Culture/Cultural Landscapes

Which of the following was NOT a major ancient cultural hearth?

• Southern Europe

• North China

• Nile Valley

• Mesopotamia

The parts of a people's environment that they have shaped

• acculturation

• cultural landscape

• cultural diffusion

• culture shock

An example of non-material culture

• house

• American flag

• religious belief

• basketball

Process which culture is spread.

• Cultural Convergence 
• Cultural Diffusion 
• Cultural Divergence 
• Cultural Landscape 

Which of the following is NOT an example of a cultural landscape?

• a canal that connects two rivers

• a highway between two major cities in a country

• a tropical jungle

• terraced fields of crops up a mountainside

A type of diffusion in which cultural ideas and artifacts spread first to prominent people and/or larger places before they spread to ordinary people and/or smaller places is called

• contagious diffusion

• stimulus diffusion

• relocation diffusion

• heirarchical diffusion

Which of the following is true of popular culture?

• It is practiced among a homogeneous group of people in the world
• It is more static (unchanging) than folk culture
• It promotes regional diversity
• It incorporates traits that diffuse quickly to a wide variety of places

The American concept of representative democracy is an example of

• material cultural trait
• non-material cultural trait
  
• invention
• innovation

Which aspect of religion has one of the strongest impacts on the environment?

• Missionaries trying to convert others

• Religious scripts

• Burial practices

• Building sacred spaces

Which is NOT part of material culture?

• Language

• Food

• Clothing

• Shelter