SLO Review

When sushi gained popularity in North America, chefs began using local ingredients and changing the traditional recipe. This change is known as —

• Cultural Transform

• Cultural Hearth

• Inevention

• Distance Decay

"After a long history of Hinduism in India, Buddhism began mainly in rejection of the caste system. Buddhism quickly gained a following and

spread eastward across Asia, enveloping East and Southeast Asia. Along the way, Buddhism blended with East and Southeast Asian practices to

evolve into the religion it is today."

The evolution of Buddhism as it moved further from its source is an example of —

• distance decay

• a cultural trait

• a cultural region

• a cultural hearth

Despite both countries sharing the same language, the political separation of North and South Korea has caused Korean culture to become —

• Divergent

• Convergent

• diffused

• modified

Which of the following major religion's values/beliefs includes the the 5 Pillars: Shahada, Salal, Zakat, Sawn, and Hajj?

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Islam

• Buddhism

The process whereby a minority group completely gives up its own culture and adopts the culture of the majority is known as —

• assimilation

• innovation

• diffusion

• acculturation

Which of the following would be the best example of a cultural hearth?

• where some of the major world religions began

• where the youngest civilizations began

• where modern centers of transportation networks are built, such as airport hubs

• where the information revolution first took place

The event (Columbian Exchange) is an example of ---

• cultural diffusion because goods were exchanged from old to new world

• cultural assimilation because Europeans adapted to the culture of the Native Americans

• cultural divergence because the exchange led to vast differences between old and new world

• cultural acculturation because Natives adopted Europeans religion willingly.

________is a form of ethnocentrism.

• racism

• diffucsion

• convergence

• globalization

Which of the following is the best example of cultural convergence?

• Different countries in Europe today have similar standards of living and systems of government

• Some Turkish “guest workers” in Germany cannot read or write in German

• People in the Sahel region of Africa are moving to nearby regions to escape dry conditions from drought

• Some universities do not require students to study a foreign language

The map to the right best represents how the USA can also be split into ---

• cities

• other countries

• cultural regions

• religious regions