Unit 1 Test

Which of the following is the best description of culture?

• A set of shared beliefs between a group of people
• A set of norms for people to get along.
• People in the same family.
• People who live in a city.

Which of following is NOT a trait that is shared by a culture?

• Occupation (job)
• History and heritage
• Language
• Religion

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding periodization?

• Historical themes like human migration, conflict, and resource scarcity span across time and occur in multiple historical time periods.
• The end of a war always marks the begininning of a new historical time period.
• All historical time periods are the exact same length.
• Historical themes NEVER repeat.

Which of the following is NOT an element of culture?

• Climate
• Beliefs and values
• Art and literature
• Government

Which of the following can culture influence?

• All of the above
• Our behavior
• Our relationships
• Our perception of the world

Which of the following is a unifying cultural factor of Latin America?

• Most are Roman Catholics
• Most speak Arabic
• They are citizens of the same country
• They were once ruled by an Emperor

Which of the following reasons explains East and Southeast Asia's cultural diversity?

• All of the above
• Political systems differ between many countries
• Geographical barriers led to cultures developing in isolation of one another
• Major economic disparities between and within countries

Which term is best described as the spread of cultural practices and traits from one group to another?

• cultural diffusion
• cultural assimilation
• cultural divergence
• cultural convergence

Which of the following is a cause of cultural change?

• All of the above
• New ideas
• Technology
• Environmental changes

Which of the following is NOT a way that culture may be spread?

• all of the above are correct
• war and conquest
• trade
• movement of people