Sociology
Ch. 2 Culture
Name ________________________
Hour ________
“The Gods Must Be Crazy”
Movie Guide
1. Define cultural relativism:
2. Why is it important to use cultural relativism while viewing this movie?
3. Describe the two divisions of culture: material culture and nonmaterial culture. (Indicate to
the left of the categories below in the chart, which are material or nonmaterial culture
categories.)
Throughout the movie, there was evidence of culture. Define each of the categories of culture, then
identify in the correct category below examples of culture from each of the groups in the movie.
Five Components of Culture
Bushman
Technology:
Language:
Symbols:
Values:
Civilized People
Militant Group
Norms:
4. Norms are divided between two categories: folkways and mores. Define the two types of
norms and give an example from the movie for each focusing on one of the groups from
above.
5. What is a cultural universal?
6. Identify a cultural universal in the movie, and then explain how two of the groups had
variations for that specific universal.
7. Define ethnocentrism:
8. Give examples of ethnocentrism from the movie for each of the three groups.
Bushmen:
Civilized People:
Militant Group:
9. Define subculture:
10. Define counterculture:
11. Explain how subculture and counterculture are related.
12. Identify the group that is a counterculture in the movie. Explain why you believe they are a
counterculture of the larger society.
13. What was the significance of the Coke® bottle in the movie? What does it symbolize?