Deck 3: I Am Canadian: What Is Canadian Culture

Question 1

Which term is defined as "intangibles produced by intellectual or spiritual development;also,the use of artifacts in a given culture"?

A) cultural utility
B) cultural universal
C) cultural products
D) nonmaterial culture

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of a folkway?

A) the law against selling heavily addictive drugs
B) the rule about talking in a movie theater
C) child sexual abuse
D) the rule about incest

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of nonmaterial culture?

A) an act of kindness
B) a train
C) a flash drive
D) a house

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following best defines the concept of a "mother tongue"?

A) the language spoken by members of the maternal line
B) the language first spoken as a child and still understood
C) the language spoken in the land from which one emigrated
D) the language used in the home

Question 5

Which term refers to informal norms that are based in accepted tradition and demonstrate respect for the generalized other?

A) informal sanctions
B) taboos
C) folkways
D) everyday customs

Question 6

Which terms is NOT androcentric?

A) fireman
B) firefighter
C) mailman
D) chairman

Question 7

Which of the following does the postmodern lens encourage us to think about?

A) a single unified Canadian identity
B) multiple simultaneous Canadian cultures
C) culture as a product of rational choice
D) culture as defined in social media

Question 8

Which statement does NOT accurately describe cultural universals?

A) Cultural universals include appearance,activities,institutions,and customary practices.
B) The specific form of cultural universals is constant from one time to another within the same group.
C) The specific form of cultural universals is constant from one group to another.
D) Sociologists are in agreement that cultural universals are the result of functional necessity.

Question 9

Every day when you get up out of bed,you brush your teeth,apply deodorant,then select and put on appropriate clothing.What are all of these actions examples of?

A) formal norms
B) folkways
C) mores
D) laws

Question 10

Which term refers to a shared system of communication that includes spoken,written,and signed forms of speech,as well as nonverbal gestures used to convey meaning?

A) knowledge
B) social reality
C) language
D) culture

Question 11

Which statement best describes Indigenous languages in Canada?

A) It is correct to say that Indigenous languages are extinct in Canada.
B) There is only one Indigenous language in Canada that is still being spoken.
C) There are more than 50 Indigenous languages in Canada.
D) More than 50 Indigenous language families exist in Canada.

Question 12

When an archeologist finds a piece of pottery from 5,000 years ago,what aspect of human activity is this evidence of?

A) the ability to carry water
B) the ability to make fire
C) the ability to produce material goods
D) the ability to think abstractly

Question 13

What are pizza and poutine,along with works of art,various forms of housing,means of transportation,clothing,tools,and countless electronic gadgets examples of?

A) consumptive culture
B) postmodern culture
C) material culture
D) capitalist culture

Question 14

Which statement would best summarize the ideas of Sapir and Whorf?

A) All indigenous languages are part of one language family.
B) There really are no words and phrases unique to Canada.
C) Language shapes reality for those experiencing it.
D) In Canada,more people speak Aboriginal languages than speak immigrant languages.

Question 15

Which term would a sociologist use to refer to specific behavioural expectations of any society?

A) prescriptions
B) values
C) codes of conduct
D) norms

Question 16

Madeline lived in Asia for several years before returning to Canada.When she returned to Canada she found herself disoriented by aspects of the culture which were once very familiar to her.What is this an example of?

A) xenophobia
B) reverse xenophobia
C) culture shock
D) reverse culture shock

Question 17

Which of the following is the best example of a gender-neutral term?

A) maid
B) actress
C) councilman
D) flight attendant

Question 18

Which term refers to customs and practices that occur across all societies?

A) symbols
B) beliefs
C) norms
D) cultural universals

Question 19

Which of the following can be thought of as a gender neutral pronoun when used to refer to an individual?

A) he
B) she
C) they
D) my

Question 20

What is Atanarjuat?

A) It is an Inuit word meaning "culture"
B) It is the name of Canada's northernmost community
C) It is Canada's first ever full-length feature film to be written,produced,directed,and acted exclusively by people of Inuit heritage.
D) It is an Inuit language

Question 21

According to the text,what is the Canadian Multiculturalism Act intended to reflect?

A) the laws of Canada
B) the policies of Canada
C) the mores of Canadians
D) the core values of Canadians

Question 22

Which of the following is the most likely reaction when a person violates a folkway?

A) an informal sanction
B) a formal sanction
C) a positive sanction
D) a prescriptive norm

Question 23

What has the functionalist perspective on culture been criticized for?

A) focusing on how societies meet their needs
B) not acknowledging unfair treatment of some groups
C) downplaying the role of stability and cooperation
D) overemphasizing a micro-level analysis of society

Question 24

Which principle is contradicted by the condemnation of practices engaged in by members of a culture rather than your own?

A) cultural universalism
B) cultural intolerance
C) cultural non-absolutism
D) cultural relativism

Question 25

According to the text,which of the following best describes mores?

A) informal norms that may be violated without serious consequences
B) norms that are not considered to be highly essential to the stability of society
C) norms based on cultural values and considered crucial to maintain social control
D) learned patterns of behaviour that can vary markedly from one society to another

Question 26

What is a taboo?

A) an informal norm based on tradition
B) an institutionalized norm that embodies fundamental values
C) an act that is morally disapproved and that is seen as bad in itself
D) a rule that outlines behaviour we are expected to refrain from

Question 27

"You don't really mean to chew with your mouth open,do you?" What function does this statement serve?

A) It constructs cultural norms.
B) It encourages rational action.
C) It creates cultural discomfort.
D) It enforces a proscriptive norm.

Question 28

According to the text,which of the following is a core Canadian value?

A) accommodation and tolerance
B) pay equity and employment equity
C) honesty and justice
D) kindness and love

Question 29

What is an emblem?

A) nonverbal signals that are cultural universals
B) forms of speech which are used in formal situations
C) gestures with direct verbal equivalents
D) untranslatable phrases

Question 30

Which of the following is NOT one of the values identified in a 1990 federal government task force which asked Canadians about their views on Canada's future and what it means to be Canadian?

A) belief in equality and fairness in a democratic society
B) belief in consultation and dialogue
C) importance of accommodation and tolerance
D) respect for the nation's elderly

Question 31

Which statement best describes Bill 62 regarding Religious Neutrality?

A) Discrimination against atheists would be allowed to continue.
B) The wearing of Burquas by Muslim women would be allowed in public.
C) The Wearing of Turbans by Sikhs would be allowed in public.
D) The law would only apply to public employees.

Question 32

Which statement best describes the Canadian Multiculturalism Act?

A) It was criticized for its failure to embrace core Canadian values.
B) It recommended an end to Canadian bilingual policies.
C) It assumed that cultures in Canada formed a natural hierarchy.
D) It stated that it was important to preserve and promote languages other than English and French.

Question 33

What is a functionalist likely to argue about culture?

A) Societies that share a common language and core values are unlikely to have very specific types of dysfunctions.
B) Societies in which people share core values are more likely to have consensus and harmony.
C) Social facts are functional for the existence of culture.
D) Values and norms help create and sustain the privileged position of the powerful in society while excluding others.

Question 34

Which statement best explains why those who break mores are more severely sanctioned than those who break folkways?

A) Informal norms may not be violated without serious consequences.
B) Breaking mores is universally offensive.
C) Mores are based on cultural values and are needed to maintain social control.
D) All mores are considered taboos and subject to severe sanctions.

Question 35

What label is given when people come to accept cultural norms and follow them without even being aware that they are doing so?

A) internalization of norms
B) unconscious culture
C) unconscious norms
D) cultural acceptance

Question 36

According to Durkheim,"observable social phenomena external to the individual" defines which of the following?

A) normative rate
B) supra-individuality
C) social fact
D) microsociological phenomena

Question 37

Why is language so important in the construction of culture?

A) It enables the transfer of knowledge.
B) It is part of material culture.
C) It makes subcultures possible.
D) It enables the distinction of allophones.

Question 38

Canadians may believe that they are law abiding,but they will routinely fail to wear a seat belt or slow down when driving in school zones.What does this demonstrate?

A) a discrepancy between ideal culture and real culture
B) the difference between Canadians and Americans
C) the differences between a law and a more
D) a discrepancy between cultural universals and value contradictions

Question 39

Which of the following is an example of a prescriptive norm?

A) Don't spread rumours.
B) Refrain from being on Facebook while you are in class.
C) Cover your mouth when you cough.
D) Kiss strangers on the cheek when first introduced.

Question 40

According to the text,signs of disapproval are often conveyed through use of which communication strategy?

A) yelling
B) extensive vocabulary
C) interrogation
D) nonverbal means

Question 41

What does the term "real culture" refer to?

A) the cultural values the majority of people identify with
B) the elements of culture that have material forms
C) practices engaged in by the majority of people in a given society
D) the cultural norms that ensure the continued existence of the culture

Question 42

Which term refers to a group of people who share a distinctive set of cultural beliefs and behaviours that differ in some significant way from that of the larger society?

A) a subculture
B) a counterculture
C) a contraculture
D) an ethnic neighbourhood

Question 43

In the context of contemporary Canadian society,which term refers to members of Antifa?

A) subculture
B) cultural mosaic
C) counter culture
D) subterranean

Question 44

What is a cultural omnivore?

A) someone with the resources to consume as much elite culture as they wish to consume
B) someone whose cultural preferences are focused on culinary tastes
C) someone who consumes elements of both popular and high culture
D) someone who has no real appreciation of the culture which they consume

Question 45

Which term refers to the assumption that one's own culture and way of life are superior to all others?

A) group superiority
B) ethnocentrism
C) the authoritarian personality
D) self-centredness

Question 46

In the context of contemporary Canadian,which term refers to society members of liberal political and social organizations?

A) subculture
B) cultural mosaic
C) counter culture
D) subterranean

Question 47

Which statement best reflects the views of cultural critic John Fiske?

A) Popular culture plays a role in shaping mass culture.
B) High culture plays a role in shaping popular culture.
C) Popular culture plays a role in shaping elite culture.
D) The three forms of culture exist as independent forms.

Question 48

Which statement would a conflict theorist agree with?

A) Popular culture is inherently democratic.
B) Popular culture is a social fact.
C) Popular culture may be dysfunctional if it undermines core cultural values.
D) Popular culture diverts our attention from the real problems faced by society.

Question 49

What does the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis argue?

A) Language imprisons people.
B) Language is common to both animals and humans.
C) Language shapes how its speakers view reality.
D) Language is less important than symbols in determining how we view the world.

Question 50

Which statement best defines "high culture"?

A) It refers to the influence of cannabis use on contemporary films,books,and television.
B) It prevents social reproduction of the classes.
C) It includes opera and Shakespeare Festivals.
D) It is rarely associated with status symbols.

Question 51

Which of the following is an example of a counterculture?

A) Hutterites
B) Black Bloc protesters
C) 1990s rave drug enthusiasts
D) Italian Canadians

Question 52

I believe it is wrong for the military to recruit a 13-year-old in the Republic of the Sudan or in the Republic of South Sudan,but I don't believe it is wrong to recruit 16-year-old in Canada.As a result,what might others accuse me of?

A) cultural duplicity
B) extreme cultural relativism
C) cultural intolerance
D) ethnocentrism

Question 53

What did the members of the Frankfurt School argue?

A) Mass culture provided an important alternative to popular culture.
B) Popular culture has the potential to raise standards of cultural awareness.
C) Both mass culture and popular culture lack historical perspective.
D) Popular culture serves the dominant class while exploiting the lower class.

Question 54

Which of the following is an example of ethnocentrism that a Canadian or American might be guilty of?

A) respecting cultural differences no matter what
B) assuming democracy is the best social model
C) finding what others eat intriguing and interesting
D) seeing other religions as on a par with your own

Question 55

Which of the following best defines "ideology"?

A) a set of ideas that support the needs and views of a particular group
B) a coherent set of political ideas that can be empirically examined
C) a type of sociological theory
D) the treatment of cultural heroes as idols

Question 56

What is a key aspect of Canadian identity?

A) a commitment to rugged individualism
B) the notion that Canada is "the land of the free and the home of the brave"
C) a recognition that we are not American
D) a well-known and well-respected national cuisine

Question 57

Near Kitchener,Ontario,there are peaceful communities of Mennonites who practise their religion,live apart from mainstream society,wear their own style of clothes,and practise farming with minimal mechanization.What term do sociologists apply to people living this lifestyle?

A) foreign culture
B) subculture
C) counterculture
D) subversive culture

Question 58

Which statement best defines "popular culture"?

A) It is often associated with youth culture.
B) It really began in the 1930s in North America.
C) It includes movies and television,but not phone apps or fast food restaurants.
D) It is included in the cultural mosaic.

Question 59

Which term refers to the belief that the behaviours and customs of any culture must be viewed and analyzed by the culture's own standards?

A) cultural xenocentrism
B) diversity in practice
C) cultural relativism
D) reverse ethnocentrism

Question 60

Jolene texts her boyfriend that she is running late.She ends the text with "XO." According to the text,what label can be given to the "XO"?

A) technological change
B) an informal norm
C) diffusion
D) a symbol

Question 61

The title "firefighter" was introduced to reduce gendered cultural constructions.

Question 62

The 1991 Canadian study which attempted to identify Canadian values identified one such value as "attachment to Canada's natural beauty"

Question 63

Taboos do not really exist in modern societies.

Question 64

The tangible and physical items which people have created for their use forms an important part of what sociologists refer to as "tangible culture."

Question 65

Judging another culture exclusively by the standards of one's own culture is called ethnocentrism.

Question 66

Briefly discuss why many observers believe that the use of androcentric terms is problematic.

Question 67

The postmodern lens affirms the existence of two distinct cultural worlds in Canada.

Question 68

Culture is the sum of the social environment in which we are raised and continue to be socialized throughout our lives.

Question 69

The first language Angela learned to speak was Italian and she still understands and speaks the language.We can say that Italian is her "Native language."

Question 70

High culture in Canada includes symbols such as maple syrup,Canadian beer,and poutine.

Question 71

Cultures generally remain static.

Question 72

One of the key factors distinguishing folkways and mores is the seriousness of the penalty associated with the violation of the norm.

Question 73

Using examples,describe three types of material culture and their impact of material culture on social life.

Question 74

Ethnocentrism is based on the assumption that one's own way of life is superior to all others.

Question 75

Canada is one of the few societies that has no identifiable value contradictions.

Question 76

Canadian multiculturalism represents an attempt on the part of government to promote ethnocentrism.

Question 77

A person who enjoys a wide variety of ethnic foods but otherwise ignores cultural diversity is what we mean by the term "cultural omnivore."

Question 78

Observing cultural norms without even realizing we are doing so is indicative of the internalization of norms.

Question 79

Language is the primary facilitator of culture because it enables us to pass knowledge on from one generation to the next.

Question 80

According to conflict theorists,ideology is a tool used by the elite to maintain their position of dominance in society.