Unit 3 review

3.1 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

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

• Cultural relativism

• Ethnocentrism

• Culture traits

• Unitary state

• Culture hearth

3.1 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.

3.1 A world map of hog production per capita would reveal the lowest values in which of the following regions?

• The United States Midwest

• Southeast Asia

• Western Europe

• The Middle East

• China

3.2 The alignment of ancient Chinese cities toward the cardinal directions (north, south, east, west) best illustrates the importance of which of the following factors in the shaping of these early cities?

• Belief systems

• Topography

•  Economics

• Gender

• Technology

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

• Coastal wetland

• Cloud forest

• Stand of mangrove trees

• Eroded shoreline

• Adobe ruins

3.2  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

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

• Cultural ecology

• Nonmaterial culture

• Environmental determinism

• Physical environment

• Built environment

3.2 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

3.2 Which of the following best defines Carl Sauer’s concept of cultural landscape?

• It is the way people landscape their yards in different parts of the world.

• It is the way houses of worship are built.

• It is the outcome of interactions between humans and their natural environment.

• It is a shared set of meanings and symbolic practices.

• It is the human adaptation to Earth’s physical environment.