Human Geography AP Chapter 15 Vocabulary

Which is an example of a custom?

• Alice prays before each of her AP Human Geography tests.

• Hindus making a pilgrimage to the Ganges River.

• Lucas and his friends watch cartoons afterschool.

• All Americans going to church on Sunday.

Which of the following concepts is represented by the image?

• distance decay

• sense of place

• globalization of culture

• economies of scale

Which of the following is the best example of a cultural element being spread by stimulus diffusion?

• the outbreak of influenza in folk regions of Europe

• Walmart opening in metropolitan urban cores

• Rock and Roll music in the United Kingdom

• McDonald's in India serving Maharajah Macs

Identify one element of non-material culture.

• clothes

• architecture

• churches

• language

• food

The Hongi is a traditional Maori greeting that is still widely practiced throughout New Zealand and is incorporated into many gov't. & political functions. This practice has continued to thrive in New Zealand despite the loss of many other traditional Maori customs and practices as a result of British colonization. This practice is an example of which of the following concepts?

• acculturation

• assimilation

• lingua franca

• religious syncretism

Which of the following is crucial to defining a society's culture?

• beliefs and values

• forms of behavior

• social organizations

• tools, structures and artifacts

• all of the above

Learned patterns of behavior shared by a group of people is known as...

• hierarchy

• region

• situation

• culture

• contagious diffusion

The picture shown represents...

• assimilation

• acculturation

• syncretism

• cultural appropriation

• commodification of culture

Which religion is an example of a universalizing religion?

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Hinduism

• None of the above

Which term means to judge a culture based on one's own culture?

• Cultural relativism

• Acculturation

• Ethnocentrism

• Lingua franca