Folk and Pop Culture Quiz

The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people is a

• custom

• popular culture

• habit

• taboo

• character trait

Jeans provide a good example of material culture that is adopted by a number of different societies. This refers to what type of material culture?

• Punk culture

• Popular culture

• Folk culture

• Western culture

In contrast to popular culture, folk cultures are more likely to vary

• from place to place at a given time

• from time to time at a given place

• both from place to place and from time to time

• neither from place to place nor from time to time

• with rapid change

In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is more likely to vary

• from place to place at a given time

• from time to time at a given place

• both from place to place and from time to time

• neither from place to place nor from time to time

The use of a horse and buggy by the Amish in the United States is an example of a

• folk culture

• habit

• popular culture

• taboo

• technological innovation

Folk customs usually originate from

• the availability of more leisure time

• the application of industrial technology

• familiar events in daily life

• the famous historical event

• global economic exchange

Hip hop music demonstrates an interplay between globalization and local diversity because

• it is a form of folk culture threatened by globalization.

• it is a part of popular culture which threatens to overwhelm local folk cultures.

• artists receive widespread popularity and airplay yet still make local references.

• some lyrics can't be transmitted over the radio and television.

Popular customs most frequently originate in

• more developed countries.

• less developed countries.

• former communist countries.

• countries with large rural populations.

• equally likely in all of the above

Terrori refers to

• a group's sense of place.

• a group's food taboos.

• the relationship between the physical environment and culture.

• the sum of the effects of the local environment on a food item.

Cultural diversity is promoted by

• the relative isolation of a group from others.

• globalization.

• the movement of goods and services across borders.

• expansion diffusion.