Culture Vocabulary Test

Popular culture

• spreads mostly through relocation diffusion.

• is concentrated in unique local places.

• is generally adopted by large heterogeneous populations.

• generally spreads more slowly than folk culture

• normally spreads from the periphery to the core.

Folk culture

• is generally adhered to by small homogenous groups.

• is generally a threat to popular culture's existence.

• is generally a greater environmental threat than popular culture.

• generally spreads through hierarchical diffusion.

• generally does not spread through relocation diffusion.

Material culture is...

• includes things a group of people construct, such as art, houses, clothing, sports, dance and foods. 
• includes beliefs, practices, aesthetics, and values of a group of people.
• Large, incorporates heterogeneous populations, is typically urban, and experiences quickly changing cultural traits
• Small, incorporates a homogeneous population, is typically rural, and has cohesive cultural traits

The visible imprint of human activity on the landscape; how people have changed and shaped the environment to the buildings, signs, fences, and statues people erect is called....

• Placelessness
• Cultural Landscape
• Commodification
• Cultural Appropriation

1.  A frequent repetition of an act, that can become a characteristic of a group of people is known as:

• Custom
• Popular Culture
• Folk Culture
• physical trait

A repetitive act performed by people is known as:

• Custom
• Taboo
• Habit
• Popular Custon

What is culture?

• Set of beliefs/values/practices a group has in common
• People who share similar culture traits
• Activity/behavior in which people take part
• Area in which people share culture traits

Assimilation takes place when

• a smaller culture shares traits with a larger culture
• a smaller culture is totally absorbed by a larger, more dominant culture
• cultures give and take
• culture moves with people in relocation diffusion

A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom is a

• Folk Culture
• Habit
• Popular Culture
• Taboo

The adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group under the influence of another.

• acculturation

• assimiliation

• cultural diffusion

• cultural complex