AP Human Geography Culture Review

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

• punk culture

• popular culture

• folk culture

• white-collar culture

In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is more likely to vary

• from place to place at a given time
• from time to time at a given place
• both from place to place and from time to time in equal measure
• neither from place to place nor time to time

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

• homogeneous groups
• heterogeneous groups
• groups living in isolated rural areas
• groups that have little interaction with other groups

Judging from the discussions of other clothing in this unit, we could say that hoodies are an example of ________ adopted by a number of different groups segmented by age, class, ethnicity, and other factors. Hoodies are a versatile element of popular culture.

• punk culture

• material culture

• folk culture

• youth culture

By analyzing the distribution of folk culture in our surroundings, we can surmise that

• 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

• originates in a number of locations at the same time.
• reflects the characteristics of a distinctive physical environment.
• experiences frequent changes through time and space.
• is practiced by small homogeneous groups.

Folk cultures are spread primarily by

• contagious diffusion
• hierarchical diffusion
• relocation diffusion
• stimulus diffusion

In recent decades, popular customs have most frequently originated in

• More developed countries
• Less developed countries
• formerly communist countries
• Countries with large rural populations

Based on what you have read about globalization, you could surmise that the main effect of modern communications on social customs has been to

• preserve folk cultures, by increasing awareness of their uniqueness.
• stimulate the diffusion of folk cultures around the world.
• increase the similarity of social customs in different locations.
• have little effect on the diffusion of social customs.

As components of group identity and cultural learning, folk customs usually originate from

• at the "discovery" of leisure time
• the application of industrial technology
• familiar events in daily life
• a traumatic event unique to the history of a particular social group.