Cultural Lesson 2

What is a cultural universal?

• A pattern or trait that is globally common to all societies

• A pattern or trait that is not common to any society

• A pattern or trait that is unique to a specific culture

• A pattern or trait that is common to only a few societies

Which anthropologist first recognized the existence of cultural universals?

• George Murdock

• Ken Barger

• Anthony Bourdain

• William Graham Sumner

What is ethnocentrism?

• Evaluating and judging another culture based on how it compares to one’s cultural norms

• Assessing a culture by its own standards rather than viewing it through the lens of one’s own culture

• The belief that another culture is superior to one’s own

• The deliberate imposition of one’s own cultural values on another culture

What is cultural relativism?

• The deliberate imposition of one’s own cultural values on another culture

• The belief that another culture is superior to one’s own

• Evaluating and judging another culture based on how it compares to one’s cultural norms

• The practice of assessing a culture by its own standards rather than viewing it through the lens of one’s own culture

What is the opposite of ethnocentrism?

• Cultural imperialism

• Cultural relativism

• Xenocentrism

• Cultural universalism

What is an example of cultural imperialism?

• The deliberate imposition of one’s own cultural values on another culture

• The recognition of patterns or traits that are globally common to all societies

• The practice of assessing a culture by its own standards rather than viewing it through the lens of one’s own culture

• The belief that another culture is superior to one’s own

What is culture shock?

• The deliberate imposition of one’s own cultural values on another culture

• The belief that another culture is superior to one’s own

• The practice of assessing a culture by its own standards rather than viewing it through the lens of one’s own culture

• Disorientation and frustration experienced when confronted with cultural differences

What did Ken Barger learn to engage in while living with the Inuit tribe?

• Cultural relativism

• Ethnocentrism

• Xenocentrism

• Cultural imperialism

What is the practice of assessing a culture by its own standards rather than viewing it through the lens of one’s own culture?

• Cultural relativism

• Ethnocentrism

• Cultural imperialism

• Xenocentrism

What is the opposite of ethnocentrism?

• Xenocentrism

• Cultural universalism

• Cultural relativism

• Cultural imperialism