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WorksheetsAP Human Geography: Culture and Language
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 28mins
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Class
Date
1.
Diffusion of popular customs can adversely impact environmental quality in two ways:
a)
using renewable materials and recycled designs.
b)
diversity of products and depletion of change.
c)
depletion of scarce resources and pollution.
d)
reducing demand for foreign products and promoting local crafts.
2.
Dialects developed within England primarily because
a)
the Viking invaders did not remain long in England.
b)
different Germanic invaders settled in different regions.
c)
the Normans invaded from the south.
d)
British Received Pronunciation became the standard dialect.
3.
The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people, is a
a)
habit
b)
character trait
c)
taboo
d)
custom
4.
Which of the following will encompass the largest number of speakers?
a)
language group
b)
language family
c)
language branch
d)
dialect
5.
Which of the following is not a Romance language?
a)
French
b)
German
c)
Italian
d)
Spanish
6.
The oldest roots of the English language have been traced back to present-day
a)
Belgium
b)
Canada
c)
Denmark
d)
Iceland
7.
Complete the following analogy: Argentina is to Spanish as
a)
Brazil is to Portuguese.
b)
Guyana is to Spanish.
c)
Suriname is to French.
d)
Panama is to English.
8.
Complete the following analogy: southern Europe is to Romance as
a)
southwestern Europe is to Iberian.
b)
eastern Europe is to West Germanic.
c)
eastern Europe is to Balto-Slavic.
d)
southeast Europe is to Greek.
9.
In both the Kurgan and Anatolian theories of Indo-European, the language family spread via __________ diffusion.
a)
contagious
b)
expansion
c)
hierarchical
d)
relocation
10.
Globally, today’s predominant lingua franca is
a)
Swahili
b)
English
c)
Spanish
11.
Folk culture is most likely to spread by
a)
expansion diffusion
b)
relocation diffusion
12.
Modern communications methods have _________ of social customs.
a)
led to fragmentation
b)
increased the global uniformity
c)
slowed the dissemination
d)
had little effect on the spread
13.
Internet use is least prevalent in
a)
North America
b)
Western Europe
c)
Central Africa
d)
Russia
14.
Which of the following language branches is not a member of the Indo-European language family?
a)
Balto-Slavic
b)
Germanic
c)
Greek
d)
Caucasian
15.
The primary reason why there are so many distinct languages in Africa is
a)
The long periods of isolation between tribes
b)
The policies of the European colonial powers
c)
The migrations to Africa from Asia and Europe
d)
The major religious differences between tribes
16.
The second-largest language family is
a)
Indo-European
b)
Austronesian
c)
Sino-Tibetan
d)
Dravidian
17.
Which of the following countries do The Flemings and Walloons live in?
a)
Czech Republic
b)
Switzerland
c)
Belgium
d)
France
18.
Basque is spoken primarily in
a)
Barcelona, Spain
b)
The Pyrenees Mountains
c)
The Swiss Alps
d)
The British Isles
19.
People maintain their folk culture despite familiarity with popular culture primarily because of
a)
a concern for the physical environment.
b)
a lack of exposure to the media
c)
the high cost of popular customs.
d)
a strong desire to preserve unique customs.
20.
A taboo against pork is a characteristic of
a)
Christianity and Hinduism
b)
Islam and Hinduism
c)
Christianity and Buddhism
d)
Judaism and Islam
21.
The survival of any language relies on
a)
the political and military strength of its speakers.
b)
the homogenization of its dialects.
c)
the efficient "corrections" of the global free market.
d)
the spread of its speakers' material culture.
22.
Cultural diversity is promoted by
a)
the rapid movement of goods and services across borders.
b)
the relative isolation of a group from others.
c)
expansion diffusion.
d)
globalization.
23.
As they have more contact with popular culture, women in less developed countries are more likely to
a)
gain more opportunities outside the home.
b)
bear more children.
c)
be subservient to men.
24.
English is part of which language branch?
a)
Indo-Iranian
b)
Romance
c)
Germanic
d)
Dravidian
25.
A form of a language spoken in a local area is a
a)
group
b)
dialect
c)
family
d)
branch
26.
A creolized language is
a)
a mix of indigenous and colonial languages.
b)
a revived formerly extinct language.
c)
an isolated language family.
d)
extinct.
27.
A literary tradition is
a)
a language spoken in an area.
b)
a collection of languages related to one other.
c)
the written form of a language.
28.
Hebrew is an example of
a)
an extinct language
b)
a revived language
c)
an isolated language
29.
According to Colin Renfrew's research, Indo-European languages diffused across Europe
a)
following the traders on the silk road.
b)
by way of the Kurgan homeland.
c)
entirely by sea.
d)
with the diffusion of agriculture.
30.
In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is more likely to vary
a)
from place to place at a given time
b)
from time to time at a given place
c)
both from place to place and from time to time in equal measure
d)
neither from place to place nor time to time
31.
In recent decades, popular customs have most frequently originated in
a)
More developed countries
b)
Less developed countries
c)
formerly communist countries
d)
Countries with large rural populations
32.
As components of group identity and cultural learning, folk customs usually originate from
a)
at the "discovery" of leisure time
b)
the application of industrial technology
c)
familiar events in daily life
d)
a traumatic event unique to the history of a particular social group.
33.
When we analyze the patterns of popular culture in our surroundings, we can surmise that
a)
all culture is transmitted from one location to another through small scale and local migration.
b)
popular culture diffuses through relocation diffusion.
c)
nodes of innovation are central to the process of hierarchical diffusion.
d)
unlike folk culture, popular culture is usually transmitted
34.
Which concept is the contemporary geographer likely to reject?
a)
Local resources make some cultural choices more likely than others.
b)
People in similar environments adopt different social customs.
c)
People are influenced by their physical environment.
d)
The physical environment causes people to adopt social customs.
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