UNIT 14, Cultural Regions in America 22A

A country as large as the US in unlikely to be ______ in its cultural landscape.

• fixed

• straight

• uniform

• static

It was in the sphere of higher social and cultural life that New England exercised ______ leadership.

• genuine

• accurate

• specific

• positive

In order to make sure that their effort to create a “Holy Commonwealth” would ______, this group of Puritans made stiff provisions for individual behavior.

• go under

• shrink

• come to fruition

• come to a stop

The Deep South is the region where agriculture is important, and where blacks are numerous enough to exercise influence in many ______.

• lands

• fields

• bases

• plots

Most of the characteristics of the Southern culture are a ______ from the past.

• thing

• inheritance

• heritage

• culture

Only during the 20^th century did the South see itself take a decisive step to _____ with the rest of the nation, at least in economic behavior and material culture.

• join

• merge

• add

• part

The Midwest is a large region that is ______ regarded as the most modal, for more than any other region in the US, this is the region that is most nearly representative of the national average.

• gradually

• unfairly

• justifiably

• partially

The lower Midwest tends to ______ the South, except for the relative scarcity of blacks, in its predominantly Protestant and British makeup.

• resemble

• approach

• favour

• bring to mind

The concept of an “American West” is strong in the popular imagination and is constantly ______ by the romanticized images of the cowboy genre.

• decreased

• diminished

• reinforced

• played down

The general ______ is that of a mosaic, with the aboriginal, Anglo and Hispanic constituting the main elements.

• design

• tradition

• pattern

• painting