AP Human Unit 3 Review

Which of the following is an example of a cultural landscape?

• a coral reef

• a stand of pine trees

• tropical jungle

• terraced fields of crops up a mountainside

• a glacier

Globalization has encouraged the diffusion of

• popular culture

• ethnic religions

• linguistic fragmentation

• folk culture

Which of the following countries has the larges percentage of Roman Catholics?

• the United States

• Great Britain

• Indonesia

• Brazil

• India

Which of the following schools of thought puts most emphasis on the importance of the physical environment in shaping cultures?

• possibilism

• cultural ecology

• environmental determinism

• environmental perception

• cultural determinism

As Islam spread to Sub Saharan Africa by the 9th century, its first converts were the elites, but most ordinary people retained their native religions. This phenomenon illustrates the process of

• contagious diffusion

• hierarchical diffusion

• stimulation diffusion

• relocation diffusion

• migrant diffusion

Acculturation is a process whereby

• the more dominant culture adopts most of the traits of the less dominant culture

• the dominant culture completely absorbs the less dominant one

• cultural traits are equally exchanged between two cultures

• the less dominant culture adopts some of the traits of the more influential one

• non-material and material culture spread to areas around them

Linguistic geographers use isoglosses to mark

• the creation of pidgins

• the extent to which a lingua franca is used in a particular area

• the limits for an area in which particular words are used

• the area in which an official language is used

• the area in which an extinct language is used

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

• heterogeneous groups.

• homogeneous groups.

• groups living in isolated rural areas.

• groups that have little interaction with other groups.

• groups of specialists.

Which contributes to toponyms in most areas of the world?

• cultural heritage of the settlers

• role of pop culture

• locational theory

• globalization

• time-space convergence

Which region of the world has the LEAST amount of diffusion of Christianity

• South America

• Latin America

• South Africa

• East Asia

• Southern Europe