What does vocabulary reveal about a culture?

What will be an ideal response?


Vocabulary is one way of revealing what is important to a society. A language will have many words to describe valued thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and material items.

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Birth rates fall below replacement when the average woman has fewer than child/children over the course of her reproductive life

a. one b. 2.1 c. 3.1 d. four

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The two most popular religions in Africa are:

a. Christianity and Judaism b. Islam and Sikhism c. Judaism and Islam d. Christianity and Islam

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A minority high school student is steered toward vocational classes rather than college preparatory classes. How would tracking explain this?

A. The student would be placed in vocational classes based on the results of a personality test. B. The student's interests would be noted throughout high school to find a career match. C. The student would be placed based on social standing and cultural capital. D. The student's interests and level of intelligence would dictate what the school would offer.

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Karl Manheim used ______ to highlight the importance of the mental realm alongside the material realm.

a. positivism b. Marxism c. phenomenology d. historicism

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