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English is the official language of about 5 percent of humanity,and it has become the preferred second language in most of the world.

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Culture refers to values,beliefs,behavior,and material things that form a way of life.

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The emergence of computer-based instant messaging shows how new symbols are being created all the time.

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B) False

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Canada has a popular culture but not a high culture.

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B) False

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Mores are norms that have great moral significance.

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B) False

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The structural-functional approach sees culture as a relatively stable system of integrated patterns people use to meet their needs.

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B) False

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Values are standards that serve as broad guidelines for living.

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B) False

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Experiencing an unfamiliar culture can generate culture shock.

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B) False

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Japan is more multicultural than Canada.

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B) False

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Symbols refer to anything that carries meaning recognized by people who share culture.

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B) False

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Certain ways of life are biologically "natural" to humans everywhere.

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B) False

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Cultural relativism means using your own cultural standards to evaluate another culture.

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B) False

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Across Canada,mores vary more than folkways.

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B) False

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It is fair to say that humans are prisoners of our existing culture.

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Cultural values in high-income nations tend to be secular-rational,giving greater importance to personal self-expression.

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Technology refers to knowledge people use to make a way of life in their surroundings.

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People around the world have much the same outward appearance,wearing the same clothing and bodily decoration.

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Cultural values in Canada always go together-they are all consistent with one another.

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In general,low-income nations have cultures that value individualism and personal self-expression.

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Symbols allow people to make sense of their surroundings.

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