EXAM 3 AP HUMAN GEO

1. Which of the following is the belief that one’s own culture is the best or better than other cultures?

• Ethos

• Prejudice

• 1. Ethnocentrism

• Stereotyping

1. Which of the following terms best describes the food preferences, architecture, and land-use practices found in a particular region?

• 1. Cultural relativism

• Ethnocentrism

• 1. Culture traits

• 1. Unitary state

• 1. Culture hearth

1.  Cultural landscape can be defined as

• 1. the types of art, music, dance, and theater practiced in a particular region

• 1. The ways that people in differing cultures perceive the environment

• 1. the forms superimposed on the physical environment by the activities of humans

• 1.  the diversity of distinctive cultures within a particular geographic area

1. An ethnic neighborhood is best described as which of the following?

• 1. An involuntary community where people with similar values reside

• 1. A rural community where people with similar backgrounds are required to live

• 1. A voluntary urban community where people of similar origin reside

• 1. An area in the inner city where certain groups are forced to live

1. Cultural differences within a country’s population, such as different religions, languages, and ethnicities, have political impacts and can best be described as

• 1. centripetal forces within a state

• 1. centrifugal forces within a state

• 1. the effects of diffusion on the state

• 1. the effects of imperialism on the state

• globalizing forces within a state

The principal religion of Central and South America is

• 1. Eastern Orthodoxy

• 1. Roman Catholicism

• 1. Buddhism

• 1. Islam

• 1. Protestantism

The term “cultural diffusion” refers to the

• 1. modification of Earth’s surface by human actions

• 1. integration of behavioral traits within a group

• 1. spread of an idea or innovation from its source

• 1. relationship between human cultures and their physical environment

• 1. assimilation of a minority culture into the host society

10. Which of the following scenarios best exemplifies the concept of hierarchical diffusion?

• 1. he practice of selling pizza by the slice in America, whereas pizzas in Italy were traditionally sold as whole pies

• 1. The addition of hands-free driving features to cars manufactured by companies headquartered throughout the world

• The migration of asylum seekers from Syria to Europe

• 1. The increasing popularity of Korean pop music around the world because of social media

• 1. The increasing sales of clothing brands endorsed by professional athletes to customers in Europe

The spread of the use of chopsticks into Southeast Asian countries with the influx of Chinese immigrants is an example of which of the following concepts?

• 1. Stimulus diffusion

• 1. Hierarchical diffusion

• Assimilation

• 1. Acculturation

• 1. Relocation diffusion

Which of the following describes the process of creolization?

• 1. The mix of Native American, African, and European influences to create new cultural forms

• 1. The representations of Spanish, Portuguese, and French linguistic culture on the landscape of Latin America

• 1. The layering of the European cultural landscape over the Native American landscape

• 1. The exchange of crops and animals between the Old World and the New World

• 1. The adoption of Native American toponyms for place-names of European settlements