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WorksheetsChapter 4 Review (AP Human Geography)
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The most important house style in the United States since the 1960s is known as
split-level.
saltbox.
neo-eclectic.
contemporary.
minimal traditional.
The global diffusion of popular culture may threaten folk culture by
threatening local environments through the diffusion of information by technology.
being less responsive to the diversity of local environments.
the integration of popular culture into local customs.
serving as a catalyst for the advancement of folk culture.
One significant impact of popular culture is to
create a more varied and less uniform landscape.
promote the diffusion of folk culture.
spread through relocation diffusion.
modify the physical environment.
All of the answer choices shown are correct.
Popular culture
typically follows the process of hierarchical diffusion from nodes of innovation.
is transmitted from one location to another through small scale and local migration.
diffuses through relocation diffusion.
is usually transmitted orally across time and location.
The diffusion of jeans is a good example primarily of the
synthetic textiles replacing natural fibers.
adoption of unique folk culture.
opposition to globalization.
diffusion of popular culture.
impact of high income on clothing habits.
Diffusion of popular customs can adversely impact environmental quality in two ways:
increased diversity and decreased demand.
reducing demand for foreign products and promoting local crafts.
using renewable materials and recycled designs.
diversity of products and slow change.
depletion of scarce resources and pollution.
Diffusion of Internet service is following the earlier pattern of television, except
the United States share of world use is expanding.
initial use was in less developed countries.
expansion of service is faster in Africa than Asia.
diffusion is much slower.
diffusion is much faster.
Typically, popular culture
reflect the characteristics of a distinctive physical environment.
originates in a number of locations at the same time.
is practiced by small homogeneous groups.
experiences frequent changes.
All of the answer choices listed are correct.
Which of the following is an important source area for U.S. folk house types?
Southwest
Lower Chesapake
Upper New York
Northeast
Southern Atlantic
Many less developed countries fear the loss of folk culture because
they do not want to preserve traditional values.
Western perspectives may become more dominant.
Western clothing styles are less comfortable.
popular culture devalues women.
they want to avoid political disputes.
Folk cultures are spread primarily by
hierarchical diffusion.
stimulus diffusion.
contagious diffusion.
relocation diffusion.
epidemic diffusion.
Folk customs usually originate from
a famous historical event.
familiar events in daily life.
global economic exchange.
the availability of more leisure time.
the application of industrial technology.
Popular culture and folk culture can both result in a higher level of
consumption of animal products.
demand for raw materials.
extinction of animal species.
environmental degradation.
All of the answer choices shown are correct.
Today, house types in the United States are distinguished by all but which of the following?
They are usually mass-produced.
They demonstrate how popular customs vary more in time than in place.
They display few regional distinctions.
They can still be divided into three distinct regions.
Alternative styles have diffused throughout the country.
In which state would alcohol consumption be relatively low?
California
Kentucky
Nevada
New York
Utah
In contrast to popular culture, folk cultures are more likely to vary
neither from place to place nor from time to time.
with rapid change.
from place to place at a given time.
both from place to place and from time to time.
from time to time at a given place.
Jeans provide a good example of material culture that is adopted by a number of different societies. This refers to what type of material culture?
Western culture
Folk culture
Popular culture
Punk culture
Hip hop music demonstrates an interplay between globalization and local diversity because
some lyrics can't be transmitted over the radio and television.
it is a form of folk culture threatened by globalization.
artists receive widespread popularity and airplay yet still make local references.
it is a part of popular culture which threatens to overwhelm local folk cultures.
Americans' preferences for beverages and snacks
vary according to religious differences.
vary according to what is produced locally.
are primarily dependent on high income and national advertising.
vary from one region of the country to another.
All of the answer choices shown are correct.
An example of a folk custom used to diffuse information about agriculture is
Armed Forces Radio.
Association Football.
Vietnamese songs.
home design in Madagascar.
Himalayan art.
One impact of large-scale consumption of chicken in more developed countries is to
cause chickens to become an endangered species.
make inefficient use of the world's grain supplies.
encourage the development of a new food taboo.
displace pork producers.
diffuse agricultural products into the physical environment.
The choice of clothing in Western countries is strongly influenced by
A. knowledge of fashion elsewhere.
B. level of income.
C. occupation.
A, B, and C
B and C
Which of the following is not an important factor in distinguishing different folk housing types in the United States?
climate in which the structure is built
origins of regional migrations
size of the building
form in which the structure is arranged
choice of building materials
China produces a relatively large amount of pork compared to the countries of Southwestern Asia primarily because
China has more people than the countries of Southwestern Asia.
Muslims have a taboo against pork consumption.
Rice is the main cereal grain grown in China.
China's physical environment is less suitable to raising pigs.
All of the answer choices shown are correct.
Examining elements of folk and popular culture like house styles is particularly well-suited to the geographic method of
statistics.
census.
field work.
GIS.
Folk songs are distinguished from popular songs because they
are never changed from one generation to the next.
written by specialists for commercial distribution.
can be understood only by one group.
tell a story about daily activities.
are only transmitted orally.
In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is more likely to vary
from time to time at a given place.
from place to place at a given time.
both from place to place and from time to time.
neither from place to place nor from time to time.
The use of a horse and buggy by the Amish in the United States is an example of
folk culture.
taboo.
popular culture.
habit.
technological innovation.
In the United States, the number of golf courses per person is highest in
the west, where golfers are clustered.
the northeast, where golf originated.
the north-central states, where there is a long tradition of playing golf.
the south, where the climate is favorable.
the southwest, where climate allows play all year long.
Hip hop music originated in New York in the late 1970s in
Queens.
Harlem.
the South Bronx.
Brooklyn.
lower Manhattan.
People maintain their folk culture despite familiarity with popular culture primarily because of
concern for the physical environment.
fear of foreign influence.
the high cost of popular customs.
strong desire to preserve unique customs.
lack of exposure to the media.
Pioneer farmers settling the grasslands of the American West often built houses of sod, while early settlers of the eastern forest built wooden structures like log cabins. This suggests that building materials
are chosen because of the diffusion of popular culture.
are strongly influenced by local resources.
are commonly imported long distances because of local folk culture.
are a uniform feature of folk culture.
have all of the characteristics listed.
The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people is a
character trait.
custom.
taboo.
popular culture.
habit.
Which concept would the contemporary geographer be most likely to reject?
A. The physical environment causes people to adopt social customs.
B. People in similar environments adopt different customs.
C. People ignore their physical environment.
D. People in different environments adopt similar social customs.
A and C
Some features of U.S. material culture such as gas stations, supermarkets, and motels,
promote diffusion of folk culture.
show high regional variation.
provide diversity on the U.S. landscape.
promote a uniform landscape.
reflect the preservation of folk culture.
The distribution of alcohol consumption in the United States displays which of these typical characteristics of popular culture?
A. rapid diffusion
B. little regard for features of the physical environment
C. close relationship to level of income
D. uniform distribution across the landscape
A, B, and C
The current distribution of soccer demonstrates that
all sports are examples of folk culture.
American football is also an example of a folk culture.
television has infused all sports into popular culture.
a folk custom can become part of a popular culture.
sport is more important in less developed countries.
Which element of the local physical environment is important for wine production?
topography
proximity to lakes or a river
climate
soil
All of the answer choices listed are correct.
A repetitive act performed by an individual is a
custom.
taboo.
character trait.
popular culture.
habit.
Which of the following characteristics is more typical of a popular culture than a folk culture?
It results in a more uniform landscape.
Communication is more limited.
It diffuses slowly from its point of origin.
It has an anonymous origin.
It is likely to be derived from physical conditions.
In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of
groups that have little interaction with other groups.
large heterogeneous groups.
groups of specialists.
groups living in isolated rural areas.
small homogeneous groups.
Little wine is produced in Asia primarily because
the people do not have a tradition of wine making.
religious taboos discourage consumption.
grapes do not grow in these regions.
soil contaminants produce bad grapes.
wines can be imported more cheaply.
Which of the following is not a distinctive characteristic of the physical environment related to wine?
Vineyards must be planted on flat land.
Each type of wine reflects the presence of distinctive trace elements in the soil.
Grape vines grow best in coarse, well-drained soil.
The quality of the wine depends on the weather in a particular year.
The need for moderate, wet winders and long, hot summers.
All but which of the following statements reflect the environmental impact of culture?
Solid waste is the most visible of wastes generated from culture.
Popular culture may cause a rapid increase in demand for certain natural resources.
Environments can withstand and adapt to some level of pollution generated by human activity.
Folk culture never causes environmental impacts while popular culture does.
Cultural diversity is promoted by
globalization.
the movement of goods and services across borders.
expansion diffusion.
the relative isolation of a group from others.
As they have more contact with popular culture, women in less developed countries are more likely to
bear more children.
gain more opportunities outside the home.
obtain food for the family.
be subservient to men.
reduce the practice of prostitution.
Rapid diffusion of popular culture
is an example of relocation diffusion.
conserves resources.
encourages people in different places to adopt different customs.
depends on modern communication systems.
displays all of the characteristics listed.
Popular customs are more likely than folk customs to
have an unknown source of origin.
vary from place to place.
evolve from the isolation of different groups.
reflect the unique characteristics of the landscape.
rapidly diffuse through modern communication and transportation.
Terroir refers to
a group's food taboos.
a group's sense of place.
the relationship between the physical environment and culture.
the sum of the effects of the local environment on a particular food item.
Western dominance of the news media is feared in less developed countries for all but which of these reasons?
Western news organizations have the money to hire correspondents around the world.
Western countries control most of the newspapers in less developed countries.
Western countries supply a large percentage of the television news video.
Western radio newscasts can be heard in most countries.
Western values permeate the media.
The trend of globalization has threatened:
popular culture and folk culture relatively equally.
the folk customs of only a few isolated communities.
the spread of the international banking system.
folk culture more than popular culture.
folk culture, but only on the largest cities of each continent.
Given recent trends in communications, in the next five years the number of television programs viewed over the Internet might be expected to:
remain about the same.
decrease slowly as the number of broadcast television stations increases.
decrease slowly as cable and satellite television services offer more channels.
decrease dramatically.
increase dramatically.
A taboo against pork is characteristic of:
Judaism and Islam.
Judaism and Buddhism.
Christianity and Buddhism.
Christianity and Hinduism.
Islam and Hinduism.
The geographer Vidal de la Blache regarded food supply as
A very weak example of folk culture.
An element of folk culture least tied to a particular climate.
more subject to modification than clothing and weapons.
A very strong example of folk culture, closely intertwined with climate.
Limited resources that would not support population growth.
Marriage dowries in India reflect:
that some families value male children more.
that some families value female children more.
a popular fad.
the value of women as mothers and wives.
a traditional folk custom.
The distribution of subjects of art in the Himalayas shows how folk cultures
always include paintings of religious subjects.
are influenced by distinctive vegetation, climate and religion.
avoid painting animate objects.
typically paint scenes of nature, but not people.
abandon customary forms as they engage in migration.
Like hip hop music, music from the border region between the southwestern United States and northern Mexico might be expected to:
reflect almost exclusively on themes of drug culture and violence.
be an aspect of popular culture which threatens to overwhelm local folk cultures.
incorporate local, national, and global themes as it demonstrates an interplay between globalization and localism.
feature potentially offensive lyrics in order to guarantee its widespread transmission via radio and television.
have diffused originally from one district of a large city.
A statement that can be proved to be false.
(a)
The process of reduction in cultural diversity through the diffusion of popular culture.
(a)
The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act.
(a)
The unauthorized and clandestine deployment of a virus to observe or destroy data in the computer systems of government agencies and large corporations.
(a)
A false report disseminated under the guise of an authentic news report, created to maliciously spread misinformation and mislead consumers of the content.
(a)
Culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups.
(a)
An agreement between a corporation and businesspeople to market that corporation's products in a local area.
(a)
A repetitive act performed by a particular individual.
(a)
Hostile or intrusive software designed to cause intentional harm.
(a)
Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics.
(a)
A form of malware that encrypts the victim's files, making them inaccessible, until a ransom is paid to decrypt them.
(a)
A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom.
(a)
The contribution of a location's distinctive physical features to the way food tastes.
(a)
The practice of posting deliberately inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in social media in order to provoke quarrels or otherwise agitate people.
(a)
All of the following are components of culture except
ethnicity and governments.
language and religion.
customs and habits.
landscapes.
migration destinations.
Folk culture is primarily spread through
TV.
radio stations.
the Internet.
social media.
relocation diffusion.
Preference for a particular football, baseball, or basketball team is an example of a
formal region.
vernacular region.
functional region.
cultural region.
baller region.
All of the following are examples of folk music except
songs that deal with agriculture.
songs that deal with birth.
songs that deal with death.
songs that are made for the sole purpose of sales.
songs that deal with harvests.
Climate, topography, and soil conditions make up the distinctive characteristics of a place and is known as
environment.
agricultural potential.
ecumene.
terroir.
terra firma.
Which item of clothing has been banned in some European countries?
blue jeans
the burqa
dashikini
poncho
beret
A restriction on a behavior imposed y religious law of social custom is a
civil law.
prohibition.
constitutional law.
taboo.
tolerant.
Accessibility and availability of popular food preferences will be dependent on
transportation, distribution, and advertising networks.
agricultural resources available in the areas of the market.
declining folk culture habits and customs.
a large immigrant population with different food preferences.
low prices and easy availability.
Which is not an example of folk housing practices?
using wood or brick as a type of building material
pitched or flat roof depending on weather
Buddhists sleeping with the head to the east as it is more favorable than the west
suburban house styles in Los Angeles
sod houses of Iceland
What is the most important mechanism for the diffusion of professional sports?
the Internet
the TV
relocation diffusion
social media
hierarchical diffusion
The population of what country dominates social media?
Canada
China
the United States
India
Brazil
According to the OpenNet Initiative, what content may governments block on the Internet?
political content
sexual content
security content
All of the answers listed are correct.
Amish folk culture regions are predominantly located in the Midwest because
there were no jobs in the eastern U.S. that accommodated their folk culture practices.
they did not support government ideology and sought out lands outside of the territorial states in the early 1800s.
they are an agricultural-based society whose practices and traditions center on self-preservation.
they were removed from the cities of the east due to their refusal to assimilate into U.S. culture.
they could not work in the industrial sector because their belief system prohibited working machinery.
Which government has passed anti-dowry laws?
Afghanistan
India
United States
Pakistan
Bhutan
Which is a cause of landscape pollution?
The desire to promote the sale of a product or play a round of golf.
Excess trash created from global markets and the demand for identification with popular culture.
Cultural practice of eliminating environmental areas that are perceived as unsightly.
Using concrete and buildings to alter climactic conditions in a high-density area.
All of the listed answers are correct.
A group's material culture is produced by
its geographic location.
its habits.
its food choices.
its food taboos.
a collection of social customs.
In what area are folk cultura habits and the environment most linked together?
dress
religious practice
housing designs
food
occupations
An example of an external threat to folk culture includes all but which of the following?
MTV
CNN
Radio 1
In what ways does popular culture threaten environmental sustainability?
through recycling plans
because of increased demand for animal products
through curbside programs
because of increased demand for golfing
because people are becoming vegans
