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WorksheetsAP HUG - Chapter 4 Test Review
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
In recent decades, popular customs have most frequently originated in:
formerly communist countries
countries with large rural populations
less developed countries
more developed countries
Material culture includes with which three essential items?
Food, Shelter, Clothing
Shelter, Car, Education
Food, Shelter, Car
Clothing, Education, Car
We can deduce from the examples of popular music, fashionable clothing, and electronic applications around us that the rapid diffusion of popular culture...
conserves natural resources
discourages people in different places to adopt different customs
depends on modern communication systems
always occurs at the expense of folk culture
Baseball's increasing global popularity may be attributed to...
relocation diffusion
syncretism
hierarchical diffusion
contagious diffusion
What one eats is revealing of one's...
economic standing
socioeconomic status and age group
social, educational level, and religious memberships
social, religious, and ethnic memberships
A taboo against pork is a characteristic of...
Judaism and Buddhism
Judaism and Islam
Christianity and Buddhism
Islam and Hinduism
Jeans provide a good example of material culture that is adopted by a number of different societies. They are also an example of...
white-collar culture
punk culture
popular culture
folk culture
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...
are chosen because of the diffusion of popular culture
are commonly imported over long distances because of local folk culture
are a uniform feature of folk culture
are strongly influenced by local resources
Hip hop music demonstrates an interplay between globalization and local diversity because...
it is a form of folk culture responsible for the globalization of modern music
hip hop music is played in many Islamic countries
some lyrics can't be transmitted over the radio and television
artists may be widely popular yet still make local references in their song lyrics
Before reaching other parts of _______ and, eventually, marginalized urban areas throughout the country, Hip Hop music originated in the late 1970s in the South Bronx.
Baltimore
Boston
New York City
Chicago
Folk songs are more likely than popular songs to...
be written by specialists for commercial distribution
feature instruments and styles of performance associated with dance clubs
tell a story about life-cycle events, work, or natural disasters
tell a story about life-cycle events, work, or natural disasters
The body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that constitute a group's distinct traditions would best describe a specific population's...
folklore
culture
religious organization
education system
Americans' preferences for beverages and snacks...
do not vary from one region of the country to another
do not vary according to religious differences
are primarily dependent on income differences
vary according to what is produced locally
In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of large and...
groups living in isolated rural areas
groups that have little interaction with other groups
heterogeneous groups
homogeneous groups
Which aspect of the local environment is the least important for wine production?
proximity to cities
topography
climate
soil types
The ______ is an important source area for U.S. folk houses types.
Northeast
Upper New York highland
Middle Atlantic
Southwest
One of the primary effects of the modern communications on social customs has been to...
have little effect on the diffusion of social customs
stimulate the diffusion of folk cultures around the world
increase the similarity of social customs s in different locations
preserve folk cultures, by increasing awareness of their uniqueness
Diffusion of popular customs can adversely impact environmental quality in two ways:
diversity of products and depletion of change
increased diversity and increased demand
depletion of scarce resources and pollution
reducing demand for foreign products and promoting local crafts
Popular culture and folk culture can both result in significant environmental challenges. Which of the following are outgrowths of diffusion of culture?
water source degradation
reduced consumption of animal products
deforestation
extinction of animal species
demand for raw materials
The organization "Freedom of the Net" measures...
the purchasing power of 16-25 year olds in the U.S.
the level of Internet and digital freedom across 65 countries
the ability of U.S. military personnel to use social media while on duty
the use of technology in classrooms
Marriage dowries in India reflect...
that most families value female children more
a popular fad
the value of women as mothers and wives
that some families value male children more
_________ has been the most important mechanism by which popular culture has rapidly diffused across the globe.
Television
Radio technology
Mass migrations
Word of mouth
Some features of U.S. material culture such as gas stations, supermarkets, and motels...
provide diversity on the U.S. landscape
promote a uniform landscape
Given recent trends in communications, in the next five years the number of television programs viewed over the Internet might be expected to...
increase dramatically
decrease dramatically
remain the same
OpenNet Initiative has identified several types of American-produced media for censorship in other countries including....
social content (related to sexuality, gambling, and other socially sensitive topics)
security content (related to border disputes, separatist movements, and militant groups
environmental content (related to pollution and environmental degradation)
opposition to current government
material related to human rights, freedom of expression, minority rights and religious movements
The global diffusion of popular culture may threaten folk culture by...
threatening local environments through the diffusion of information by technology
being more responsive to the diversity of local environments
serving as a catalyst for the advancement of folk culture
being less responsive to the diversity of local environments
One significant impact of popular culture is to...
diffuse at the expense of globalization
promote the diffusion of popular culture
modify the physical environment
create a more varied and less uniform landscape
The three countries that are most aggressive in their punishments for using Internet are...
Iraq, Japan, Syria
Cuba, Russia, China
Iran, Syria, China
Russia, Venezuela, Vietnam
Many less developed countries fear the loss of folk culture because...
popular culture devalues women
Western perspectives may become more dominant
Western clothing styles are less comfortable
they want to avoid political disputes
