Who share a defined territory
- B. Who share a common culture
- C. Who have different cultures
- D. a& b both
Explanation: A society is more than a collection of people: its members share a territory and a common culture, including norms, values and institutions. Having different cultures does not define one society in the usual sociological sense.
Correct answer: a& b both