Topic 3.3

TOPIC 3.3 - The principal (main) religion of Central and South America is

• Eastern Orthodoxy

• Roman Catholicism

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Protestantism

TOPIC 3.3 - Cultural differences within a country’s population, such as different religions, languages, and ethnicities, have political impacts and can best be described as

• centripetal forces within a state

• centrifugal forces within a state

• the effects of diffusion on the state

• the effects of imperialism on the state

• globalizing forces within a state

TOPIC 3.3 - Comparing both photographs, each image shows the significance of temples, religious statuary, and iconography on the

• cultural hearth

• ethnic culture

• traditional toponyms

• cultural landscape

• colonial architecture

TOPIC 3.3 - Which of the following statements explains the regional location in the United States where the figures shown in the image are most likely part of the cultural landscape?

• The Northeast, because residents are influenced by British Protestantism.

• The Southeast, because residents are influenced by traditional religions from West Africa.

• The Great Plains, because residents are influenced by Native American traditional religions.

• The Southwest, because residents are influenced by Spanish Catholicism.

• The Northwest, because residents are influenced by Russian Orthodoxy.

TOPIC 3.3 - Based on the map, which of the following languages are most likely to be spoken in counties where 60 percent or more of residents spoke a language other than English at home?

• French and French Creole languages

• Spanish and American Indian languages

• German and Dutch

• Russian and Hindi

• Chinese and Arabic

TOPIC 3.3 - The temples shown in the images, combined with the surrounding scenic physical landscape, have become centers of pilgrimage and tourism. These factors combine to result in enhanced religious expression and local

• placemaking

• spatial analysis

• suburbanization

• technological change

• multiculturalism

TOPIC 3.3 - The image shows a religious structure in Mexico City. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn based on the image?

• Social class divisions determined by the Spanish aristocracy are evident in Latin American cities.

• Socialist planning resulted in segregation of Mexico City.

• Gentrification of the central market area of an urbanized zone led to an increase economic development.

• Spanish colonialism influenced architecture of the cultural landscape.

• Mass transportation systems were designed to alleviate traffic congestion.

TOPIC 3.3 - The urban linguistic landscape shown in the photograph above is most likely found in a region where which of the following languages is spoken?

• Chinese

• Bahasa Indonesia

• Hindi

• Arabic

• Russian

TOPIC 3.3 - Which of the following does NOT act as a centrifugal force for a state?

• Uneven development

• Substate nationalism

• Linguistic homogeneity (the same)

• A fragmented territorial base

• A strong tradition of local governance

TOPIC 3.3 - The map shows the distribution of the language family that has the largest number of speakers in the world. Which statement correctly identifies the language family shown and the method of diffusion that best explains the pattern?

• The map shows the distribution of the Amerindian language family, which diffused from its hearth in Canada and spread southward into South America through contagious diffusion and into Europe and Asia through trade and hierarchal diffusion.

• The map shows the distribution of the Sino-Tibetan language family, which diffused from its hearth in China and spread into Europe by contagious diffusion and to the Americas through stimulus diffusion.

• The map shows the distribution of the Uralic language family, which diffused from its hearth in Iceland and spread into northern Europe through contagious diffusion by Norse trading groups.

• The map shows the distribution of the Indo-European language family, which diffused from its hearth in the Caucasus Mountains and spread throughout Eurasia through contagious diffusion and into the Americas, Africa, and Australia through colonialism and relocation diffusion.

• The map shows the distribution of the Afro-Asiatic language family, which diffused from it hearth in Egypt and spread throughout the Arabian Peninsula and into Eurasia through contagious diffusion and into the Americas through colonialism and relocation diffusion.