WorksheetsCultural Patterns
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
North Africa and Southwest Asia have what in common in regards to culture?
a)
They all speak the same language
b)
They eat the same food
c)
The religion of Islam
d)
Christianity is the major religion in this region
2.
Most European countries today have what type of government?
a)
Democracy
b)
Theocracy
c)
Totalitarian
d)
Constitutional Monarchy
3.
Which CULTURE REGION features the Spanish and Portuguese languages and the religion of Catholicism?
a)
Latin America
b)
North America
c)
Eastern Europe
d)
North Africa
4.
Name the region in red
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Latin America
d)
Mexico and South America
5.
A physical region connecting Mexico, United States, and Canada
a)
Latin America
b)
North America
c)
The Middle East
d)
South America
6.
The majority of citizens in North America speak what language?
a)
French
b)
English
c)
Spanish
d)
Portuguese
7.
What cultural impacts did Spain have on the region of Central America and the Caribbean?
a)
Fishing and agriculture
b)
language (Spanish) religion (Catholic)
c)
Theocracy and Priests
d)
The trans-continental railroad
8.
What culturally helped reunite Europe after the fall of the Roman empire
a)
A strong leader
b)
The Christian religion
c)
The Hindu religion
d)
The king
9.
Where do most people in Southwest Asia and North Africa live?
a)
In huge urban areas
b)
Near the coastline
c)
In the mountains
d)
In areas where they have easy access to water
10.
What is a cultural region?
a)
a section of the Earth where people share similar way of life such as language, religion, economic system and values.
b)
a geographical boundary between 2 different cultures
c)
An area of land that has 1 or more common characteristics
d)
belief, customs, institutions, technology and social structure
11.
What is the common language spoken in the cultural region of SW Asia?
a)
Islamic
b)
Arabic
c)
Hindi
d)
English
12.
A formal region is:
a)
derived from people's sense of identity and attachment to different areas.
b)
an area that possesses one or more unifying cultural or physical traits.
c)
nonexistent in developing nations.
d)
an area unified by a specific social, cultural, or economic activity.
13.
An area distinguished by one or more unique characteristics is a:
a)
biome.
b)
region.
c)
landscape.
d)
uniform unit.
14.
What is the main religion in the shaded region?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Islam
c)
Buddhism
d)
Christianity
15.
The total knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by members of a group.
a)
Culture
b)
society
c)
ethnic group
d)
innovation
16.
A group that shares the same geographic region, a common language, and a sense of identity and culture.
a)
diffusion
b)
state
c)
nation
d)
society
17.
A group of people who share language, customs, and a common heritage.
a)
society
b)
ethnicity
c)
ethnic group
d)
religion
18.
The process of assuming that everyone in the same ethnic, racial or cultural group act the same, share the same beliefs or attitudes: a particular group is the same:
a)
ethnicity
b)
ethnocentric
c)
prejudice
d)
stereotyping
19.
What is culture?
a)
A shared way of life
b)
The spread of ideas
c)
a short well known expression
d)
a custom prohibiting or restricting a practice
20.
The way people eat in their country such as with forks, chopsticks or fingers is an example of:
a)
cultural trait
b)
ethnic group
c)
cultural diffusion
d)
cultural region
21.
People can share
a)
beliefs
b)
values
c)
behaviors
d)
all of the above
22.
Which is NOT a feature of culture
a)
language
b)
architecture
c)
music
d)
health care
23.
People's culture adapt to the environment.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Cultural diffusion is
a)
the blocking of culture from one place to another
b)
how culture is made
c)
the spread of culture
d)
a shared way of life
25.
To adapt means to
a)
get rid of
b)
get used to
c)
change or adjust
d)
move from one place to another
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