Unit 3: Culture #1 (Basics)

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The Sunbelt and New England are two examples of which kind of culture region?

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Vernacular or perceptual

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An immigrant who selectively adopts certain customs of the dominant host society in order to advance socioeconomically, while still retaining much of his/her native customs, practices, and beliefs, best illustrates the concept of

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acculturation

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Telecommunication networks, whose areas of service radiate outward from central hubs, or nodes, best represent which type of culture region?

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Functional or nodal culture region

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Which of the following statements is TRUE of sociofacts? I cannot see them and are not tangible (cannot touch), I can see them and are tangible (can touch), I can see them and are only part of folk or traditional culture, I cannot see them and are only present in popular culture, I can see them but are not tangible (cannot touch)

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I can see them but are not tangible (cannot touch)

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Which of the following terms refers to the dominance of one culture over another, often as a result of forceful control? Assimilation, Cultural imperialism, Multiculturalism, Commodification, Environmental determinism

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Cultural imperialism

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Compared to popular cultures, folk or traditional cultures are

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more static

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Historically, cultural diffusion patterns in the United States have tended to flow in which general direction?

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East to west

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Assimilation can be defined as

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when a migrant becomes more like the dominant culture

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Which of the following is TRUE of popular culture? It is practiced among one group in the world., It is practiced less than folk culture, It spreads primarily by relocation diffusion, It quickly diffuses to other places, It has unknown origins

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It quickly diffuses to other places

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Cultural landscape can be defined as

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the built environment superimposed on the physical environment