quiz

Question 1

learned behaviour;not biologically inhereted

Answer 1

culture

Question 2

can be defined as all the ways of life including arts, beliefs, and institutions of the population

Answer 2

culture

Question 3

shapes human behavior to produce intangible(nonmaterial) and tangible (material) components of culture

Answer 3

culture

Question 4

examples of intangible ideas created by members of society

Answer 4

beliefs, law, religion

Question 5

the smallest distinctive items of culture. (language,tools,games,music,beliefs)

Answer 5

culture traits

Question 6

a large portion of the earth’s surface occupied by recognizable and distinctive cultural traits

Answer 6

culture region

Question 7

disorientation due to the inability to make sense of one’s surroundings and common for foreign travel

Answer 7

culture shock

Question 8

process by which people learn the dynamics of their surrounding culture

Answer 8

enculturation

Question 9

it is where an individual learns their own culture and it happens within the family, learning the language is one of the main ways

Answer 9

enculturation

Question 10

adopting many characteristics of another culture group

may involve changes in the original culture pattern

one cultural group adopting the practices of another cultural group

Answer 10

acculturation

Question 11

the belief that one’s own culture is superior to all others and is the standard by which all other cultures should be measured

is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one’s own culture

Answer 11

ethnocentrism

Question 12

preferring ideas and things from other cultures over your own

it is an assumption that other/ certain cultures lead to a superiority complex and yours is inferior

culturally based tendency to value other cultures more highly than one’s own

Answer 12

xenocentrism

Question 13

understanding cultures in its own terms

the ability to understand a culture on its own terms and not to make judgements using standards of ones own culture

Answer 13

cuultural relativism

Question 14

cannot be known without an experience of the culture

one may be aware of surface culture traits but not aware of deep culture

Answer 14

deep culture

Question 15

traits that are apparent and readily visible to an external observer

Answer 15

surface culture

Question 16

which is the plural of medium, refers to the communication channels through which we disseminate news, music, movies, education, promotional messages, and other data

Answer 16

media

Question 17

it includes physical and online newspaper and magazines,television,radio,etc

Answer 17

media

Question 18

it describes the various ways through which we communicate in society.

Answer 18

media

Question 19

refers to the culture created under the influence of mass media.

Answer 19

media culture

Question 20

a major factor in the formation of mainstream culture since it affects society’s opinion, values, tastes, attitudes, and informational availability

Answer 20

media culture

Question 21

2 Media’s effect on globalization

Answer 21

• the world is more connected than ever before due to a robust number of news outlets and socmed.

-the media today plays an important role in globalization - interconnectedness.

Question 22

global media cultures

Answer 22

globalization entails the spread of various cultures.

involves the spread of ideas

relies on media as its main conduit for the spread of global culture and ideas

Question 23

5 periods of evolution of media

Answer 23

-oral communication
-script
-printing press
-electronic media
-digital media

Question 24

known to be the oldest and most enduring of all media

Answer 24

oral communication

Question 25

considered the lifeline of globalization

Answer 25

language

Question 26

is humankind's principal technology for collecting,manipulating,storing,retrieving,communicating,and disseminating information.

Answer 26

writing

Question 27

writing may be invented 3 times in diff parts of the world:

Answer 27

near east, china, mesoamerica

Question 28

a device that allows for the mass production of uniform printed matter, mainly text in the form of books, pamphlets and newspapers.

Answer 28

printing press

Question 29

he developed the printing press in the 15th century with his invention Gutenberg press

Answer 29

Johannes Gutenberg

Question 30

refers to the broadcast storage or storage media that take advantage of electronic technology

Answer 30

electronic media

Question 31

includes television,radio,internet,fax,cd roms,dvd, etc

Answer 31

electronic media

Question 32

is considered the most important media influencing globalization and it gives access to the global and marketplace and transformed the cultural life

Answer 32

computer