Chapter 4 Folk and Popular Culture Test

1) The body of customary beliefs, social forms and material traits that constitute a group's distinct traditions would best describe a specific population's

• folklore.

• political agenda.

• culture.

• education system.

• religious organization.

In which state would alcohol consumption be relatively low?

• Kentucky

• Nevada

• New York

• Utah

• California

Americans' preferences for beverages and snacks

• vary according to what is produced locally.

• do not vary from one region of the country to another.

• do not vary according to religious differences.

• are primarily dependent on income differences.

• represent the influence of religion and education on various regions.

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

• Two social groups living in close proximity will retain unique social customs if there is limited interaction between them.

• Bostans, small gardens distributed throughout Istanbul, Turkey, have been supplying the city with fresh vegetables for centuries by practicing intensive agriculture.

• Hotels, fast-food restaurants, and other franchises encourage a uniform appearance on the landscape to promote customer recognition.

• Food taboos usually derive from unique characteristics in the physical environment.

• Leaders of many developing countries fear that the spread of U.S. popular culture will destroy traditional social behavior.

Widespread husbandry of pigs would be an ecological disaster in Islam's hearth because

• no one would buy them because of the religious taboos.

• they can only be raised in the wet winter months.

• pigs would compete with humans for food and water without offering compensating benefits.

• they would be outcompeted by oil production.

• pigs represent a sacred animal.

What one eats is revealing of one's

• economic standing.

• social, religious, and ethnic memberships.

• occupation.

• social, educational level, and religious memberships.

• socioeconomic status and age group

The geographer Vidal de la Blache regarded food supply as

• the weakest available example of a folk custom.

• the folk custom least closely tied to a particular climate.

• more subject to modification than weapons.

• less subject to modification than clothing and weapons.

• a limited resource that would not keep up with population growth.

A taboo against pork is a characteristic of

• Judaism and Islam.

• Judaism and Buddhism.

• Christianity and Buddhism.

• Christianity and Hinduism.

• Islam and Hinduism.

The choice of clothing in Western countries is strongly influenced by

• occupation but not level of income.

• level of income but not occupation.

• knowledge of fashion elsewhere, as well as the level of folk culture.

• occupation, income, and knowledge of fashion elsewhere.

• fashion only.

A particular preference for a new clothing style is more likely than a folk custom to

• evolve rapidly owing to the isolation of different groups.

• rapidly diffuse through modern communication and transportation.

• reflect the unique characteristics of the physical landscape.

• have an unknown source of origin.

• resist the influences of multinational corporations.