01A.1.3 Cultural diversity and cultural hybridity Quiz: OCR Sociology, Unit 1

The 20 questions

1. What term describes the coexistence of multiple distinct cultures within one society?

   • Ethnocentrism
   • Cultural assimilation
   • Cultural diversity
   • Cultural hybridity

2. Which process involves the mixing of two or more distinct cultures to create something new?

   • Cultural imperialism
   • High culture
   • Subculture
   • Cultural hybridity

3. What phrase did Stuart Hall use to describe the British-Asian fusion identity?

   • Folk devils
   • New ethnicities
   • Subcultural styles
   • Lost generations

4. Which concept describes adopting elements of another culture without permission or deep understanding?

   • Cultural appropriation
   • Cultural diffusion
   • Globalisation
   • Socialisation

5. What term describes judging other cultures solely by the standards of one's own culture?

   • Multiculturalism
   • Ethnocentrism
   • Cultural relativism
   • Secularisation

6. Which approach understands cultural practices within the context of that specific culture?

   • Cultural relativism
   • Cultural imperialism
   • Universalism
   • Ethnocentrism

7. What is the spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another called?

   • Anomie
   • Culture lag
   • Cultural diffusion
   • Social stratification

8. Which term describes the dominance of one culture over others, often through media power?

   • Cultural pluralism
   • Cultural hybridity
   • Cultural imperialism
   • Subcultural resistance

9. A young British Pakistani woman who blends traditional dress with Western music demonstrates what?

   • Cultural hybridity
   • Culture bound
   • Cultural lag
   • Ethnocentric bias

10. If a school celebrates Eid, Diwali, and Christmas, which value is it actively promoting?

    • Cultural monism
    • Cultural diversity
    • Ethnocentrism
    • High culture

11. Wearing Native American headdresses as a fashion accessory at a music festival is an example of what?

    • Cultural appropriation
    • Cultural diffusion
    • Cultural assimilation
    • Cultural exchange

12. Dismissing foreign dietary habits as bizarre or disgusting without investigation is an example of what?

    • Cultural relativism
    • Cultural pluralism
    • Ethnocentrism
    • Postmodernism

13. Which sociological perspective views cultural diversity as a source of social integration and enrichment?

    • Radical feminism
    • Marxism
    • Interactionism
    • Functionalism

14. How might a Marxist sociologist typically view the rise of global consumer pop culture?

    • Pure hybridity
    • Cultural imperialism
    • Cultural relativism
    • Organic folk culture

15. What do postmodernists celebrate about contemporary globalised societies regarding culture?

    • Cultural diversity
    • Monoculturalism
    • Cultural uniformity
    • Absolute conformity

16. Which term describes a society where many distinct subcultures and ethnic groups exist side by side?

    • Totalitarianism
    • Multiculturalism
    • Assimilationism
    • Ethnostate

17. When two distinct ethnic groups intermarry and their descendants form a unique merged culture, this shows:

    • Ethnocentric retreat
    • Cultural lag
    • Cultural isolation
    • Cultural hybridity

18. Refusing to condemn a cultural practice because it makes sense within its own belief system is:

    • Ethnocentrism
    • Universalism
    • Cultural relativism
    • Absolutism

19. The rapid global spread of American fast-food chains and Hollywood films is an instance of what?

    • Cultural imperialism
    • Cultural relativism
    • Cultural hybridity
    • Folk culture

20. What concept highlights that cultures are not static islands, but constantly borrow and adapt from others?

    • Ethnocentric closure
    • Cultural diffusion
    • Cultural stasis
    • High culture

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