AP Human Geography Unit 3 Modules 18-20 Test

The customary behaviors associated with a culture's food preparation and consumption are its:_______

• ethnic habits

• dining echos

• foodways

• agricultural strategy

• cultural traits

Folk cultures and indigenous cultures have what characteristics in common?

• they are ingrained in the national identity of their host country

• they are associated with geographically isolated areas

• practitioners are ingrained into mainstream society

• their cultures are not reliant upon local materials

• they quickly assimilate into the emerging global culture

Which is NOT an element of nonmaterial culture?

• myths

• values

• beliefs

• buildings

• philosophy

A folk culture is NOT likely to be:______

• conservative

• homogeneous

• steeped in tradition

• culturally diverse

• in rural locations

Indigenous peoples are often the descendants of the people who lived in a state or territory prior to:______

• the Age of Exploration

• colonization

• the twentieth century

• the rise of slavery

• the arrival of the Puritans

Which statement is NOT true of popular culture?

• the term was coined by the urban elite

• it focuses on specific, individual choices

• its material culture tends to be mass-produced

• it was made possible by the invention of long-distance communication technologies

• it is diffused through a globalized and interconnected world

The single most common variety by which different cultural groups are identified and by which they assert their unique identify is ______

• religion

• demography

• language

• race

• ethnicity

Which statement is NOT true of language?

• primates and other higher-order species have language systems as complicated and expressive as human language

• it is the most common variable by which different cultural groups assert their unique identity

• it is the main means by which learned belief systems and customs pass from one generation to the next

• language facilitates cultural diffusion and shapes the way people think about, perceive, and talk about the environment

• it is a mutually agreed-upon system of symbolic communication and an integral part of cultural identity

Based on this sign, it is fair to assume that the local population _____

• is a polygot

• is English-speaking

• is illiterate

• speaks one language

• has French as a lingua franca

The one-drop rule was designed to prevent______

• migration

• out of wedlock births

• diplomatic difficulties with other nations

• intermarriage between races

• mixed burial plots in cemeteries