3rd Exam MC

Question 1

othering

Answer 1

-the process of perceiving or portraying someone/something as alien or different

Question 2

culture

Answer 2

• not an attribute of individuals
• only exists in groups
• refers to the values, norms, and beliefs that a society holds

Question 3

society

Answer 3

• a community of people that might or might not be of the same culture
• can be traditional, liberal, or conservative

Question 4

traditional society

Answer 4

-derived from tradition

Question 5

liberal society

Answer 5

-open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism

Question 6

conservative society

Answer 6

-a person who favors maintenance of the status quo or reversion to some earlier status

Question 7

ideal vs reality

Answer 7

• ideal: refers to the values, norms, and beliefs that a society desires to achieve
• reality: an ideal culture can never be realized

Question 8

patrilineal

Answer 8

-father descent

Question 9

matrilineal

Answer 9

-mother descent

Question 10

androcentricism

Answer 10

-anything centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests

Question 11

ascribed status

Answer 11

• the social status a person is assigned at birth or assumed involuntarily later in life
• it is a position that is neither earned nor chosen but assigned

Question 12

male gaze

Answer 12

-act of depicting women and the world, in the visual arts and in literature, from a masculine, heterosexual perspective that presents and represents women as sexual objects for the pleasure of the male viewer

Question 13

man the hunter, woman the gatherer

Answer 13

-men are the exclusive hunters of big game and women are basically “immobilized” by mothering duties

Question 14

suffrage

Answer 14

-vote

Question 15

rich man’s war, poor man’s fight

Answer 15

• during the civil war you could buy your way out of the draft by paying $300
• only the rich could afford that

Question 16

contrband slave

Answer 16

• general Benjamin Butler declared he didn’t have to return slaves, under contraband contraband law, since the south claimed slaves were property/goods
• under this law, goods seized in conflict can be kept by opposing side

Question 17

good death

Answer 17

• dying at home
• in your own bed
• surrounded by family and loved ones
• seeking salvation
• confirming your faith in God

Question 18

photography

Answer 18

-because of its ability to capture reality, not interpret it, photography dramatically changed the average perception of long-held beliefs

Question 19

photo manipulation

Answer 19

-some are considered skillful artwork while others are frowned upon as unethical practices, especially when used to deceive the public

Question 20

abolitionism

Answer 20

-a historic movement to end the African and Indian slave

trade and set slaves free

Question 21

immigration impact

Answer 21

-brought ideas foreign to america (socialism, communism) that more often than not conflicted/threatened capitalism

Question 22

chalk marks

Answer 22

-entrance admission markings used in US ports of entry

Question 23

covert racism

Answer 23

• discriminates against individuals through often evasive or seemingly passive methods
• decisions are often hidden or rationalized with an explanation that society is more willing to accept

Question 24

redlining

Answer 24

denial of various services to residents of specific, often racially associated, neighborhoods, either directly or through the selective raising of prices

Question 25

institutional racism

Answer 25

-a form of racism expressed in the practice of social and political institutions

Question 26

eugenics

Answer 26

-the study in the ability to improve the human race by discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects (inheritable undesirable traits) or encouraging reproduction by persons who have inheritable desirable traits

Question 27

ethnocentrism

Answer 27

-evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one’s own culture