Unit 2 Cultural Geo Pretest

Which word matches the following definition:

The spreading out of culture, culture traits, or a cultural pattern from a central point.

• Apartheid

• Caste System

• Cultural Diffusion

• Diaspora

Fill in the blanks

The followers of ___ are called _____.

• Hindusim, Buddha

• Christianity, Jews

• Islam, Muslims

• Buddhism, Hindus

In which of these areas would you be MOST likely to find the HIGHEST concentration of people who follow Islam?

• 2

• 3

• 5

• 7

Which continent was the birthplace of most of the world's major religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?

• Africa

• the Americas

• Asia

• China

What are the results of cultural diffusion?

• languages and religions are isolated to certain places and never spread

• everyone in the world believes the same things

• ideas, religion and technology spread to different regions

• advancements in technology become slower

Belief in many gods.

• Monotheistic

• polytheistic

• animistic

• ideology

Belief in one God

• Polytheistic

• Monotheistic

• Animistic

• Ideology

the heartland of place of origin of a major culture; a site of innovation from which basic ideas, materials, and technology diffuse to other cultures.

• state
• nation
• cultural hearth
• suburb

Hierarchical diffusion means that the culture is diffused 

• from place to place in a random way
• from those in authority or the famous
• because of popular culture
• from culture to culture

Migration is an excellent example of _____________ diffusion?

• relocation
• hierarchical 
• cultural
• contageous