AP Human Geography Chapter 4: Folk and Popular Culture

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

• custom

• popular culture

• habit

• taboo

• character trait

A repetitive act performed by an individual is a

• custom

• popular culture

• habit

• taboo

• character trait

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 from time to time

• only in more developed countries

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

• homogeneous groups

• heterogeneous groups

• groups living in isolated rural areas

• groups that have little interaction with other groups

• groups of specialists

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

• several elements of folk culture tend to replace elements of popular culture

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

• is practiced by small heterogeneous groups that become large homogeneous groups

Folk culture are spread primarily by

• contagious diffusion

• hierarchical diffusion

• relocation diffusion

• stimulus diffusion

• epidemic diffusion

Before reaching other parts of _____ and, eventually, marginalized urban areas throughout the country, hip hop music originated in the late 1970s in the South Bronx

• Chicago

• Boston

• Baltimore

• New York City

• Philadelphia

In recent decades, popular customs have most frequently originated in

• more developed countries

• less developed countries

• formerly communist countries

• countries with large rural populations

• Latin American and Africa