Unit 3 Cultural Patterns and Processes

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Which of the following is TRUE?
Folk culture is more likely to vary from place to place at a given time, while popular culture is more likely to vary from time to time at a given place.

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Folk culture is more likely to vary from place to place at a given time, while popular culture is more likely to vary from time to time at a given place.

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In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of large and

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heterogeneous groups.

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Which of the following is TRUE?
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Culture can be defined as a repetitive act that a group performs until it becomes a characteristic of a group.
Lists or collections of customs can be used to define a culture.
Culture refers to a habit that is widely adopted by a group of people.
In contrast to popular culture, folk culture is more likely to vary from time to time at a given place.
Although folk cultures have the same process of origin as popular culture, they have a more limited process of diffusion.

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Lists or collections of customs can be used to define a culture.

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Which of the following is TRUE about Folk Culture?
Folk culture would not exist without small scale and local migration.
Folk culture does not diffuse through relocation diffusion.
Several elements of folk culture may have multiple, unknown origins.
Folk culture can only be transmitted orally across time and location.
Several elements of folk culture tend to replace elements of popular culture.

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Folk culture would not exist without small scale and local migration.

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Due to a culture of liberalism, which state has the lowest population growth rate? Options: California, Texas, Nevada, Georgia.

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New York.

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This map shows the spread of what world religion?

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Buddhism

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The spatial distribution of soccer during the twentieth century is an example of

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popular culture

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Pioneer farmers settling the grasslands of the American West often built houses of sod, while early settlers of the eastern forest built wooden structures like log cabins. This suggests that building materials

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are strongly influenced by local resources

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The ease of trade between Great Britain and the United States is influenced by which of the following? The ease of trade between Great Britain and the United States, The widespread use of the Internet, The differences between American and British English, The impact of British colonization in Africa and Asia, The increase in the power of U.S.-based corporations

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The differences between American and British English

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Among the cultural influences that shape the distinctive form of folk houses, which is NOT an example? Malagasy houses (Madagascar) are built with the main door facing west. Fiji eastern walls are considered sacred. Java house front doors face south. Laotians arrange their sleeping positions to ensure head positions are not opposite feet. Windows may face south in temperate climates to capitalize on the sun's heat and light.

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Windows may face south in temperate climates to capitalize on the sun's heat and light.