Question 1

The Japanese and Chinese educational systems achieve remarkably similar results when measured by almost any objective standard.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Japan, the Arara, and the Baka all possess a stronger sense of group identity than an individualistic orientation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

More than half of all executions in world occur annually in:

Accepted Answer

A)   southern hemisphere countries outside of Asia
B)   northern hemisphere countries
C)   North Korea
D)   Iran
E)   China E

Question 4

Russia ranks ahead of China on the Human Development Index.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Brazilian culture is more homogeneous than Chinese culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Sociologists use the term ethnocentrism in order to refer to:

Accepted Answer

A)   transmitting culture from one generation to the next
B)   the belief that one's culture is superior to other cultures
C)   a common psychological identity based on race
D)   all of the above
E)   none of the above

Question 7

FUNAI refers to the organization which:

Accepted Answer

A)   investigates the annual Human Development Index
B)   made first contact with the Baka people
C)   arbitrated Jimmy Carter's involvement in Sudan
D)   decides Brazil's Indian policy
E)   negotiated the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Question 8

Extended families, a close relationship with nature, story telling, widespread use of music, and informal socialization are all characteristic of:

Accepted Answer

A)   the Baka culture
B)   Japanese culture
C)   Russian culture
D)   American culture
E)   Brazilian culture

Question 9

Match between columns
                        Premises: Writings immortalized in Little Red Book
Westerner who says Islam is no monolithic bloc
Wrote book called the Slave Soul of Russia
"The cautious seldom err"
Classified cultures for comparison
Religion and politics are one
Individualism is the quintessential American value
Architect of liberalized Chinese economy
Story about culture-laden perceptions
Compares Russians and Irish as sentimental peoples
Chronicled decline in Russian health conditions
Describes U.S. and Japan as "oddest couple"
Religion and politics are separable
Last leader of the Soviet Union
Distinguishes the private from public side of Russians

Accepted Answer

The Answer of Robert Bellah and Maury Feschbach and Mao is...

Question 10

Anthropologist Dorothy Lee warns against blindly accepting the myth that humans are always better off in modern cultures than in traditional ones.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Respect for the elderly is more ingrained into American culture than Chinese culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In which cultural context would the experience of "losing face" be interpreted as most serious?

Accepted Answer

A)   Japan and China
B)   Morocco and Russia
C)   Arara and Amish
D)   Baka and Arara
E)   United States and Mexico

Question 13

Which country is most seriously disadvantaged by the percentage of its land taken up by mountains?

Accepted Answer

A)   Japan
B)   China
C)   United States
D)   Russia
E)   Morocco

Question 14

Who was NOT a Russian reform leader?

Accepted Answer

A)   Peter the Great
B)   Catherine the Great
C)   Alexander II
D)   Mikhail Gorbachev
E)   Nicholas II

Question 15

Which country is relatively more homogeneous?

Accepted Answer

A)   Canada
B)   United States
C)   Japan
D)   Brazil
E)   Russia

Question 16

It is possible for there to be one broad Chinese nation but two different Chinese states.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

For which culture does a myth of atonement serve as a powerful influence on its attitudes and values:

Accepted Answer

A)   Pygmy
B)   Baka
C)   Arara
D)   Amish
E)   Tuvan

Question 18

Economic vibrancy as measured by Gross National Product is about equal in Hong Kong and in the People's Republic of China.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What do we call "a rigidity in the acceptance of the culturally alike and in the rejection of the culturally unalike"?

Accepted Answer

A)   cultural relativism
B)   cultural positivism
C)   scientism
D)   humanism
E)   ethnocentrism

Question 20

Confucius was an ancient Chinese philosopher who advocated strong family ties, social stability, and a system of meritocracy for filling leadership positions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 11: Comparative Cultures

The Japanese and Chinese educational systems achieve remarkably similar results when measured by almost any objective standard.

Japan, the Arara, and the Baka all possess a stronger sense of group identity than an individualistic orientation.

More than half of all executions in world occur annually in:

Russia ranks ahead of China on the Human Development Index.

Brazilian culture is more homogeneous than Chinese culture.

Sociologists use the term ethnocentrism in order to refer to:

FUNAI refers to the organization which:

Extended families, a close relationship with nature, story telling, widespread use of music, and informal socialization are all characteristic of:

Matching Names:

Anthropologist Dorothy Lee warns against blindly accepting the myth that humans are always better off in modern cultures than in traditional ones.

Respect for the elderly is more ingrained into American culture than Chinese culture.

In which cultural context would the experience of "losing face" be interpreted as most serious?

Which country is most seriously disadvantaged by the percentage of its land taken up by mountains?

Who was NOT a Russian reform leader?

Which country is relatively more homogeneous?

It is possible for there to be one broad Chinese nation but two different Chinese states.

For which culture does a myth of atonement serve as a powerful influence on its attitudes and values:

Economic vibrancy as measured by Gross National Product is about equal in Hong Kong and in the People's Republic of China.

What do we call "a rigidity in the acceptance of the culturally alike and in the rejection of the culturally unalike"?

Confucius was an ancient Chinese philosopher who advocated strong family ties, social stability, and a system of meritocracy for filling leadership positions.