APHG Unit 3 Review Lesson

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the concept of cultural diffusion?

• The spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another

• The isolation of cultures from outside influences

• The rejection of new cultural traits by a society

• The complete assimilation of one culture into another

Open Ended

How do cultural patterns influence the way people interact within a society?

Multiple Choice

Both the Angles and the Normans contributed to the development of the English language, because they

• invaded England.

• diffused English around the world.

• spoke ancient English languages.

• agreed to divide Ireland from England.

Multiple Choice

The cultural hearth of Buddhism can be traced back to northern India. Which cultural process is shown by the map?

• The cultural convergence of Buddhism across Europe.

• Cultural assimilation of Southeast Asia due to Buddhism.

• The cultural diffusion of Buddhism across Asia.

• The cultural isolation of Buddhism in India.

Multiple Choice

Cultural diffusion affected language patterns in the Caribbean because?

• European languages replaced others

• Native languages survived

• Colonization changed the way they think

• Original cultures didn't survive but languages did

Multiple Choice

Which type of diffusion involves the spread of an idea where those influenced become continuously larger, and what are its three subtypes?

• Relocation diffusion; subtypes: migration, movement, transfer

• Expansion diffusion; subtypes: contagious, hierarchical, stimulus

• Stimulus diffusion; subtypes: adaptation, innovation, invention

• Hierarchical diffusion; subtypes: direct, indirect, mixed

Open Ended

Can you come up with any examples of Contagious Diffusion? Hierarchical diffusion? Stimulus Diffusion?

Multiple Choice

Assimilation can be best described as:

• The process by which a minority group maintains its unique cultural identity.

• The blending of two or more religious beliefs into one new faith.

• The process by which a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture.

• The mutual exchange of cultural traits between two cultures.

Open Ended

Explain the difference between acculturation and assimilation.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of syncretism?

• A group adopting another group's language completely

• Blending of Pagan and Christian traditions in Easter celebrations

• A culture losing its original traits after contact with another

• People moving from one location to another and taking their culture

Multiple Choice

When groups combine different aspects of several religions is known as

• Animism

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Syncretism

Multiple Select

The expansion of McDonald’s restaurants from the United States into other countries is an example of --

• Communism

• Globalization

• Isolation

• Stimulus Diffusion

Multiple Select

Select all the effects of diffusion on culture that are discussed in the previous slides.

• Acculturation

• Assimilation

• Syncretism

• Multiculturalism

Open Ended

Explain how cultural hearths contributed to the development of early civilizations.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT one of the three main components that make up culture?

• Customary beliefs and values

• Material artifacts

• Social forms (political institutions)

• Technological advancements

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A group of people who live together in a specific geographic area.

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The way of life of a group of people

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A long-standing practice or organization that reflects the values of a society. 

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a common way of doing things. It is something that many people do, and have done for a long time.

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the handing down of information, beliefs, or customs from one generation to another

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society

Culture

Institution

Custom

Tradition

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Match the following elements and examples

• Arts

• Government

• Religion

• Customs and Traditions

• Language

Dance

Representative Democracy

Christianity, Islam and Hinduism

Weddings, Funerals, Birthdays

Indo-European (English, German, French)

• Dance

• Representative Democracy

• Christianity, Islam and Hinduism

• Weddings, Funerals, Birthdays

• Indo-European (English, German, French)

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes cultural relativism?

• Belief in the superiority of your own culture

• Understanding a person's beliefs, values, and practices based on their own culture

• Viewing others as less than because they are different

• Adopting the customs of another culture without question

Multiple Select

Identify the correct statements about cultural convergence and divergence.

• Cultural convergence leads to cultures becoming more alike.

• Cultural divergence occurs when groups become more connected.

• Cultural convergence can result in the extinction of languages.

• Cultural divergence can make groups more different from each other.

Multiple Choice

The picture is a representation of which of the following terms?

• Cultural Divergence

• Push Factor

• Genocide

• Cultural Convergence

Open Ended

How do emotions contribute to a sense of place, and why might different cultures have different emotional connections to the same location?

Multiple Choice

A language ____________ is a collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history.
Hint: The trunk of the tree

• branch
• family
• dialect
• group

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the difference between a language family and a language group?

• A language family consists of languages with a distant common origin, while a language group consists of languages with a recent common origin and similar grammar and vocabulary.

• A language family consists of languages spoken in the same country, while a language group consists of languages spoken in different countries.

• A language family is a collection of dialects, while a language group is a collection of official languages.

• A language family is defined by vocabulary, while a language group is defined by pronunciation.

Multiple Choice

What is the largest language branch in terms of spoken by most people?

• Afro-Asiatic
• Indo-European
• Sino-Tibetan
• Austronesian

Multiple Select

Based on the diagram, which of the following languages belong to the Indo-European family?

• Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese

• Hindi, Urdu, French

• Kashmiri, Shina, Kalashamun

• Pashto, Persian, Baluchi

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a factor that can mark dialect differences according to linguistic geographers?

• Vocabulary

• Syntax

• Climate

• Pronunciation

Multiple Choice

The way of speaking that is characteristic of certain social or geographical groups

• effect

• rhyme

• dialect

• language

Open Ended

Describe the process by which a lack of spatial interaction among speakers can result in the formation of new languages.

Open Ended

Explain how spatial interaction can lead to language convergence, using an example from history or your own experience.

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The Angles and Saxons invaded and settled here, filling the power vacuum left by the collapse of the Roman Empire

Multiple Choice

Which of the following theories explains language diffusion through the migration of speakers due to increased food supply and population?

• Conquest Theory

• Agriculture Theory

• Dispersal Hypothesis

• Renfrew Hypothesis

Open Ended

Compare and contrast the Conquest Theory and the Dispersal Hypothesis in terms of how Indo-European languages spread across Europe.

Open Ended

What are the two largest language families in the world, and where are they predominantly spoken?

Multiple Choice

Which branches of the Indo-European language family are spoken primarily in Eastern Europe and South Asia?

• Germanic and Romance

• Balto-Slavic and Indo-Iranian

• Indo-Iranian and Romance

• Balto-Slavic and Germanic

Multiple Choice

When a territory that gains its independence from another country

• Decolonization 
• Atlantic Charter
• Indirect Rule
• Berlin Conference 

Multiple Choice

What is neocolonialism?

• D. The tendency to establish and defend a specific geographic area.

• C. The transference of political power from a central government to a regional government.

• A. The process by which colonies gain independence from their colonizers.

• B. The indirect use of political, cultural, or economic power to influence or control another country.

Multiple Choice

In Africa private investors and foreign governments have leased farmland for large-scale commercial farming. Usually much of the food produced is bound for wealthier nations. This practice is an example of

• decolonization

• neocolonialism

• Pan-Africanism

• Imperalism

Multiple Choice

• - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are monotheistic.

• - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam use sacred texts.

• - Judaism and Islam observe similar dietary rules.

• Hebrew and Arabic are in the same family of Semitic languages.

 The items listed in the box illustrate the process of —

• cultural conflict

• cultural change

• cultural diffusion

• cultural separation

Multiple Choice

Which choice is a separation of church and state?

• secularism

• revolution

• anti-Semitism

• caste

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religions are based upon the belief in one creator God.

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monotheistic

polytheistic

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Match the following

• Belief in one creator god exists

• A worldview vased on a belief in god or gods

• The belief that more than one god exists

Monotheism

Theism

polytheism

• Monotheism

• Theism

• polytheism

Match

Match the world religions with the definition that best fits it:

• Hinduism

• Christianity

• Islam

• Judaism

• Buddhism

Believes in multiple gods and reincarnation

Believes in one God and the teachings of Jesus Christ

Believes in one God and the teachings of Muhammad

Believes in one God and the teachings of Moses

Believes in the teachings of Buddha and achieving enlightenment

• Believes in multiple gods and reincarnation

• Believes in one God and the teachings of Jesus Christ

• Believes in one God and the teachings of Muhammad

• Believes in one God and the teachings of Moses

• Believes in the teachings of Buddha and achieving enlightenment

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Hinduism and Buddhism both originated in ​

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India

Japan

Israel

the Middle East

Multiple Choice

What is a shaman's job?

• To hunt
• To farm
• To sew
• To heal

Multiple Choice

Which of the following terms refers to the process by which one culture adopts traits from another culture, often resulting in blending or modification?

• Acculturation

• Ethnocentrism

• Cultural Hearth

• Convergence