AP HuG: Chapter 4 Key Issue 1 C.F.U.

The body of customary beliefs, social forms & material traits that constitute a group's distinct traditions would best describe a specific populations...

• folklore.

• political agenda.

• culture.

• education system.

• religious organization.

Which of the following is TRUE?

• Folk culture is more likely to vary from place to place at a given time, while popular culture is more likely to vary from time to time at a given place.

• Popular culture is more likely to vary from place to place at a given time, while folk culture is more likely to vary from time to time at a given place.

• Folk culture rarely varies from place to place at a given time and popular culture variations are limited primarily to large urban centers.

• Popular culture is a limiting effect on variations of folk culture.

• Folk culture is a limiting effect on the variations of 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 typical of large &...

• homogeneous groups.

• heterogeneous groups.

• groups living in isolated rural areas.

• groups that have little interaction with other groups.

• groups of specialists.

Which of the following characteristics is more typical of popular culture than folk culture?

• It has an anonymous origin.

• It diffuses slowly from its point of origin.

• It results in a more uniform cultural landscape.

• It is likely to be derived from physical conditions.

• Communication is more limited.

Cultural diversity is promoted by...

• the relative isolation of a group from others.

• globalization.

• the rapid movement of goods & services across borders.

• expansion diffusion.

• the connections between homogeneous groups.

Folk cultures are spread primarily by...

• contagious diffusion.

• hierarchical diffusion.

• relocation diffusion.

• stimulus diffusion.

• epidemic diffusion.

Groups living in close proximity to one another yet practicing uniquely different social customs suggests...

• refusal to teach other customs in schools.

• refusal to share other customs in religious ceremonies.

• inability to set up telephone service.

• limited connections due to topographic, linguistic or ethnic barriers.

• military confrontation.