Exam 3: Culture: With Emphasis on Transcultural Encounters and Exchanges

Material culture includes

In time, American women who visit Korean bathhouses report that they

Communitarian utopians

Which one of the following groups represents an example of a counterculture?

The term transcultural alerts us to the fact that

Organizers of the gay games can be considered _________________ in that they have created a new order in which anyone, regardless of ability or sexual orientation, can compete.

In any society there are many groups that share values of the mainstream culture but possess cultural characteristics that set them apart in some way. These groups are known as

The U.S. military has personnel stationed in 140 countries. The military constitutes a ______________ when it is not welcomed by the residents.

In the United States, singular possessive pronouns (e.g., "my")are used to refer to things over which we do not have exclusive control or ownership. This reflects the American preoccupation with

"Continuous conversation, rather than silence, validates a relationship." This statement is an example of a

Material culture includes

Which one of the following statements speaks to the role of age in the Korean language?

A Korean American Catholic Church shares many of the cultural traits of mainstream Catholicism such as a clerical collar worn by priests but its statues of Mary and Jesus have Korean appearance. The Korean American church qualifies as a

"The sounds coming from a bird leads a speaker of English to think that the bird is singing, while it leads a speaker of Korean to think that the bird is weeping." This difference supports the

A folkway is

In Korea young children of both sexes bathe with their mothers and other women in public. This expectation for behavior in the context of a bathhouse is a

The use of the word "my" (e.g., my mother)as opposed to "our" (e.g., our mother)reflects a preoccupation with

____________ are internal bodily sensations that we experience in relationships with other people.

A U.S. soldier returning to the U.S. after a tour of duty in Iraq stated that he was "less tolerant of stupid people…stupid people doing stupid things" and that he was particularly irritated by the question, "Did you kill anyone?" The soldier is experiencing

If you were a language teacher, what would you say to your class on the first day to impress upon them that learning a language is also learning a culture?