Reading About Culture: Pages 86-99
Reading About Culture: Pages 86-99
1. From what sources do people learn cultural traits? (86)
A. Parents and other adults D. Social Clubs
B. Mass Media E. Religious Groups
C. Schools
2. The cultural landscape of a place reflects how people meet their basic needs for what? (87)
A. Food B. Clothing C. Shelter
3. What are two examples of cultural traits shared in a “culture region”? (87)
A. Religion B. Language
4. What country has within its borders a French culture region? (87) Canada
5. What part of the Americas has many countries that form a single culture region based on shared culture traits
such as religion, language, and foods? (87) Latin America
6. In what kinds of countries is it most common today for people to live as an extended family? (88) Developing
7. All societies share some common institutions, including: (89)
A. government B. religious C. economic D. educational
8. What are the names of the three common groupings into which industrialized societies organize people who live in similar economic conditions? (89)
A. upper class B. middle class C. lower (or working) class
9. What can differences in language within a single country cause? (91)
A. keeps cultures apart
B. makes it harder to unify the country
10. Differences in language keep countries apart by preventing what? (91) communication
11. What language is most often the common language spoken by people around the world today? (91) English
12. Each language in a “language group” shares what? (91) a common ancestral language
13. Jews, Christians and Muslims all believe in what? (93) one God
14. All religions have what? (93)
A. prayers B. rituals C. religious holidays
15. On what continent did all the world’s major religions first develop? (93) Asia
16. Where in Asia did Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all begin? (93) southwest
17. Works of art reflect a society by dealing with what? (94) Topics or issues important to that society
18. The following arts are important aspects of culture: (94 & 95)
A. visual arts – art meant to be seen, such as painting, sculpture, and photography
B. architecture – the design and construction of buildings
C. music – the art form that uses sound, usually produced by instruments or voices
D. literature – written work such as fiction, poetry, or drama
19. What must a new cultural trait offer in order to be adopted by a culture? (96) some benefit or improvement
20. In what ways do cultural traits spread from one place to another? (96)
A. settlement B. trade C. migration D. communication
21. What animal became part of Native American culture after being brought by the Spanish? (96) horse
22. What religion did Muslim traders help spread from Arabia to other cultures in Asia and Africa? (96) Islam
23. People moving into new cultures are called immigrants, and bring with them cultural traits that are often adopted by the culture into which they move. (97)
24. What modern technology has helped spread culture extremely rapidly? (97) The Internet
25. What are two things that are associated with rapidly changing customs? (97)
A. people often feel their culture is threatened
B. fear that a lack of cultural diversity will wipe out the things that make cultures unique and interesting,
and we might end up with only a single worldwide culture.
26. Science and technology are important parts of culture: (98)
A. Science is the active process of acquiring knowledge of the natural world.
B. Technology is the way in which people use tools and machines.
27. What technology did humans invent which allowed them to begin to settle in one place? (98) agriculture
28. The development of what form of communication allowed some civilizations to develop more rapidly? (98/99)
writing
29. The Industrial Revolution began around 1800 when people developed what new technologies? (99)
power-driven machinery
30. Advances in science and technology have changed peoples’ lives by providing a rise in what? (99)
their standard of living
31. What technology affected culture by allowing food to be kept fresh longer and be shipped over long distances? (99)
refrigeration
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