HSC4M EXAM 5 QUESTIONS AND
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
What kind of data did the 2011 National Household Survey collect?
Immigration, place of birth, citizenship, ethnic origin, visible minorities, language and relgion
which G8 country has the lowest percentage of foreign-born population?
The U.S. has the lowest percentage of foreign-born population.
Where are most Canadian immigrants from?
Most are from Asia, including the Middle East.
How much lower than Canada was the United States' percentage of foreign-born
population in 2010?
7.5% lower
What does "ethnic origin" mean?
Ethnic origin means the origin of the respondent's ancestors.
Which Christian group is the largest?
, Roman Catholic
This theorist first studied the idea of culture in anthropology. Identify the theorist
Edward B. Tylor
The medium shapes us and affects our understanding of the message. Which theorist said
this?
Marshall McLuhan
What role does gender play in our understanding of an issue? Which theorist said this?
Gayle Rubin
Our understanding of marriage and the role of a wife within a marriage is a
cultural construction. Which theorist said this?
Anne Kingston or bell hooks
Cultural materialism
This theory states that people act toward things based on the meaning that they have personally
assigned to those things. These personal meanings are derived from social interaction and
modified through interpretation.
Propaganda
This is information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political
cause or point of view.
Rite of passage
a ritual performed in some cultures at times when an individual changes status (as
from adolescence to adulthood)
Patriarchy
social organization marked by the supremacy of the father in the clan or family, the legal
dependence of wives and children, and the reckoning of descent and inheritance in the male
line; broadly: control by men of a disproportionately large share of power
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
What kind of data did the 2011 National Household Survey collect?
Immigration, place of birth, citizenship, ethnic origin, visible minorities, language and relgion
which G8 country has the lowest percentage of foreign-born population?
The U.S. has the lowest percentage of foreign-born population.
Where are most Canadian immigrants from?
Most are from Asia, including the Middle East.
How much lower than Canada was the United States' percentage of foreign-born
population in 2010?
7.5% lower
What does "ethnic origin" mean?
Ethnic origin means the origin of the respondent's ancestors.
Which Christian group is the largest?
, Roman Catholic
This theorist first studied the idea of culture in anthropology. Identify the theorist
Edward B. Tylor
The medium shapes us and affects our understanding of the message. Which theorist said
this?
Marshall McLuhan
What role does gender play in our understanding of an issue? Which theorist said this?
Gayle Rubin
Our understanding of marriage and the role of a wife within a marriage is a
cultural construction. Which theorist said this?
Anne Kingston or bell hooks
Cultural materialism
This theory states that people act toward things based on the meaning that they have personally
assigned to those things. These personal meanings are derived from social interaction and
modified through interpretation.
Propaganda
This is information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political
cause or point of view.
Rite of passage
a ritual performed in some cultures at times when an individual changes status (as
from adolescence to adulthood)
Patriarchy
social organization marked by the supremacy of the father in the clan or family, the legal
dependence of wives and children, and the reckoning of descent and inheritance in the male
line; broadly: control by men of a disproportionately large share of power
