Unit 3 MCQ Test (Culture, Language, Religion)

According to the figure below, which of the following choices best describes the changes in interaction as distance increases? (3.4)

• It remains unchanged.
• It increases at first and then decreases.
• It increases.
• It changes randomly.
• It decreases.

Christianity has expanded through repeated patterns of relocation diffusion to spread to the Americas. Which of the following explains the impacts of this diffusion on Christianity in the Americas? (3.7)

• The repeated relocations have resulted in a wide diversity of Christian religious beliefs and practices.
• The repeated relocations have resulted in a single form of Christian religious beliefs and practices
• The repeated relocations have resulted in a decline in the size of the Christian population.
• The repeated relocations have resulted in a single ethnic Christian population.
• The repeated relocations have resulted in a small number of ethnic Christian populations.

The world’s three major monotheistic religions originated in which of the following regions? (3.7)

• East Asia
• Southwest Asia
• Eastern Europe
• Western Europe
• Africa

As Buddhism diffused through East Asia, Buddhist traditions blended with local cultural customs to create distinct religious practices, such as Daoism in China and Shinto in Japan. Which of the following terms best describes this blending of cultural traditions? (3.8)

• Assimilation
• Acculturation
• Possibilism
• Multiculturalism
• Syncretism

Which of the following is the belief that one’s own culture is the best or better than other cultures? (3.1)

• Ethos
• Prejudice
• Ethnocentrism
• Stereotyping
• Acculturation

The Gullah language is spoken in African-American communities of the coastal southeastern United States, particularly in South Carolina, Georgia, and northeastern Florida. It is a combination of Elizabethan English and African dialects. One can describe Gullah as a (3.5)

• creolized language
• lingua franca
• Sino-Tibetan dialect
• language family
• linguistic branch of the Niger-Congo family

Cultural differences within a country’s population, such as different religions, languages, and ethnicities, have political impacts and can best be described as (3.3)

• centripetal forces within a state
• centrifugal forces within a state
• the effects of diffusion on the state
• the effects of imperialism on the state
• globalizing forces within a state

Which of the following best explains the Internet’s homogenizing effect on global language patterns? (3.6)

• The English language is widely used on the Internet.
• Social media applications commonly support dozens of different languages.
• Many governments censor citizens’ Internet access.
• An increasing number of Internet users communicate exclusively through emojis.
• The Internet accelerates communication so that people from different cultures can interact quickly and easily.

Cultural landscape can BEST be defined as (3.2)

• 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 does NOT act as a centrifugal force for a state? (3.3)

• Uneven development
• Substate nationalism
• Linguistic homogeneity
• A fragmented territorial base
• A strong tradition of local governance