Unit 3 Exam Review

Which of the following is not a cultural trait?

• Religion

• Language

• Oil reserves

• Clothing styles

• Architecture

Within the United States, the dominant language is English. But people in New England pronounce words differently than people who live in Georgia. Which of the following terms correctly identifies this phenomenon?

• Dialect

• Ethnicity

• Pidgin

• Creole

• Acculturation

Values, beliefs, myths, and symbolic meanings passed from generation to generation within a specific group of people refers to

• Culture complex

• National tradition

• Material culture

• Centripetal forces

• Nonmaterial culture

One of the negative aspects of popular culture is that

• Popular culture promotes racism

• Local or indigenous cultures may become extinct

• There is inherently less gender equality in popular culture

• Popular culture requires capitalism in order to be successful

• People in less developed countries cannot afford to live in popular culture societies

The primary purpose of commercial agriculture is to

• Make a profit

• Produce a superior product

• Produce a product in a sustainable manner

• Provide jobs for a large percentage of the population

• Sustain the rural way of life

People voluntarily settling in areas that are likely within the path of natural hazards are most likely to fit which of the following views?

• Environmental Determinism

• Cultural Ecology

• Possibilism

• Cultural landscapes

• Suburbanization

On the map above, religion group X most likely references

• Mormons

• Catholics

• Lutherans

• Atheists

• Church of Christ

On the map above, religion group Z most likely references

• Catholics

• Atheists

• Jews

• Baptists

• Sunni Muslims

The Arabic language, praying five times a day facing Mecca, and the belief in food taboos are examples of

• assimilation

• nonmaterial culture

• cultural diffusion

• acculturation

• folk culture

Secularism is the

• indifference to or rejection of formal religion

• a system of beliefs and practices which helps humans sort through the difficult situations in life

• the influence of state government in regulating organized religion

• conscientious effort to acknowledge a supernatural creator but the unwillingness to join a defined religious group

• influence of religion on pop culture