APHG Unit 3 - Culture Review

A pilgrim to Varanasi (Benares) in India is most likely to be a

• Muslim

• Hindu

• Jewish

• Christian

What religion would be least likely to have hog farms?

• Christian

• Muslim

• Jewish

• Buddhist

What region of the world has the most people of the Muslim faith?

• United States Midwest

• Southeast Asia

• Western Europe

• Middle East

Which of the following is the best example assimilation?

• Hinduism diffused from India to Bali, where it blended with traditional Balinese beliefs to create a form of Hinduism unique to Bali.

• The American government educated Native American children in American-style boarding schools. All of the children were taught English, and girls were taught how to be homemakers.

• Despite the large number of historic churches in France, many French identify as nonreligious and believe that religion is a private matter.

• A family immigrates to a new country, settles near others from their homeland, and conducts most of their day-to-day activities within their ethnic neighborhood.

Which of the following countries has not broken into two political entities as a result of cultural or ideological differences?

• Ireland

• Korea

• Vietnam

• Japan

A pagoda would be representative of which of the following:

• Acculturation

• Assimilation

• Cultural trait

• Syncretism

Cultural landscape can be defined as

• the types of art, music, dance, and theater practiced in a particular region

• the ways that people in differing cultures perceive the environment

• a particular area within a geographic region dedicated to cultural activities

• the forms superimposed on the physical environment by the activities of humans

Cultural landscape is closest in meaning to which of the following?

• Built environment

• Physical environment

• Environmental determinism

• Cultural ecology

What cultural trait is a pagoda?

• Religion

• Language

• Gender

• Taboo

What would be one reason that India as an advantage over China when it comes to locations of customer consumer centers?

• The Indian government’s status as a neutral state in global political affairs

• The English language legacy of British colonialism in India

• Chinese emigration to Southeast Asia in the 1800s and 1900s

• Large amounts of mineral resources found in China used to manufacture goods for export