Cultural Behaviors Quiz

What are behaviors that are heavily discouraged by a specific culture?

• Norms

• Taboos

• Traditions

• Customs

Judging other cultures based on your own cultural views is an example of what?

• Ethnocentrism

• Cultural relativism

• Multiculturalism

• Cultural diffusion

Democracy originating in ancient Greece or rap music starting in New York City are examples of what?

• Cultural diffusion

• Cultural hearths

• Cultural assimilation

• Cultural appropriation

What are characteristics that unify a country and provide stability?

• Centripetal forces

• Economic disparity

• Centrifugal forces

• Cultural isolation

What term describes a group of people who share a common history, culture, language, or even ancestry, but is not the same as race?

• Ethnicity

• Nationality

• Race

• Tribe

Which factors can lead to division and unrest within a nation?

• Centripetal forces

• Centrifugal forces

• Strong economic growth

• Effective governance

What is the term for the spread of cultural traits, knowledge, ideas, or trends from hearths to other geographic areas?

• Cultural Diffusion

• Cultural Assimilation

• Cultural Integration

• Cultural Isolation

Europeans migrating to the Americas, spreading their religion and languages, is what kind of diffusion?

• Relocation diffusion

• Contagious diffusion

• Hierarchical diffusion

• Stimulus diffusion

What type of diffusion occurs when wealthy or influential people do something, and it spreads down to others?

• Hierarchical diffusion

• Contagious diffusion

• Relocation diffusion

• Stimulus diffusion

The shrinking of the world in terms of distance and time, facilitated by advances in technology and transportation, is known as:

• Globalization

• Urbanization

• Industrialization

• Colonization