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WorksheetsChapter 4 Rubenstein
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following areas would most likely NOT have a home made of adobe or mud?
a)
New Mexico
b)
Egypt
c)
Mexico
d)
Congo Basin
2.
This group is identified by lack of electrical lines, using buggies and horses. They are
a)
Ozark Natives
b)
Amish
c)
Ozark natives
d)
Scott Irish
3.
Folk Culture is
a)
urban based
b)
influenced by technology and the media
c)
practiced by small, homogeneous group
d)
encourages a uniform landscape
4.
List from smallest to largest.
a)
Cultural system, cultural complex, cultural trait
b)
Cultural trait, cultural system, cultural complex
c)
Cultural trait, cultural complex, cultural system
d)
Cultural complex, cultural trait, cultural system
5.
The Industrial Revolution moved cultural hearths to
a)
Latin America
b)
Europe and North America
c)
East Asia
d)
Southwest Asia
6.
Popular Culture
a)
uses media for diffusion
b)
spreads by relocation diffusion
c)
is small and homogeneous
d)
focuses on diversity
7.
Assimilation takes place when
a)
a culture moves with people during relocation diffusion
b)
a culture is totally absorbed by a dominant culture
c)
a culture shares traits with a larger culture
d)
two cultures have a "give and take" relationship
8.
The last thing lost as a result of assimilation is
a)
dress
b)
currency
c)
religion
d)
diet
9.
Transculturation would most likely occur
a)
along the Mexico/US border
b)
small rural communities in Peru
c)
in the public schools of Israel
d)
desert regions in Libya
10.
Environmental determinism generalizes a region's culture is shaped by
a)
access to waterways for transport
b)
the population's choice of staple food
c)
the dominance of the region
d)
the physical geography of the region
11.
Which is not part of the cultural landscape of a location?
a)
office building
b)
sewer system
c)
river system
d)
water well
12.
What is an example of relocation diffusion?
a)
wearing jeans
b)
listening to rap music
c)
a Mexican family moving to Australia
d)
watching a movie
13.
Which type of diffusion is NOT influenced by time-distance decay?
a)
contagious
b)
relocation
c)
stimulus
d)
none of these
14.
This region is an example of art folk culture diversity within minimal distance.
a)
Amazon Basin
b)
Himalayas
c)
Vatican City
d)
Ring of Fire
15.
Increasing worldwide use of the Internet, popularity of Hollywood movies and other English language media is called
a)
cultural globalization
b)
relocation diffusion
c)
contagious diffusion
d)
vernacular region
16.
Expelling and resettling culture groups by force is know as
a)
ethnic cleansing
b)
insugency
insurgency
insurgency
c)
chain migration
d)
relocation diffusion
17.
What country has tried to preserver their cultural identity by keeping global television and internet out?
a)
Australia
b)
Sudan
c)
North Korea
d)
Canada
18.
The caste system in Hindu India is a social structure
a)
where poor people can rise to any level
b)
where a political system divides blue collar from white collar
c)
where a person born into a certain caste can't change castes during their life
d)
where cultural divisions are dominated by Hindi-speakers
19.
Which country would have a problem eating a bacon burger?
a)
China
b)
Israel
c)
Italy
d)
Mexico
20.
Folk culture is spread by
a)
relocation diffusion
b)
hierarchical diffusion
c)
contagious difffusion
d)
stimulus diffusion
21.
The frequent repetition of a task by an individual is called
a)
a habit
b)
a taboo
c)
a custom
d)
character trait
22.
In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of large and
a)
homogeneous groups
b)
heterogeneous groups
c)
isolated, rural area groups
d)
specialized groups
23.
Folk songs are more likely than popular songs to
a)
tell a story about life-cycle events
b)
be popular worldwide
c)
be written by specialists for commercial distribution
d)
feature electronic music
24.
A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom is a
a)
Folk culture
b)
Habit
c)
Popular culture
d)
Taboo
25.
. A taboo against pork is a characteristic of
a)
Judaism and Islam
b)
Judaism and Buddhism
c)
Christianity and Buddhism
d)
Islam and Hinduism
26.
Pioneer farmers settling the grasslands of the American West often built houses of sod, while early settlers of the eastern forest built wooden structures like log cabins. This suggests that building materials
a)
Are strongly influenced by local resources
b)
Are chosen because of the diffusion of popular culture
c)
Are a uniform feature of folk culture
d)
Are elements of popular culture
27.
Given recent trends in communications, in the next five years the number of television programs viewed over the Internet might be expected to
a)
Remain about the same
b)
Increase dramatically
c)
Decrease slowly as cable and satellite television services offer more channels
d)
Decrease slowly as the number of broadcast television stations increases
28.
Some features of U.S. material culture such as gas stations, supermarkets, and motels
a)
Promote a uniform landscape
b)
Promote diffusion of folk culture
c)
Show high regional variation
d)
Reflect the preservation of folk culture
29.
Marriage dowries in India reflect
a)
A traditional folk custom
b)
A popular fad
c)
The value of women as mothers and wives
d)
That most families value male children more
30.
Many less developed countries fear the loss of folk culture because
a)
They do not want to preserve traditional values
b)
Western perspectives may become more dominant
c)
Popular culture devalues women
d)
Western clothing styles are less comfortable
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