SOCIETY THE BASICS ACTUAL TEST PAPER
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Non-material culture
Answer: -consists of the ideas created by society Ex: Art-Zen
●● Material culture
Answer: -physical things Ex: armchairs-Zippers
●● Society
Answer: -people who interact in a defined territory & share a culture
●● Culture shock
Answer: -disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life
●● Common elements of culture
Answer: -symbols-language-values-norms
●● Symbol
Answer: -anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by
people who share a culture
, ●● Language
Answer: -system of symbols that allows people to communicate with
one another
●● Cultural transmission
Answer: -process by which one generation passes culture to the next
●● Humans
Answer: -creatures who are self-conscious-aware of our limitations-
aware of ultimate mortality-able to dream & hope for a future
●● Sapir-Whorf thesis
Answer: -people see/understand the world through the cultural lens of
language
●● values
Answer: -culturally defined standards that people use to decide what is
good. Serve as guidelines
●● beliefs
Answer: -specific ideas that people hold to be true
●● Robin Williams Jr
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Non-material culture
Answer: -consists of the ideas created by society Ex: Art-Zen
●● Material culture
Answer: -physical things Ex: armchairs-Zippers
●● Society
Answer: -people who interact in a defined territory & share a culture
●● Culture shock
Answer: -disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life
●● Common elements of culture
Answer: -symbols-language-values-norms
●● Symbol
Answer: -anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by
people who share a culture
, ●● Language
Answer: -system of symbols that allows people to communicate with
one another
●● Cultural transmission
Answer: -process by which one generation passes culture to the next
●● Humans
Answer: -creatures who are self-conscious-aware of our limitations-
aware of ultimate mortality-able to dream & hope for a future
●● Sapir-Whorf thesis
Answer: -people see/understand the world through the cultural lens of
language
●● values
Answer: -culturally defined standards that people use to decide what is
good. Serve as guidelines
●● beliefs
Answer: -specific ideas that people hold to be true
●● Robin Williams Jr