WorksheetsAPHG, Unit Three Review
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
On a map of the U.S. that depicts what Americans call refreshing, carbonated beverages, what is represented in an area where it changes from pop to soda?
toponymy
isogloss
distance decay
transculturation
lingua franca
Which of the following carry a particular meaning recognized by people who share a culture?
multiculturalism
diasporas
animism
symbols
creole
Which of the following religions has more adherents than any other?
Islam
Hinduism
Christianity
Buddhism
Judaism
Which of the following religions is gaining adherents at a faster rate than any other?
Islam
Hinduism
Christianity
Buddhism
Judaism
Which of the following are the three main universalizing religions?
Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism
Islam, Buddhism, and Sikhism
Buddhism, Judaism, and Christianity
Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Which of the following is an example of a culture landscape?
a coral reef
a stand of pine trees
a tropical jungle
a terraced field on a mountainside
a glacier
Which of the following was not one of the earliest ancient cultural hearths?
Nile Valley
Indus Valley
Mesopotamia (Tigris and Euphrates)
Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico)
East Asia (Huang He River)
Globalization has encouraged the diffusion of
popular culture
ethnic regions
linguistic fragmentation
folk culture
ethnocentrism
A European who refers to China as the “far east” is reflecting a form of
cultural relativism
ethnocentrism
assimilation
animism
humanism
In contrast to societies that are strongly influenced by popular culture, folk societies are
more likely to obtain and use building materials from outside of their environment
less likely to promote religious values
less likely to change (their culture)
more inclined to tolerate a variety of social customs and behaviors
more likely to place a strain on natural resources
The type of culture that includes a wide range of artifacts is called
popular culture
material culture
folk culture
a culture region
non-material culture
Which of the following is a dialect?
Indo-European
Romance
Southern United States
Latin
Dravidian
Which of the following schools of thought puts the most emphasis on the importance of the physical environment in shaping cultures?
possibilism
cultural ecology
environmental determinism
environmental perception
cultural determinism
Culture complexes are made up of many culture
traits
regions
systems
hearths
dialects
When Islam spread to Sub-Saharan Africa by the 9th century, its first converts were the elite, while most ordinary people retained their native religion. This phenomenon illustrates the process of
contagious diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
stimulus diffusion
relocation diffusion
migration diffusion
The process by which one generation passes culture to the next is called
cultural transmission
assimilation
cultural relativism
syncretism
cultural diffusion
Acculturation is the process whereby
the more dominant culture adopts most of the traits of the less dominant culture
the dominant culture completely absorbs the less dominant one
cultural traits are equally exchanged between two cultures
the less dominant culture adopts some of the traits of the more influential one
non-material culture and material culture spread to areas around them
Which of the following is not a common contribution that religion makes to a given culture?
the relationship of the individual to the world
the meaning of life and death
values
government
customs
Which of the following is not true of standard languages?
they may be designated as an official language by a country’s government
a country may have more than one standard/official language
they are recognized by the government and intellectual elite as the norm for use in schools, government, media, and other aspects of public life
they are thought of as regional variants where pronunciations vary and people in some areas speak more quickly or slowly than people in other areas
they are often associated with countries’ capital cities or centers of power at the time that the nation developed
How many languages to linguists estimate are spoken in the world today?
5-6
50-60
500-600
5,000-6,000
50,000-60,000
Which of the following is true of literacy rates?
the literacy rate is near 100% in high-income nations, but is declining in low-income nations
the literacy rate between high and low-income nations is about the same and increasing in both
the literacy rate between high and low-income nations is about the same and decreasing in both
the literacy rate is near 100% in high-income nations and is increasing in most low-income nations
the literacy rate is near 100% in low-income nations, but is declining in most high-income nations
Which of these affects the most people?
a single culture trait
a single culture region
a single culture complex
a single culture system
they all affect the same number of people
