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APHG Ch 4 Culture

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

Hutterites differ from the Amish in that they

a)

reject modern technology.

b)

accept modern technology.

c)

are Anabaptist.

d)

live in Pennsylvania.

2.

Over 425 Hutterite communities exist in each of the following states and provinces except:

a)

North Dakota.

b)

Alberta.

c)

Montana.

d)

Saskatchewan

e)

Arkansas

3.

________________ culture is conceived as small, incorporating a homogeneous population, typically rural and cohesive in cultural traits.

a)

Material

b)

Popular

c)

Folk

d)

Local

4.

The ________ of a group of people includes the things they construct.

a)

non-material culture

b)

folk culture

c)

material culture

d)

pop culture

5.

Which is an example of a non-material aspect of culture?

a)

church building

b)

religious decoration

c)

burning of incense

d)

an altar

6.

A group of people in a particular place who see themselves as a community and who share experience, customs, and traits are referred to as a

a)

local culture.

b)

popular culture

c)

folk.

d)

material cultural group.

7.

In terms of popular culture, cities like Paris, New York, and Milan are referred to as

a)

capitals.

b)

local cultures.

c)

world cities.

d)

hearths.

8.

The fact that trends in popular culture (e.g. fashion) proceed from large global centers (Milan, Paris, New York) through a series of progressively smaller cities is an example of

a) diffusion.

b) migration.

c) hierarchical diffusion.

d) relative location.

a)

diffusion.

b)

migration.

c)

hierarchical diffusion.

d)

relative location.

9.

Government efforts to discourage native practice and languages in the United States and Canada were attempts to _____________ native groups.

a)

segregate

b)

protect

c)

eradicate

d)

assimilate

10.

Efforts to conserve local cultures often focus on the local ____________.

a)

customs

b)

mobility

c)

boundaries

d)

landmarks

11.

Buying a Native American styled dream catcher at a Wal-Mart store in Ohio is an example of

a)

cultural appropriation.

b)

local custom.

c)

assimilation

d)

cultural persistence.

12.

“Little Sweden” in Lindsborg, Kansas is a good example:

a)

tribalism.

b)

globalization.

c)

neolocalism.

d)

placelessness.

13.

The Makah of Washington State reinstituted _______________ as a means of solidifying their culture and reconnecting with their past.

a)

whaling

b)

shamanism

c)

courses in Makah history at the local college

d)

study of the Makah language

14.

Urban local cultures as in Brooklyn, New York and North End Boston, Massachusetts are seen as positive examples of _____________, places of cultural persistence.

a)

ghettoes

b)

ethnic neighborhoods

c)

assimilation

d)

global villages

15.

Cultural appropriation for purposes of profit (e.g., naming a beer for a Lakota chief) is referred to as an example of

a)

cultural imperialism.

b)

commodification.

c)

ethnic insensitivity.

d)

product branding.

16.

Geographer David Harvey refers to the increasing speed by which innovations in popular culture diffuse as

a)

distance decay.

b)

time-space compression.

c)

space-adjusting techniques.

d)

cultural diffusion.

17.

he visible imprint of human activity on the landscape is known as:

a)

the hand of man.

b)

urban renewal.

c)

the cultural landscape.

d)

sprawl.

18.

According to E. Relph, the term which best captures the quality of the American landscape which is associated with the spread of popular culture is

a)

popular landscape.

b)

cultural landscape.

c)

blight.

d)

placelessness.