WorksheetsUnit 3 HuG
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
In South Africa there are 11 official languages, which has resulted in the country having a difficult time unifying. This is an example of
centrifugal force
assimilation
distance decay
cultural relativism
acculturation
Which of the following best explains the practice of placing indigenous children in boarding schools in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
The schools were intended to promote multiculturalism by introducing European culture to indigenous youth
Many schools appropriated indigenous culture by using tribal names for sports teams
The schools were intended to blend indigenous and European cultures through syncretism
The schools were intended to diffuse Christianity and assimilate indigenous youth into European culture
The schools represented a traditional cultural trait of many indigenous societies
In Ghana, buildings still stand that were used during the slave trade. This is an example of
relocation diffusion
stimulus diffusion
sequent occupancy
syncretism
centripetal force
If a country pushes education amongst their female population, what would happen to the population rate?
Birth rates would increase
There would be no change in the population
Birth rates would decrease
Death rates with increase
Death rates would decrease
The map shows the distribution of the language family that has the largest number of speakers in the world. Which statement correctly identifies the language family shown and the method of diffusion that best explains the pattern?
The map shows the distribution of the Amerindian language family, which diffused from its hearth in Canada and spread southward into South America through contagious diffusion and into Europe and Asia through trade and hierarchal diffusion.
The map shows the distribution of the Sino-Tibetan language family, which diffused from its hearth in China and spread into Europe by contagious diffusion and to the Americas through stimulus diffusion.
The map shows the distribution of the Uralic language family, which diffused from its hearth in Iceland and spread into northern Europe through contagious diffusion by Norse trading groups.
The map shows the distribution of the Indo-European language family, which diffused from its hearth in the Caucasus Mountains and spread throughout Eurasia through contagious diffusion and into the Americas, Africa, and Australia through colonialism and relocation diffusion.
The map shows the distribution of the Afro-Asiatic language family, which diffused from it hearth in Egypt and spread throughout the Arabian Peninsula and into Eurasia through contagious diffusion and into the Americas through colonialism and relocation diffusion.
Swahili in East Africa and English in global commerce are examples of
Pidgin Language
Lingua Franca
Standard Language
Creole Language
Official Language
Which of the following elements of the cultural landscape are shown in the image from Granada, Spain?
Spanish conquistadores’ fortifications, architecture, and forestry
Classical Roman fortifications, infrastructure, and art
Buddhist monasteries, gardens, and religious text
Moorish Islamic art, architecture, and script
Portuguese universities, design, and gardens
The map shown was published in the United States in the early twentieth century. The title of the map is an example of
assimilation
cultural relativism
acculturation
cultural diffusion
ethnocentrism
Many people living in west and central African countries such as Niger, Chad, and the Central African Republic speak French. Which of the following best explains this pattern?
The French language originated in west-central Africa and diffused to Europe.
Muslims brought the French language into Africa from France.
Slaves freed from France in the late 1800s relocated to the region that is now Niger and the Central African Republic.
France acquired several countries in Africa as a result of decisions made during the Berlin Conference of 1884.
French diffused hierarchically into the largest cities of Africa after the Second World War.
Which of the following concepts best explains the driving forces of contemporary cultural diffusion?
Cultural convergence
Space-time compression
Syncretism
Cultural divergence
Creolization
