AP Human Geography Review - Unit 3

Where can you find most of the Amish in the United States?

• Utah
• Tennessee
• Minnesota
• Pennsylvania

Which of the following is true of popular culture?

• It is practiced among one group in the world.
• It is practiced less than folk culture
• It spreads primarily by relocation diffusion
• It diffuses quickly to other places

Cultural Landscape can be defined as...

• types of art, music,dance, and theater in one place.
• the ways people see different culture
• the forms superimposed on the physical environment
• a geographic region dedicated to cultural activites

The world's 3 major monotheistic religions originated from...

• East Asia
• Southwest Asia
• Eastern Europe
• Africa

Which of the following is an example of an ethnic religion?

• Islam
• Mormonsim
• Buddhism
• Judaism

The term "cultural diffusion" refers to the

• modification of Earth's surface
• behavioral traits within a group
• spread of an idea or innovation
• assimilation of a minority

Assimilation can be defined as

• when one becomes more like the dominant culture.
• when a person refuses to learn the dominant culture
• when a culture is practice all over the world
• when a culture is similar to another culture

When languages are depicted as leaves on trees, the trunk of the tree represents

• dialects

• language groups

• language families

• creolized languages

Why is English the most widely spoken language in Canada and the U.S.?

• The Norman Conquest

• Viking Explorations of the New World

• British Colonialism

• The Internet

What branch of the Indo-European language family does English belong to?

• Germanic

• Romance

• Slavic

• Indo-Iranian