WorksheetsUnit 3 Review 2020
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
A pilgrim to Varanasi (Benares) in India is most likely to be a
Muslim
Hindu
Jewish
Christian
Cultural landscape can be defined as
the types of art, music, dance, and theater practiced in a particular region
the ways that people in differing cultures perceive the environment
a particular area within a geographic region dedicated to cultural activities
the forms superimposed on the physical environment by the activities of humans
A pagoda would be representative of which of the following:
Acculturation
Assimilation
Cultural trait
Syncretism
Cultural landscape is closest in meaning to which of the following?
Built environment
Physical environment
Environmental determinism
Cultural ecology
What would be one reason that India as an advantage over China when it comes to locations of customer consumer centers?
The Indian government’s status as a neutral state in global political affairs
The English language legacy of British colonialism in India
Chinese emigration to Southeast Asia in the 1800s and 1900s
Large amounts of mineral resources found in China used to manufacture goods for export
Which of the following countries are least likely to have welcomed Christianity into their country?
India
Mexico
China
Ethiopia
If four languages have similar words for numbers and the names of fish, but different names for a certain disease, what might be concluded about the time at which the disease first diffused?
The disease spread among a population that later divided and evolved into four different languages.
The disease spread to two different populations that later divided into two different languages.
The population divided and evolved into the four different languages, and then the disease spread.
There can be no conclusions drawn about the initial diffusion of the disease based on language.
Swahili in East Africa and English in global commerce are examples of
pidgin languages
lingua franca
standard language
creole language
The spread of specialty coffee shops across the United States in the 1990s is an example of
hierarchical diffusion
contagious diffusion
stimulus diffusion
relocation diffusion
The world’s three major monotheistic religions originated in which of the following regions?
East Asia
Eastern Europe
Southwest Asia
Western Europe
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
diffusion
migration
hierarchical diffusion.
relative location.
Hint: The trunk of the tree
A word-usage boundary is known as an _______________,
Look at all the names for soft-drink in the USA
standard language
dialect
isogloss
language family
Which of the following countries has the largest percentage of Roman Catholics?
United States
Great Britain
Indonesia
Brazil
Which of the following is an example of a cultural landscape?
A coral reef
A stand of pine trees
Terraced fields of crops up a mountainside
Glaciers
The type of culture that includes a wide range of artifacts (e.g. clothing, art, structures) is called
Popular culture
Material culture
Folk culture
Cultural reigon
Which of the following is NOT an ethnic religion?
Hinduism
Judaism
Shintoism
Buddhism
Acculturation is a process whereby
A 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 cultures
The less dominant culture adopts some of the traits of the more influential one
Which of the following is the largest proselytizing religion?
Hinduism
Christianity
Buddhism
Shintoism
Which language has become the world's primary lingua franca?
Mandarin
Hindi
German
English
Which of the following is a dialect?
Indo-European
Romance
Southern United States
Latin
Isoglosses are used to mark
Creation of pidgins
Extent to which a lingua franca is used in a certain area
Limits for an area in which certain words or other language features are used
Area in which an extinct language is used
The modern game of soccer (football) spread to many parts of the world because of British colonization. This is an example of
Expansion diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
Relocation diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
