SOCIOLOGY: EXPLORING CULTURE: CONCEPTS OF CULTURE QUIZ (100%) 1.) Which is a characteristic of popular culture?
**Answer**
A. quick to change its commonalities.

2.) Cultures may adopt the values and practices of other groups.
**Answer**
True.

3.) Popular culture is practiced by a diverse and group of people.
**Answer**
D. Heterogeneous.

4.) Which of the following is an example of cultural assimilation?
**Answer**
A. A new immigrant from Mexico learns how to speak English after enrolling in an American school.

5.) A culture made of a group of people in a particular region or location with shared customs, values, traits, and experiences that are easily identified is called
**Answer**
C. local culture.

6.) Which of the following statements best describes changes to the culture of the Inuit people?
**Answer**
B. Many traditions remain unchanged, but others have been modernized.

7.) The spreading of soccer around the world is an example of cultural .
**Answer**
A. Diffusion.

8.) What was the most important reason the city of Boston chose to fill in much of their swampy land and coastal areas?
**Answer**
C. More land was needed for its growing population.

9.) Popular culture .
**Answer**
A. is fluid and can change quickly

10.) Despite external influences, cultures don't change.
**Answer**
False.

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Select the correct text in the passage. in richard connell's short story "the most dangerous game," zaroffs aristocratic appearance and dignified manners mask his sinister, animalistic nature. which line from the excerpt best provides a glimpse into his true nature? rainsford's first impression was that the man was singularly handsome; his second was that there was an original, almost bizarre quality about the general's face. he was a tall man past middle age, for his hair was a vivid white; but his thick eyebrows and pointed military mustache were as black as the night from which rainsford had come. his eyes, too, were black and very bright. he had high cheekbones, a sharpcut nose, a spare, dark face-the face of a man used to giving orders, the face of an aristocrat. turning to the giant in uniform, the general made a sign. the giant put away his pistol, saluted, withdrew. "ivan is an incredibly strong fellow," remarked the general, "but he has the misfortune to be deaf and dumb. a simple fellow, but, i'm afraid, like all his race, a bit of a savage." "is he russian? " "he is a cossack," said the general, and his smile showed red lips and pointed teeth. "so am i." half apologetically general zaroff said, "we do our best to preserve the amenities of civilization here. forgive any lapses. we are well off the beaten track, you know." laughter shook the general. "how extraordinarily droll you are! " he said. "one does not expect nowadays to find a young man of the educated class, even in america, with such a naive, and, if i may say so, mid-victorian point of view. it's like finding a snuffbox in a limousine. ah, well, doubtless you