Culture and Population Patterns

Cultural diffusion is best described as...

• sharing music from one culture to another

• Cultural geography

• the spreading of religion

• the spreading of ideas, languages, and traditions from one culture to another

Which of the following is NOT a part of culture?

• History
• Weather
• Language
• Food

What statement is an example of cultural diffusion?

• Venezuela has large reserves of oil

• Texas has large amounts of oil

• students in China learn Chinese in school

• young people dance to rock music in Japan

When a person moves permanently from their home to another place, their culture is being spread through which of the following

• Food

• Migration

• War

• Trade

How has technology impacted cultural diffusion today? 

• trading is more challenging with the different languages and cultures 
• innovations such as the airplane, and engine have allowed for trade to increase 
• there are not any impacts from technology 
• Europe has monopolized the computer industry 

Culture is spread by...

• Movement of people
• TV and Internet
• War and conquest
• All are correct

This is the spread of cultural items such as ideas, styles, religions, technologies, and languages between individuals, whether within a single culture or from one culture to another.

• Demography

• Population Growth

• Cultural Diffusion

• Geology

The beliefs, goals, and practices that a group of people share is known as its

• behavior

• interdependence

• culture

• diffusion

The way people eat in their country such as with forks, chopsticks or fingers is an example of a (an)

• element of culture

• ethnic group

• cultural diffusion

• culture region

Language, religion, government, and entertainment are

• elements of culture

• characteristics of globalization

• what makes up an ethnic group

• elements that make a society level