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Mini Benchmark Review - Geography & Culture

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cultural diffusion is

a)

a certain belief about a group of people

b)

how people worship a God in a culture

c)

the spread of a cultural trait from one group to another

d)

science

2.

Australia is a country as well as a

a)

continent

b)

state

c)

capital

d)

city

3.

What direction would you travel in to go from Florida's west coast to Florida's east coast?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

4.

Why is a globe more accurate (free from error) than a map?”

a)

A globe shows city streets and a map does not.

b)

A globe contains true shapes of continents and oceans.

c)

A globe projects a distorted view of the Earth while a map does not.

d)

A globe can show a particular region in greater detail than a map.

5.

Cultural diffusion is best described as

a)

the spread of culture traits from one culture to another

b)

sharing music from one culture to another

c)

spread of religion from one culture to another

d)

learning a foreign language

6.
An example of cultural diffusion is
a)
spread of popular music
b)
invention of a language
c)
importance of religion
d)
a new type of computer 
7.

What is the exact location of the hurricane?

a)

35 degrees N, 65 degrees W

b)

75 degrees N, 20 degrees W

c)

20 degrees N, 75 degrees W

d)

25 degrees N, 80 degrees W

8.

The word "ancient" means

a)

belonging to the very distant past

b)

belonging to the recent past

c)

something that is current today

d)

broken down

9.

An example of cultural diffusion from the ancient world is

a)

people all over the world watching the same memes

b)

people in China eating with forks and knives

c)

people in early Rome borrowing architectural styles from ancient Greece

d)

people copying styles of dress from YouTubers

10.

An example of cultural diffusion from the ancient world to the modern world is

a)

Ancient Greeks borrowing pottery styles from the ancient Minoans.

b)

America borrowing the idea of Democracy from ancient Greece

c)

people all over the world using the Internet

d)

Americans borrowing the use of chopsticks from the Chinese