Culture: Unit 3 Test

The use of a horse and buggy by the Amish in the United States is an example of a

• Popular culture

• habit

• Folk Culture

• technological innovation

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

• habit

• taboo

• custom

• character trait

Jeans provide a good example of material culture that is adopted by a number of different societies. This refers to what type of material culture?

• Popular Culture

• Folk Culture

• Punk Culture

• Western Culture

A taboo against pork is a characteristic of which relgions?

• Christianity and Judaism

• Islam and Judaism

• Hinduism and Buddhism

• Islam and Hinduism

Which statement best captures the conflicts between folk and popular culture?

• Folk culture is threatened by popular culture more than the reverse.

• Popular culture is threatened by folk culture more than the reverse.

• Folk and popular culture represent equal threats to one another.

• Globalization promotes diverse food preferences.

A language used by the government for business and official documents is a(n)

• lingua franca.

• official language.

• creole.

• literary tradition.

British and American English differ in all but which of the following?

• spelling

• pronunciation

• vocabulary

• alphabet

A form of a language spoken in a local area is a

• dialect

• language breach

• language group

• language root

A lingua franca is

• an English word that has entered the French language.

• an extinct language that has been revived.

• an official language in a region of the world different from where the language originated.

• a language that is mutually understood by people who have different native languages.

Spanish is increasingly important in the United States because

• immigration from Latin America.

• schools are increasingly requiring it for high school graduation.

• of increasing exports to Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries.

• 27 states have made it an official language.