CULTURE QUIZ REVIEW

There world's four largest religions are

• Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism
• Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Jainism
• Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism
• Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Confucianism

Which of the following could be a barrier to Cultural Diffusion?

• Language
• Landforms
• Governments
• All of these are barriers

Ethnicity is

• identity with group sharing cultural traditions of homeland or hearth
• identity with group perceived to share physiological trait like skin color
• identity with group sharing legal attachment to a particular country
• all of the above

Folk culture is

• a repetitive act that a particular individual performs
• a repetitive act of a group, performed to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group
• traditionally practiced primarily by small, homogeneous groups living in isolated rural areas
• found in large, heterogeneous societies that share certain habits despite other differences

Popular culture is

• a repetitive act that a particular individual performs
• a repetitive act of a group, performed to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group
• traditionally practiced primarily by small, homogeneous groups living in isolated rural areas
• found in large, heterogeneous societies that share certain habits despite other differences

A language family is

• a collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history
• a collection of languages within a family related through a common ancestral language
• a collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past
• a family that invented language

Which of the following ASSISTED in the diffusion of ideas in early historical times?

• Rivers
• Mountains
• Deserts
• Ice caps

How did colonialism, imperialism, and trade help spread ideas and culture?

• They kept countries completely separate.
• B) They helped powerful countries share their culture and systems with others.
• C) They made people stop using any old traditions.
• D) They stopped the exchange of goods and ideas.

How does multiculturalism show the effects of cultural diffusion in a place?

• A) It shows how one culture completely replaces all others.
• B) It proves that cultures stay the same and never change.
• C) It shows how ideas and traditions from different cultures can mix and exist together in one area.
• D) It means that no new cultural ideas are allowed to spread.

Which of the following best describes what geographers study when looking at a cultural landscape?

• A) Only natural landforms like mountains and rivers
• B) How people shape the land through farming, industry, religion, language, and social values
• C) Only the buildings and roads found in cities
• D) The way animals live in different environments