APHG Semester Exam Review.

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.

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

The spread of specialty coffee shops across the United States in the 1990s is an example of

• hierarchical diffusion

• contagious diffusion

• stimulus diffusion

• relocation diffusion

Folk cultures are typically associated with _____ groups of people in __________.

• homogeneous : isolated areas 
• heterogeneous : isolated areas 
• homogeneous : large societies 
• heterogeneous: large societies 

Which of the following is an element of material culture?

• clothing 
• behavioral norms 
• religious beliefs 
• family beliefs 

The popularity of American bands in Europe is an example of:

• globalization of culture 
• assimilation 
• ethnocentrism 
• transculturation 

In the face of globalization, folk cultures face _____ challenges

• sustainability 
• ethnocentrism 
• geographic 
• relativism 

In terms of diffusion, what is a hearth?

• The point of origin
• The final destination
• The mid-way point
• All points along the diffusion route

The clearest example of a folk culture today in the US is

• Hispanics in southwest Florida
• Catholics in the northeast U.S.
• Harlem in New York City
• Amish of southeast Pennsylvania