Human geo lesson 3

Which of the following best accounts for the universal appeal of blue jeans?

• Diffusion of popular culture

• Adoption of unique folk culture

• Impact of high income on clothing habits

• Lack of barriers in communist countries

The Gullah language is spoken in African American communities of the coastal southeastern United States, particula northeaster Florida. It is a combination of Elizabethan English and African dialects. One can describe Gullah as a

• creolized language

• Sigma Franca

• Sino-Tibetan dialect

• Language family

The principal religion of Central and South America is

• Eastern orthodox

• Roman Catholic

• Buddhism

• Islam

Bated on the map, which of the following languages are most likely to be spoken in counties where 60 percent or more of residents spoice a lang other than English at home?

• French and French Creole languages

• Spanish and American Indian languages

• German and Dutch

• Russian and Hindi

• Chinese and Arabic

Which of the following terms best descrbes the spatial effects of the internet on the global diffusion of culture?

• Time-space convergence

• Complementary

• Cutural divergence

• Push factors

• Pull factors

Which of the following is true of popular culture?

• It is practiced among a homogenous group of people in the world

• It is more static than folk culture

• It incorporates traits that diffuse quickly to a wide variety of places

• It spreads primarily by relocation diffusion

Why are most South American population centers located at or near the coast

• The colonial economies were export oriented

• The wars of independence damaged many inland cities

• Few American population centers were located on the coast

• Latin American armed forces have extensive plans for the defense of coastal sites

The spread of the use of chopsticks into the southeast Asian countries with the influx of Chinese immigrants is an example of which of the following concepts

• Stimulus diffusion

• Hierarchical diffusion

• Assimilation

• Acculturation

• Relocation diffusion

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

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

• it is the way houses of worship are built

• Iis the cutcome of interactions between humans and their natural environment.

• it is a shared set of meanings and symbolo practices.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Hinduism?

• it uses human and animal images in its sacred spaces.

• Pigtims bathe in holy rivers.

• Religious functions most likely take place at home within the family.

• It is a universalizing religion