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Unit 3 - World Geography

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the term for an area where people share culture traits like religion or language?
a)
Nuclear Family
b)
Religion
c)
Culture Region
2.
_________________ is the level of comfort enjoyed by a person or a society.
a)
Visual Arts
b)
Architecture
c)
Standard of living
3.
The customs we have, the traditions we have, the religious beliefs we have, the food we eat, the music we listen to, and even the clothes we wear make up our _______
a)
Culture
b)
Language
c)
Religion
d)
Monotheism
4.
Cultural diffusion is best described as...
a)
sharing music from one culture to another
b)
Cultural margarine
c)
the spreading of religion
d)
the spreading of ideas, languages, and traditions from one culture to another
5.

What statement is an example of cultural diffusion?

a)

Venezuela has large reserves of oil

b)

Texas has large amounts of oil

c)

students in China learn Chinese in school

d)

young people dance to rock music in Japan

6.
Cultural diffusion is BEST described as...
a)
the spreading of ideas, languages, and customs from one culture to another
b)
sharing music from one culture to another
c)
the spreading of religion from one culture to another
d)
learning a foreign language 
7.

What is the name of disease that caused a worldwide pandemic in 2020?

a)

Cancer Virus

b)

Cardi B Virus

c)

Corona Virus

d)

Computer Virus

8.

Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area - an entire country, continent, or whole world. It affects a very high proportion of the population.

a)

Pandemic

b)

symptom

c)

epidemic

d)

quarantine

9.

The transfering of work from a specific area of the company ( e.g. accounting, manufacturing) to an outside supplier, which can be done to a company that is located in the home country or anywhere else is called______.

a)

Offshoring

b)

Outsourcing

c)

Globalization

10.

Increasing interdependence of nations and peoples across the globe.

a)

Infrastructure

b)

Globalization

c)

Interdependence

d)

Specialization

11.
the heartland of place of origin of a major culture; a site of innovation from which basic ideas, materials, and technology diffuse to other cultures.
a)
state
b)
nation
c)
cultural hearth
d)
suburb
12.

Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area - an entire country, continent, or whole world. It affects a very high proportion of the population.

a)

Pandemic

b)

symptom

c)

epidemic

d)

quarantine

13.
Mr. Lombard's Great-Great-Grandmother was born in Poland and moved to the US permanently in 1911. Mr. Lombard's Great-Great-Grandmother is a(n) ________. 
a)
immigrant to the US and an emigrant from Poland
b)
emigrant from the US and an immigrant to Poland 
c)
immigrant to both the US and Poland 
d)
refugee and a migrant from the US 
14.
The movement of people from one place to another is called 
a)
Migration
b)
Immigration
c)
Emigration
d)
Movement
15.

Area that shares a large number of cultural traits.

a)

Cultural diffusion/Culture borrowing

b)

Culture Region

c)

Fine Arts

d)

Economy

16.

How does culture spread?

a)

Language

b)

Government and economy

c)

War, trade, colonization and immigration

17.
What is the term for geographic areas that have been shaped by people?
a)
Culture
b)
Cultural Landscapes
c)
Extended Family
18.
What is the term for an area where people share culture traits like religion or language?
a)
Nuclear Family
b)
Religion
c)
Culture Region
19.
What is the term for an idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture?
a)
Society
b)
Equator
c)
Cultural trait
20.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
21.

Busy streets, traffic, many people walking, and noise are all descriptors of...

a)

urban area

b)

rural area

22.

farm and ranch land, small towns, wide open spaces

a)

urban area

b)

rural area

23.

When there is a change to the environment to meet the needs of people

a)

Adaptation

b)

Modification

24.

When people change the way they live in order to fit new conditions or a new environment it is

a)

adaptation

b)

modification

25.
Values, beliefs, ideas and characteristics passed from one generation to the next:
a)
culture
b)
assimilation
c)
customs
d)
ethnicity
26.
A classification of people based on national origin and/or culture:
a)
acculturation
b)
cultural assimilation
c)
ethnicity
d)
ethnocentric
27.
The absorption of a culturally distinct group into a dominant or prevailing culture:
a)
Acculturation
b)
Cultural Assimilation
28.
Individuals verbally communicate with others through a
a)
art
b)
literature
c)
language
d)
belief
29.

Which term means an extreme devotion to a country characterized by a lack of questioning of state authority?

a)

assimilation

b)

nationalism

c)

ethnicity

d)

literacy

30.

Which term means adopting new cultural practices generally from a dominant culture group

a)

assimilation

b)

ethnicity

c)

literay

d)

nationalism

31.

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

32.
Celebrating a holiday like Christmas is an example of this kind of institution
a)
government
b)
economy
c)
religion
d)
education
33.
celebrating a holiday like the 4th of July is an example of this kind of institution
a)
religion
b)
government
c)
economy
d)
education
34.
believing that every citizen should be allowed to vote on important issues is an example of this kind of institution
a)
education
b)
government
c)
economy
d)
religion
35.

the study of the spatial characteristics of the world’s land and people

a)

region

b)

culture trait

c)

geography

d)

place

36.

long-standing practices, traditions, or customs that regulate a group

a)

institutions

b)

geography

c)

culture

d)

culture region

37.

the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular group

a)

geography

b)

culture

c)

region

d)

institutions

38.

a spatial area of land that is unified by a common characteristic, such as political unity, linguistic unity, or common climate patterns

a)

culture region

b)

region

c)

geography

d)

institutions

39.

a characteristic, such as language, beliefs, food, or customs that is shared by a group

a)

geography

b)

region

c)

institution

d)

culture trait

40.

an exact point on the earth’s surface

a)

geography

b)

location

c)

culture region

d)

institutions

41.

___________ was spread to the Americas through the process of European colonialization

a)

Christianity

b)

Hinduism

c)

Islam

42.
The process of, Americans adopting culture traits from other cultures, is an example of
a)
a convergent force.
b)
a divergent force.
c)
a static culture.
d)
ethnocentrism.
43.
The spread of McDonald’s into countries like India and Russia is an example of
a)
ethnocentrism.
b)
diffusion.
c)
a static culture.
d)
assimilation.
44.
Islam spread from its origin on the Arabian Peninsula to North Africa, and then into West Africa.  The Arabian Peninsula is an example of
a)
acculturation.
b)
a cultural trait.
c)
diffusion.
d)
a cultural hearth.
45.
Americans adopting culture traits from other cultures, is an example of
a)
a convergent force.
b)
a divergent force.
c)
ethnocentrism.
46.
The process whereby a minority group gradually gives up its own culture and adopts the culture of the majority is known as
a)
assimilation.
b)
innovation.
c)
diffusion.
d)
acculturation.
47.

Multiculturalism is...

a)

Many different ethnic groups living together in the same society.

b)

Many different people living in cities.

c)

People from many nations joining a culture.

48.

This has potential to spread infectious diseases

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Isolationism

d)

Globalization

49.

The interconnection of the world today is often referred to as

a)

Nationalism

b)

Communism

c)

Globalization

d)

Isolationism

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