AP Human Geography Unit 3 Exam

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

• Ethos

• Prejudice

• Ethnocentrism

• Stereotyping

• Acculturation

Cultural landscape can be defined as

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

• the ways that people in differing cultures perceive the environment

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

• the diversity of distinctive cultures within a particular geographic area

• a particular area within a geographic region dedicated to cultural activities

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

• An involuntary community where people with similar values reside

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

• A voluntary urban community where people of similar origin reside

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

• A city neighborhood that is undergoing population change due to immigration

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

• centripetal forces within a state

• centrifugal forces within a state

• the effects of diffusion on the state

• the effects of imperialism on the state

• globalizing forces within a state

A fundamental difference between folk and popular culture is that folk culture

• often sets a minority group apart from a region's general population

• is adaptive and changes over time

• tends to diffuse rapidly across geographic space

• loses some of its distinctive aspects as it crosses national boundaries

• represents universal values

The principal religion of Central and South America is

• Eastern Orthodoxy

• Roman Catholicism

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Protestantism

Which of the following does NOT act as a centrifugal force for a state?

• Uneven development

• Substate nationalism

• Linguistic homogeneity

• A fragmented territorial base

• A strong tradition of local governance

A good example of a monolingual country would be

• Japan

• Canada

• Switzerland

• South Africa

• Turkey

Sometimes a diffusion process encounters barriers that slow or stop the spread of innovation. Which of the following is an example of such a barrier?

• a lack of infrastructure to support a new technology

• a change in the price of energy

• a jump from contagious to hierarchical diffusion

• a transition from stimulus to contagious diffusion

• a new form of media to broadcast information

The spread of specialty coffee shops across the United States in the 1990s is an example of

• hierarchical diffusion

• contagious diffusion

• stimulus diffusion

• periodic movement

• relocation diffusion