AP HG unit 3

Cultural landscape is closest in meaning to which of the following?

• Cultural ecology

• Nonmaterial culture

• Physical environment

• Built environment

• Environmental determinism

 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

Which of the following is an example of a cultural landscape?

• Coastal wetland

• Cloud forest

• Stand of mangrove trees

• eroded shoreline

• Adobe ruins

"The way cuisines vary across cultures fascinates many people. Some travelers pride themselves on their willingness to try unfamiliar foods, like celebrated food writer Anthony Bourdain, while others return home expressing gratitude for their native culture’s fare. Often, people in the United States express disgust at other cultures’ cuisine and think that it’s gross, and even wrong, to eat meat from a dog or guinea pig, for example, while they don’t question their own habit of eating cows or pigs." 

The bolded portion of the passage is associated with 

• acculturation

• assimilation

• ethnocentrism

• cultural pluralism

• cultural relativism

Which of the following is most accurate with regard to food preferences and taboos?

• Food preferences are stronger than taboos as seen by the high consumption of beef on the Deccan Plateau.

• Food preferences and taboos have little influence on the diet in Arabia and Southeast Asia.

• Some foods are avoided for religious or cultural reasons even at the expense of a balanced diet.

• Food preferences and taboos show little variability between cultures.

• Low hog production in China demonstrates an avoidance of pork by the Chinese.

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

• ethos

• prejudice

• Stereotyping

• ethnocentrism

• Acculturation

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

• Ethnocentrism

• Cultural relativism

• Unitary state

• Culture hearth

• Culture traits

The diffusion pattern of Walmart stores, which have spread from small towns to large cities throughout the United States, is an example of

• contagious diffusion

• relocation diffusion

• stimulus diffusion

• distance decay

• reverse hierarchical diffusion

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

The principal religion of Central and South America is

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Roman Catholicism

• Eastern Orthodoxy

• Protestantism