Deck 4: Coureurs De Bois: Cross-Cultural and Interfaith Dimensions

Question 1

Our understandings of death and dying vary according to historical and __________ contexts.

A) conceptual
B) cultural
C) life span
D) gendered

Answer 1

cultural

Question 2

Language, beliefs, values, norms, and customs are all parts of __________.

A) culture
B) bereavement
C) ethnocentrism
D) life expectancy

Answer 2

culture

Question 3

__________ involves the assessment of other cultures as inferior based on our own invisible biases.

A) Chautauqua
B) Assimilation
C) Acculturation
D) Ethnocentrism

Answer 3

Ethnocentrism

Question 4

A temple to honor the dead is an example of __________.

A) material culture
B) nonmaterial culture
C) cultural relativism
D) ethnocentrism

Question 5

Ethnocentrism is more closely related to the __________ approach than the __________ approach.

A) emic, etic
B) etic, emic
C) ethnic, racial
D) customs, culture

Question 6

In the U.S. equal opportunity is an example of __________ culture, not __________ culture.

A) emic, etic
B) epic, ethnocentric
C) real, ideal
D) ideal, real

Question 7

When one travels to another country they are participating in __________.

A) culture contact
B) ethnocentrism
C) real culture
D) ideal culture

Question 8

Encountering a McDonalds in India is an example of __________.

A) nonmaterial culture
B) relativism
C) cultural diffusion
D) ideal culture

Question 9

Cultural diffusion is one consequence of __________.

A) culture contact
B) globalization
C) real culture
D) cultural universal

Question 10

One example of a cultural universal is __________.

A) religion
B) realism
C) meritocracy
D) psychological theory

Question 11

A functionalist perspective is concerned with explaining __________.

A) who benefits from religion
B) how religion is meaningful
C) the role religion plays in society
D) why people turn to religion

Question 12

The __________ perspective aims to understand religious symbols and practices.

A) functionalist
B) postmodern
C) conflict
D) symbolic interaction

Question 13

A theory about the universe is also referred to as __________.

A) astrology
B) cosmology
C) symbolic interaction
D) functionalism

Question 14

What theoretical perspective explains religion as a way of maintaining the status quo of an unequal society?

A) functionalism
B) symbolic interaction
C) conflict
D) postmodernism

Question 15

The __________ family of religions includes Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

A) Abrahamic
B) Essentialist
C) Spiritual
D) Hinduism

Question 16

What concept is common among Buddhism and Hinduism?

A) samsara
B) moska
C) nirvana
D) liberation

Question 17

The holy season in Islamic culture is called __________.

A) Ramadan
B) Christmas
C) Hanukah
D) Passover

Question 18

Los dias de muertos is a __________ folk tradition honoring the dead.

A) Buddhist
B) Brazilian
C) Mexican
D) Islamic

Question 19

What theorist's definition of religion includes the tenant that religion brings people together and is expressed in a community context?

A) Weber
B) Durkheim
C) Marx
D) Goffman

Question 20

What theoretical perspective claims 'grand narratives' that promote the exclusive claim on the truth are problematic?

A) conflict
B) functionalism
C) symbolic interaction
D) postmodern

Question 21

In the __________ tradition continuity is what happens in life after death.

A) Buddhist
B) Islamic
C) Judaic
D) Hindu

Question 22

In the Hindu tradition reincarnation is also known as __________.

A) anatman
B) moska
C) nirvana
D) samsara

Question 23

Compare and contrast how the functionalist, symbolic interaction, and conflict perspectives seek to understand religion in society.

Question 24

Explain the differences between how Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam make sense of matters of life and death. What beliefs and practices are similar in the three traditions?

Question 25

Define and explain the concept of Chautauqua and why it helps us understand death and dying in a cross-cultural perspective.

Question 26

Outline and explain the significance of the four stages of life in the Hindu human lifecycle.

Question 27

Choose two different religious traditions discussed in the chapter and write an essay that explains how material and nonmaterial culture are present in those two different religious traditions. Provide specific examples of each type of culture for each tradition to illustrate your understanding of the concepts and religious traditions.