Cultural Challenges — Quiz

Question 1

What evidence supports the fact that Western political ideas have spread to Asia?

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Democratic governments are being established in Asian countries.

Question 2

What is a negative effect of being able to experience the same things worldwide through modern technology?

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The shared experiences can dilute traditional cultures.

Question 3

New technology can help preserve culture by

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recording and documenting it.

Question 4

What is the best explanation for how diffusion can cause culture to lose its uniqueness?

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Culture can become generic.

Question 5

What kind of economy might a country have if it was influenced by Western thought?

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capitalist

Question 6

For those who have become less connected to their cultural traditions, modern technology can help keep these traditions alive by

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preserving the traditions through recordings and photographs.

Question 7

Which are examples of modern technologies that can spread culture more quickly than in the past? Choose four correct answers.

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Internet; cell phones; jet planes; satellites

Question 8

Which are positive effects of the connection between cultural diffusion and technology? Choose three correct answers.

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Students can study the past.; People can record their customs.; It can become easier to document ideas.

Cultural Challenges — Quiz Answers