WorksheetsCultural Geography: A Sampling of Terms & Concepts
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 8mins
The neck rings of the Kayan Lahwi women of Myanmar can be considered a trait of:
rural local culture
rural popular culture
urban local culture
urban popular culture
How do local cultures sustain themselves, or avoid "dying out"?
they celebrate customs and traditions
they abandon customs and traditions
they may isolate themselves
they blend in to the mainstream culture
This sign marks the entrance to an ethnic neighborhood, an example of:
rural local culture
rural popular culture
urban local culture
urban popular culture
The movement of American Indian children to boarding schools run by religious groups and the U.S. government was an effort to:
force assimilation
force acculturation
An actor with a new movie or a musician with a new album will often hit the late-night talk show circuit in order to take advantage of:
relocation diffusion
contagious diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
stimulus diffusion
In 1966 a Japanese immigrant and his business partner opened the first sushi restaurant in Los Angeles. The diffusion of a food style through migration exemplifies:
relocation diffusion
contagious diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
stimulus diffusion
In 1970 the first sushi bar opened in Hollywood and catered to celebrities. The celebrity endorsement helped sushi diffuse to New York and Chicago and beyond. Diffusion from the more influential to the less influential is termed:
relocation diffusion
contagious diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
stimulus diffusion
The Kit Kat candy bar diffused to Japan. Japan has developed its own unique flavors of Kit Kat, such as green tea. This type of diffusion, in which a product is glocalized to fit the local culture, is termed:
relocation diffusion
contagious diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
stimulus diffusion
The Diffusion of Innovation Model illustrates that when it comes to embracing new ideas, the smallest percentage of people are:
innovators
early adopters
early or late majority
laggards
Anglophone, Hispanophone and Francophone countries are examples of:
culture regions
local cultures
ethnic neighborhoods
barriers to cultural diffusion
Some European countries have restricted the wearing of religious clothing in public places. These types of policies promote:
extremism
fundamentalism
Zionism
secularism
Shamanism
Conflict on the African continent between Muslims and Christians in countries such as Mali, Nigeria, Central African Republic and Sudan can be categorized as:
interfaith
intrafaith
"Attacks on India's minority Muslims by Hindu vigilantes mount" is a headline which exemplifies:
interfaith conflict
intrafaith conflict
Identify the sacred site:
Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel
Golden Temple in Amritsar, India
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel
Identify the sacred site:
Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya, India
The Ghats of Varanasi, India
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Israel
Great Mosque, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Identify the sacred site:
The Ghats of Varanasi, India
Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya, India
Western Wall, Jerusalem, Israel
Golden Temple, Amritsar, India
Identify the sacred site:
Western Wall, Jerusalem, Israel
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Israel
This picture shows the destination of the hajj, which is the:
Western Wall, Jerusalem, Israel
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Israel
Great Mosque, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
This map illustrates differences in:
language families
language subfamilies
languages
dialect
Swahili is a useful language to learn before travelling to East Africa, where it is used as a(n):
dialect
official language
Pidgin
lingua franca
You'd have to travel to New Zealand to see this road sign with one of the world's longest:
Creoles
toponyms
isoglosses
Pidgins
Hispanic Heritage Month is a celebration of Hispanic:
race
gender
ethnicity
This map of racial diversity in Milwaukee, Wisconsin illustrates a city that is:
residentially segregated
experiencing barrioization
experiencing succession
gentrified
Pink and Victoria's Secret stores exemplify retail spaces that can be considered:
gendered
segregated
barrioized
identifying against
This protest against domestic violence in India exemplifies popular resistance to:
a gender gap in power relationships
a gender gap in education
a gender gap in employment opportunities
a gender gap in political representation
