AP Human Geography Midterm Exam (Chapter 4 Test)

The body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that constitute a group's distinct traditions would best describe a specific population's

• folklore
• political agenda
• culture
• education system

Which of the following is TRUE?

• Folk culture is more likely to vary from place to place at a given time, while popular cultural is more likely to vary from time to time at a given place.
• Popular culture is more likely to vary from place to place at a given time, while folk culture is more likely to vary from time to time at a given place.
• Folk culture rarely varies from place to place at a given time and popular culture variations are limited primarily to large urban centers.
• Popular culture is a limiting effect on variations of folk culture.

The frequent reptition of an act, to the extent that it becomes a characteristic of a group of people, is a

• custom
• popular culture.
• habit
• taboo

A repetitive act performed by an individual is a

• custom
• popular culture.
• habit
• taoo

Jeans provide a good example of material culture that is adopted by a number of different societies. They area lso an example of

• popular culture.
• punk culture
• folk culture
• none of the above

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

• homogeneous groups
• heterogenous groups
• groups living in rural areas
• groups that have little interaction with other groups.

Which of the following characteristics is more typical of popular culture than folk culture?

• It has an anonymous origin
• It diffuses slowly from its point of origin.
• It results in a more uniform landscape.
• It is likely to be derived from physical conditions.

Cultural diversity is promoted by

• the relative isolation of a group from others.
• globalization
• the rapid movement of goods and services across borders.
• expansion diffusion.

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.

Typically, popular culture

• experiences frequent changes through time and space.
• reflects the characteristics of a distinctive physical environment
• is practiced by small heterogeneous groups that become large homogeneous groups.
• is practiced by small homogeneous groups.