Unit 1 -Culture Geography - Test Practice 1

___________- spreads from the source as people move from place to place.

• Innovation

• Diffusion

• Acculturation

_________ is the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group.

• Government

• History

• Culture

• Religion

____________- major changes from exposure to other cultures.

• Innovation

• Diffusion

• Acculturation

___________- societal practices that relate to belief systems.

• War

• Divided Cultures

• Religious

• Acculturation

What conclusion can be drawn from this excerpt?

• Economic alliances are formed for resource conservation.

• There is competition for resources among countries.

• The price of gasoline is declining in developing countries.

• Modern industry uses minimal amounts of petroleum.

Cultural geography is the study of

• global customs and artifacts
• cultural complexes
• the spatial distribution of cultural traits
• human-environment relationships

On the map above, the shaded area is most associated with which of the following types of agriculture?

• Truck farming

• Plantation agriculture

• Slash and burn cultivation

• Rice cultivation

How does the geography of Belarus affect its trade opportunities?

• It borders only two other countries.

• It has no direct ocean access.

• It has no access to river shipping.

• It is distant from large markets.

Which of the following would be part of the description for the absolute location of Green Bay, Wisconsin?

• 88° West longitude

• 89° West longitude

• 46° North latitude

• 43° North latitude

Which forms of government are best matched to the description above?

• Country 1 - Republic

  Country 2 - Theocracy

• Country 1 - Constitutional monarchy

  Country 2 - Republic

• Country 1- Democracy

  Country 2 - Absolute monarchy

• Country 1 - Dictatorship

  Country 2 - Democracy