Vocabulary Quiz (English)

What is the process of adjusting to environmental changes to survive and thrive?

​ (a)   change is a gradual development over time, whereas​ (b)   change is rapid, irreversible change to how society functions.

• Evolutionary
• transformative

Match the following

• Values

• Deeply held principles that guide behaviour

• Identity

• A group of individuals with a shared culture and territory

• Society

• The act of becoming different or undergoing transformation

• Rituals

• A person’s sense of self shaped by culture and experiences

• Change

• Symbolic ceremonies performed according to tradition

What term describes the belief in the superiority of one’s own culture?

• Ethnocentrism

• Cultural Relativism

• Belief System

• Social Construct

Match the following

• Meso World

• Individual level influencing the self

• Modernisation

• Community level influencing daily interactions

• Macro World

• Large-scale level influencing societies

• Micro Level

• A concept collectively constructed and accepted by society, like race or beauty

• Social Construct

• Adopting contemporary practices and technologies

What is a network of living organisms interacting with their environment

Match the following

• Customs

• The diminishing influence of religion in society

• Ideology

• Traditional practices passed down in a community

• Secularisation

• The release of gases like carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

• Emissions

• A system of ideas that shapes societal organisation and behaviour

• Gender Roles

• The Expectations and behaviours associated with a person's gender

Draw a source of renewable energy

Which of the following is an example of biodiversity?

• A 1m squared patch of grass with only one species of grass and no other plants or animals.

• A farm that only grows one type of crop, such as corn.

• A rainforest with thousands of different plant, animal, and insect species.

• A man-made filtered pond stocked with a single species of fish.