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APHuG Unit 3 Quiz Review

Total questions: 126

Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which term is NOT related to the Islamic faith? 
a)
Sunni
b)
Shitte
c)
Mosque
d)
Temple
2.

The picture is an example of what?

a)

Dialects

b)

Isogloss

c)

Uniform Language

d)

Pidgin

3.

Where will you find this contested holy site?

a)

India

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Iraq

d)

Israel/Palestine

4.

Which type of diffusion typically involves only the wealthy/trendy members of society?

a)

Relocation

b)

Contagious

c)

Stimulus

d)

Hierarchical

5.

Which of the following is the BEST example of a Mentifact?

a)

Taking off work to celebrate holidays like Christmas and Easter

b)

Owning a copy of the book "Being the Buddha"

c)

Wearing a Hindi Necklace

d)

Wearing a Hijab

6.

What is the best example of folk culture?

a)

Seeing the movie Black panther in Kenya

b)

Reading the New York Times in China

c)

Listening to Kpop music in Japan

d)

Dancing to Country Music in Texas

7.

Which of the following is the best example of an ethnic religion?

a)

Islam

b)

Christianity

c)

Buddhism

d)

Hinduism

8.

What is the holiest place in the Islamic faith?

a)

Medina

b)

Mecca

c)

Jeruselum

d)

The Ganges River

9.

Which of the following is the best example of Glocalization?

a)

Mcdonalds selling the "Chilupah Burrito Burger" in Michigan

b)

Burger King selling the "Greek Burger" in Argentina

c)

KFC selling the "Pineapple Chicken combo" in New York

d)

Rasing Canes selling the "Rice and Chicken Combo" in China

10.

When languages are depicted as leaves on trees, the trunk of the tree represents

a)

dialects

b)

language groups

c)

language families

d)

creolized languages

11.

Which of the following was NOT a Germanic speaking people that influenced the English language?

a)

Angles

b)

Saxons

c)

Jutes

d)

Normans

12.

Why is English the most widely spoken language in Canada and the U.S.?

a)

The Norman Conquest

b)

Viking Explorations of the New World

c)

British Colonialism

d)

The Internet

13.

What branch of the Indo-European language family does English belong to?

a)

Germanic

b)

Romance

c)

Slavic

d)

Indo-Iranian

14.

What language family is French a member of?

a)

Sino-Tibetan

b)

Austronesian

c)

Indo-European

d)

Altaic

15.

Why did Basque survive despite being surrounded by Indo-European languages?

a)

contagious diffusion

b)

isolation

c)

innovation

d)

distance decay

16.

Which of the following is NOT a Romance language?

a)

Italian

b)

Portuguese

c)

Romanian

d)

Greek

17.

What does Colin Renefrew claim is the reason the Indo-European language spread?

a)

war

b)

conquest

c)

farming

d)

disease

18.

What language is spoken in the northern part of Belgium?

a)

Flemish/Dutch

b)

French

c)

English

d)

German

19.

What is NOT a factor in the creation of different dialects?

a)

pronunciation

b)

spelling

c)

vocabulary

d)

contagious diffusion

20.

What is the second largest language family?

a)

Indo-European

b)

Afro-Asiatic

c)

Sino-Tibetan

d)

Austronesian

21.

As opposed to other languages that are phonetic, Chinese _____________ are not.

a)

isolines

b)

videograms

c)

logograms

d)

letters

22.

This pictures demonstrates how language can make the cultural landscape more

a)

unique

b)

homogenous

c)

uniform

d)

unfriendly

23.

How could the document below help preserve a dying language?

a)

it demonstrates official government support

b)

when people fill out documents they show they are literate

c)

people who speak minority languages pay lower taxes

d)

the language on the document is widely used on the internet

24.

This chart is evidence that English is a

a)

pidgin language

b)

official language

c)

dialect

d)

lingua franca

25.

Under the rule of the Roman Empire, what was spoken by common people in Southern Europe?

a)

British Received Pronunciation

b)

Standard English

c)

Vulgar Latin

d)

Spanglish

26.

French Creole is a ____________ that combined two simplified languages to form a lingua franca.

a)

pidgin language

b)

official language

c)

logograms

d)

isolated language

27.

Which of the following is NOT an official language of Switzerland?

a)

Italian

b)

French

c)

Romansh

d)

Spanish

28.

Which of the following was an extinct language but has since been revived?

a)

Greek

b)

Gothic

c)

Hebrew

d)

Gaelic

29.

This map shows the linguistic diversity in Nigeria that resulted from all BUT

a)

distance decay

b)

isolation

c)

distance decay

d)

literacy

30.

Why are some French concerned about the emergence of Franglais?

a)

They are easily confused

b)

They feel it is a corruption of their language

c)

They just want to abolish English

d)

They don't like the internet

31.

Why is the extinction of languages a problem?

a)

it isn't; it would be better if everyone spoke English

b)

It isn't, it would be better if everyone spoke Chinese

c)

It is better if you can't understand what some people say

d)

When a language dies, part of the culture dies with it

32.

The political boundaries of Europe follow linguistic boundaries, which follow _____boundaries.

a)

cultural

b)

physical

c)

racial

d)

economic

33.

Which of the following is not an accurate combination of language and religion?

a)

Germanic/Protestant

b)

Romance/Orthodox Catholic

c)

Arabic/Islam

d)

Hebrew/Judaism

34.

A creolized language results from

a)

homogeneity

b)

extinction

c)

literary traditions

d)

acculturation

35.

Received Pronunciation would most likely be heard on

a)

BBC

b)

NBC

c)

MTV

d)

CNN

36.

A ________ is a place name that reveals what is important to people and what the land is like.

a)

logogram

b)

lingua franca

c)

official language

d)

toponym

37.

Folk culture is

a)

Homogenous

b)

Rural

c)

Slowly changing / stagnant

d)

All of the above

38.

Folk music usually

a)

Is created by well-known artists

b)

Has anonymous authors over generations

c)

Made to generate profit

d)

Has urban hearths

39.

Popular culture steals and/or misrepresents an aspect of folk culture for profit

a)

Cultural assimilation

b)

Cultural imperialism

c)

Cultural syncretism

d)

Cultural appropriation

40.

An example of hierarchical diffusion

a)

Migrant bringing their food culture to the US

b)

McDonald's building restaurants in India but not serving beef

c)

A celebrity adopting a new hairstyle and starting a trend

d)

Finding out about a new song from your cousin

41.

Dominant language family in the regions above

a)

Niger - Congo

b)

Indo - European

c)

Latin Americano

d)

Sino - Tibetan

42.

Dominant language family in the regions above

a)

Sino -Tibetan

b)

Afro - Asiatic

c)

Niger - Congo

d)

Afrikaans

43.

When two people who speak different languages use English to conduct business, we can consider English a(n)

a)

Assimilated language

b)

Lingua Franca

c)

Pidgin Language

d)

Creole Language

44.

This region of the world is most likely the hearth of what language family?

a)

Austro - Asiatic

b)

Indo - European

c)

Altaic

d)

Sino - Tibetan

45.

Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese are all

a)

Sino - Tibetan languages

b)

Germanic languages

c)

Altaic languages

d)

Romance languages

46.

Found on the border of France and Spain, this language is not related to any other languages in Europe

a)

Macedonian

b)

Catalán

c)

Basque

d)

Latin

47.

Modern English was pulled from its Germanic roots when

a)

William the Conqueror invaded and took control of England and introduced French to the region

b)

England invaded Spain in 1066 and incorporated some Spanish vocabulary

c)

The Scottish language started diffusing south into England in 1215

d)

The Americans gained independence in 1776

48.

The dominant language in the region highlighted is

a)

Spanish

b)

English

c)

French

d)

German

49.

The largest universalizing religion is

a)

Hinduism

b)

Islam

c)

Buddhism

d)

Christianity

50.

World's first monotheistic religion

a)

Jainism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Judaism

d)

Shintoism

51.

Most Muslims are

a)

Shiite

b)

Sunni

c)

Sikhs

d)

Kurdish

52.

If a Muslim is physically and financially able, they are expected to travel to

a)

Mecca

b)

Palestine

c)

Madrid

d)

Israel

53.

Social hierarchy system that has existed in India and has been a part of Hinduism for thousands of years

a)

Dowry system

b)

Caste system

c)

Imperial system

d)

Feudalism

54.

The fighting in Northern Ireland in the 1970s, known as "The Troubles" can be considered an

a)

Interfaith conflict

b)

Intrafaith conflict

55.

Has controlled the region of Tibet since 1951 and has had a contentious relationship with the Dalai Lama and his branch of Buddhism

a)

Taiwan

b)

China

c)

Nepal

d)

India

56.

Several conflicts in Africa see

a)

Muslims in the North fighting Christians in the South

b)

Muslims and Jews fighting over holy land

c)

Folk religions being forced out by Islam or Hinduism

d)

Sikhs and Muslims fighting to control a territory

57.

Example of an ethnicity

a)

African American

b)

Black

c)

Asian

d)

Caucasian

58.

The ethnicity highlighted in the map above is

a)

Asian Americans

b)

African Americans

c)

Hispanic Americans

d)

Native Americans

59.

Made segregation legal in the US under the "separate but equal" doctrine

a)

Miranda vs. Arizona

b)

Roe vs. Wade

c)

Mendez vs. Westminster

d)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

60.

The highlighted section in Orange represents

a)

Shiite Muslims who are mostly concentrated in Iran

b)

The Kurdish ethnicity that is divided into several states

c)

The Sunni Muslims who rule Turkey but extend into Iran and Iraq

d)

Christian minorities who are persecuted in Iran and Turkey

61.

Millions of Hindus and Muslims were displaced or killed when

a)

Yugoslavia dissolved into separate states in the 1990s

b)

Hindus attacked minority Muslim populations in Sri Lanka

c)

Britain left India and created the Muslim state of Pakistan

d)

Israel defeated Egypt in 1967

62.

Folk culture is best described as

a)

customs found in large societies

b)

traditions that rapidly move across countries

c)

destroying the uniform landscape

d)

customs that travel slowly and are often based in small rural areas

63.

A custom is

a)

represented ONLY in someone's religious life

b)

an repetitive action that eventually defines a group of people

c)

represented in folk cultures throughout the world but absent in popular culture

d)

individual actions that occur over and over

64.

Popular culture often expands through

a)

migration or relocation diffusion

b)

the building of roads and internet technologies

c)

hierarchical diffusion

d)

adoption of electricity

65.

Which is NOT part of material culture?

a)

Language

b)

Food

c)

Clothing

d)

Shelter

66.

Which of the following is an example of a terroir?

a)

Buying the latest Audi car for a cross-country vacation

b)

A Big Mac from McDonald's for lunch

c)

Roasting food over a fire due to living near forests

d)

Migrating to a new country for economic and political reasons

67.

TV and Internet access is MOST limited in

a)

North America

b)

East Asia

c)

Africa

d)

South America

68.

Quick and widespread diffusion like a disease is known as

a)

Stimulus diffusion

b)

Hierarchical diffusoin

c)

Relocation diffusion

d)

Contagious diffusion

69.

Actions involving the whole world and increasing connections between people, corporations, and/or organizations is BEST known as

a)

unilaterialism

b)

globalization

c)

multiculturalism

d)

milieu

70.

The combination of a place's cultural, economic, and physical features is known as its

a)

formal region

b)

cultural landscape

c)

uniform landscape

d)

place definition

71.

The McDonalds Golden Arches and the design of most of its restaurants are examples of

a)

uniform landscapes

b)

cookie-cutter scenes

c)

sustainability

d)

Levittown architecture

72.
Clothing is an example of what type of culture?
a)
Popular
b)
Folk
c)
Material
d)
Non-Material
73.

A system of beliefs and practices that attempts to order life in terms of culturally perceived ultimate priorities.

a)

Reincarnation

b)

monotheistic religion

c)

religion

d)

polytheistic religion

e)

universalizing religions

74.

To actively seek converts because they view themselves as offering belief systems, universal appropriateness, and appeal. Few in number and of recent origin. EX) Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam

a)

Reincarnation

b)

monotheistic religion

c)

religion

d)

polytheistic religion

e)

universalizing religions

75.

Adherents are born into the faith and converts are not actively sought. Spatially concentrated, except for Judaism. EX) traditional religions in Africa and SA. Judaism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Shintoism

a)

animistic religion

b)

ethnic religion

c)

Feng-Shui/geomancy

d)

Zoroastrianism

e)

Confucianism

76.
A philosophy of life that had a great impact of Chinese Life. Said virtues and abilities, not heritage, should determine position in society.
a)
animistic religion
b)
ethnic religion
c)
Feng-Shui/geomancy
d)
Zoroastrianism
e)
Confucianism
77.

The largest universalizing religion is

a)

Hinduism

b)

Islam

c)

Buddhism

d)

Christianity

78.

World's first monotheistic religion

a)

Jainism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Judaism

d)

Shintoism

79.

If a Muslim is physically and financially able, they are expected to travel to

a)

Mecca

b)

Palestine

c)

Madrid

d)

Israel

80.
Which of the following is an example of an ethnic religion?
a)
Islam
b)
Mormonsim
c)
Buddhism
d)
Judaism
81.
What is monotheism?
a)
The belief or worship of more than one god.
b)
The belief of the existence of only one god.
c)
The belief that objects or natural events have a discrete spirit and conscious life.
d)
The belief that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body/form after death.
82.
What is a major symbol in Christianity?
a)
Star of David
b)
Eight spoked wheel
c)
Moon with Star
d)
Cross, fish, martyr
83.
What are the names of the two religions who have a taboo against pork?
a)
Judaism and Islam
b)
Islam and Hinduism
c)
Judaism and Buddhism
d)
Buddhism and Hinduism
84.
What is polytheism?
a)
The belief or worship of more than one god.
b)
The belief of the existence of only one god.
c)
The belief that objects or natural events have a discrete spirit and conscious life.
d)
The belief that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body/form after death.
85.
What is animism?
a)
The belief that objects or natural events have a discrete spirit and conscious life. 
b)
The belief of the existence of only one god.
c)
The belief or worship of more than one god.
d)
The belief that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body/form after death.
86.
Which religion believed in the Eightfold Path?
a)
Legalism
b)
Hinduism
c)
Jainism
d)
Buddhism
87.
About 80% of India's people follow this religion.
a)
Hinduism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Confucianism
d)
Shintoism
88.
This statue represents the founder of what religion? 
a)
Christianity
b)
Buddhism
c)
Hinduism
d)
Islam
89.
What type of building is this?
a)
Jewish synagogue
b)
Islamic mosque
c)
Catholic cathedral
d)
Buddhist temple
90.
Hebrews look to the ________ to read about their history and connection to God.
a)
Bible
b)
Koran
c)
Torah
d)
Upanishads
91.
This structure is most likely associated with
a)
Islam
b)
Christianity
c)
Buddhism
d)
Hinduism
92.
The purposeful travel to a religious site to pay respects or participate in rituals?
a)
pilgrimage
b)
sikhism
c)
rite
d)
sacrament
93.
Diffusion of popular customs can adversely impact environmental quality in two ways:
a)
using renewable materials and recycled designs.
b)
diversity of products and depletion of change.
c)
depletion of scarce resources and pollution.
d)
reducing demand for foreign products and promoting local crafts.
94.
Dialects developed within England primarily because
a)
the Viking invaders did not remain long in England.
b)
different Germanic invaders settled in different regions.
c)
the Normans invaded from the south.
d)
British Received Pronunciation became the standard dialect.
95.
The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people, is a
a)
habit
b)
character trait
c)
taboo
d)
custom
96.
Which of the following will encompass the largest number of speakers?
a)
language group
b)
language family
c)
language branch
d)
dialect
97.
Which of the following is not a Romance language? 
a)
French
b)
German
c)
Italian
d)
Spanish
98.
The oldest roots of the English language have been traced back to present-day 
a)
Belgium
b)
Canada
c)
Denmark
d)
Iceland
99.
Complete the following analogy: Argentina is to Spanish as
a)
Brazil is to Portuguese.
b)
Guyana is to Spanish.
c)
Suriname is to French.
d)
Panama is to English.
100.
Complete the following analogy: southern Europe is to Romance as
a)
southwestern Europe is to Iberian.
b)
eastern Europe is to West Germanic.
c)
eastern Europe is to Balto-Slavic.
d)
southeast Europe is to Greek.
101.
In both the Kurgan and Anatolian theories of Indo-European, the language family spread via __________ diffusion.
a)
contagious
b)
expansion
c)
hierarchical
d)
relocation
102.
Globally, today’s predominant lingua franca is
a)
Swahili
b)
English
c)
Spanish
103.
Folk culture is most likely to spread by
a)
expansion diffusion
b)
relocation diffusion
104.
Modern communications methods have _________ of social customs.
a)
led to fragmentation
b)
increased the global uniformity 
c)
slowed the dissemination 
d)
had little effect on the spread
105.
Internet use is least prevalent in
a)
North America
b)
Western Europe
c)
Central Africa
d)
Russia
106.
Which of the following language branches is not a member of the Indo-European language family?
a)
Balto-Slavic
b)
Germanic
c)
Greek
d)
Caucasian
107.
The primary reason why there are so many distinct languages in Africa is 
a)
The long periods of isolation between tribes
b)
The policies of the European colonial powers
c)
The migrations to Africa from Asia and Europe
d)
The major religious differences between tribes
108.
 The second-largest language family is
a)
Indo-European
b)
Austronesian
c)
Sino-Tibetan
d)
Dravidian
109.
Which of the following countries do The Flemings and Walloons live in?
a)
Czech Republic
b)
Switzerland
c)
Belgium
d)
France
110.
Basque is spoken primarily in
a)
Barcelona, Spain
b)
The Pyrenees Mountains
c)
The Swiss Alps
d)
The British Isles
111.
People maintain their folk culture despite familiarity with popular culture primarily because of
a)
a concern for the physical environment.
b)
a lack of exposure to the media
c)
the high cost of popular customs.
d)
a strong desire to preserve unique customs.
112.
A taboo against pork is a characteristic of
a)
Christianity and Hinduism
b)
Islam and Hinduism
c)
Christianity and Buddhism
d)
Judaism and Islam
113.
The survival of any language relies on 
a)
the political and military strength of its speakers.
b)
the homogenization of its dialects.
c)
the efficient "corrections" of the global free market.
d)
the spread of its speakers' material culture.
114.
Cultural diversity is promoted by
a)
the rapid movement of goods and services across borders.
b)
the relative isolation of a group from others.
c)
expansion diffusion.
d)
globalization.
115.
As they have more contact with popular culture, women in less developed countries are more likely to
a)
gain more opportunities outside the home.
b)
bear more children.
c)
be subservient to men. 
116.
English is part of which language branch?
a)
Indo-Iranian
b)
Romance
c)
Germanic
d)
Dravidian
117.
A form of a language spoken in a local area is a
a)
group
b)
dialect
c)
family
d)
branch
118.
A creolized language is
a)
a mix of indigenous and colonial languages.
b)
a revived formerly extinct language.
c)
an isolated language family.
d)
extinct. 
119.
A literary tradition is
a)
a language spoken in an area.
b)
a collection of languages related to one other.
c)
the written form of a language. 
120.
Hebrew is an example of
a)
an extinct language
b)
a revived language
c)
an isolated language
121.
According to Colin Renfrew's research, Indo-European languages diffused across Europe
a)
following the traders on the silk road.
b)
by way of the Kurgan homeland.
c)
entirely by sea. 
d)
with the diffusion of agriculture.
122.
In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is more likely to vary
a)
from place to place at a given time
b)
from time to time at a given place
c)
both from place to place and from time to time in equal measure
d)
neither from place to place nor time to time
123.
In recent decades, popular customs have most frequently originated in
a)
More developed countries
b)
Less developed countries
c)
formerly communist countries
d)
Countries with large rural populations
124.
As components of group identity and cultural learning, folk customs usually originate from
a)
at the "discovery" of leisure time
b)
the application of industrial technology
c)
familiar events in daily life
d)
a traumatic event unique to the history of a particular social group.
125.
When we analyze the patterns of popular culture in our surroundings, we can surmise that
a)
all culture is transmitted from one location to another through small scale and local migration.
b)
popular culture diffuses through relocation diffusion.
c)
nodes of innovation are central to the process of hierarchical diffusion.
d)
unlike folk culture, popular culture is usually transmitted 
126.
Which concept is the contemporary geographer likely to reject?
a)
Local resources make some cultural choices more likely than others.
b)
People in similar environments adopt different social customs.
c)
People are influenced by their physical environment.
d)
The physical environment causes people to adopt social customs.