Deck 4: Building Order: Culture and History

Question 1

What is ironic about the latipso,the Nacirema people's temple for the sick?

A)It is actually a temple for healthy people
B)The medicine men ask for little compensation,but receive great amounts of money from the faithful.
C)Although Nacirema children hear terrible stories about the latipso,they still clamor to get inside the temple.
D)The Nacirema have incredible faith in its rituals but few leave the temple in a healthy state.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Watson states that Hong Kong in the 1990s was considered one of the most _____ cultural environments in the world.

A)closed-minded
B)heterogeneous
C)sophisticated
D)distinguished

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Ann Fadiman's article,"The Melting Pot," describes how the Hmong refugees:

A)have successfully become a part of the American melting pot.
B)have lost their distinct ethnic identity as they integrated into American culture.
C)found it quite effortless to understand and learn the various technologies that shape American lives.
D)faced continuous difficulties and even hostilities because of their refusal to "melt" into the American culture.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Hmong parents viewed Americanization as a threat.

Question 5

Sociologists would call the Hmong:

A)voluntary migrants.
B)assimilated immigrants.
C)involuntary migrants.
D)resistant immigrants.

Question 6

The rules and standards that govern all social encounters are referred to as:

A)social norms.
B)peer influences.
C)societal behavior.
D)ingrained customs.

Question 7

The Hmong in the United States tend to have small families.

Question 8

All McDonald's restaurants in Hong Kong have a thirty-minute table time rule.

Question 9

According to Fadiman,Hmong are considered America's least successful refugees.

Question 10

Sound sociological research helps us:

A)define global appropriate behavior.
B)rationalize criminal behavior.
C)understand different points of view.
D)decipher human intentions.

Question 11

Which of the following characterizes the Hmong penal system?

A)High prison population
B)Corporal punishment
C)Impersonal and bureaucratic
D)Public humiliation

Question 12

What would you call a "holy-mouth-man"?

A)A priest
B)A dentist
C)A personal trainer
D)A singer

Question 13

Hmong highly value:

A)purposeful dreaming.
B)group solidarity.
C)individual initiative.
D)self-promotion.

Question 14

_____ is a key element of McDonald's U.S.success that did not work in Hong Kong.

A)Competence
B)Cleanliness
C)Table space
D)Friendly service

Question 15

Hong Kong consumers had difficulty with all of the following aspects of the fast food formula except:

A)forming a queue.
B)bussing their own tables.
C)figuring out how to eat a French fry.
D)waiting for others to finish eating before hovering over a table.

Question 16

McDonald's birthday parties are a rarity in Hong Kong.

Question 17

What is the sociological point of Miner's article?

A)The Nacirema were driven into extinction by war.
B)We take aspects of our culture for granted.
C)The Nacirema are obsessed with their spiritual deities.
D)The Nacirema treat psychological problems with magic.

Question 18

Which characteristic is not an essential component of Hong Kong food?

A)Fast
B)Convenient
C)Hot
D)Aromatic

Question 19

The role of a "listener" in the Nacirema culture is not unlike that of a _____.

A)therapist
B)dentist
C)pet
D)best friend

Question 20

Which of the following is evidence that the Nacirema people believe the human body is ugly?

A)Bathing and excretory acts take place during public rituals
B)From childhood,people talk about the details of the rituals that take place in the home's shrine to the human body.
C)Bathing and excretory acts take place in the privacy of the household shrine.
D)Healthy people regularly visit the lapisto.