LEARNING ACTIVITIES / CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT MULTIPLE CHOICE 1.

______________ is a modern concept based on a term first used in classical antiquity by the Roman orator, Cicero: "cultura animi". a) Culture b) Environment c) Ecology d) Values 2. For him, culture refers to "the cultivation of individuals through the agency of external forms which have been objectified in the course of history". a) b) c) d) George Samuel Giovanni Sime George Simmel Giovanni Samson

3. In what century culture emerged as a concept central to anthropology, encompassing all human phenomena that are not purely results of human genetics? a) b) c) d) 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century

4. A ______________ places emphasis on objects, material accomplishments; the acquisition of material wealth; skill and productivity in arts and crafts; technology; fine buildings and displays of material prosperity. a) b) c) d) Object culture Material culture Non-Object culture Non-Material culture

5. A _____________ values 'abstract/intangible' things more highly than objects, e.g. things such as ideas; the things of the mind; philosophy; metaphysic,spirituality, values,beliefs, relationships between god and man. a) b) c) d) Object culture Material culture Non-Object culture Non-Material culture

6. It examines the relationship between a culture and its natural environment. a) b) c) d) Material Ecology Natural Ecology Cultural Ecology Deep Ecology

7. It advocates a change in culture to one where we see human beings as equal partners in the community of life but not the owners. a) b) c) d) Material Ecology Natural Ecology Cultural Ecology Deep Ecology

8. Taking a/an ___________ law degree appears to cultivate extrinsic values and diminish wellbeing in students during their course of study and certain types of religious schooling have been shown to cultivate tradition and security values. a) b) c) d) American European German Roman

9. Our cultural ecology sees ____________ as separate from and superior to the rest of nature. a) b) c) d) Human Beings Animals Plants Environment

10. Specifically, the term "culture" in American anthropology had two meanings: i. ii. iii. the evolved human capacity to classify and represent experiences with symbols, and to act imaginatively and creatively the distinct ways that people living in different parts of the world classified and represented their experiences, and acted creatively the cultivation of individuals through the agency of external forms which have been objectified in the course of history a) i & ii b) ii &iii c) i & iii d) None of these

11. The term "culture" first began to take its current usage by __________ in the 18th and 19th centuries a) b) c) d) 12. Americans Europeans Germans Romans

Answer key: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. A C D B D C D A A A B