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APHG Unit 3 Cultural Patterns and Processes

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Small, incorporates a homogeneous population, is typically rural, and has cohesive cultural traits is called

a)

popular culture

b)

folk culture

c)

material culture

d)

non material culture

2.

Large, incorporates heterogeneous populations, is typically urban, and experiences quickly changing cultural traits is called

a)

popular culture

b)

folk culture

c)

material culture

d)

non material culture

3.

Folk culture primarily spreads through

a)

contagious diffusion

b)

hierarchial diffusion

c)

relocation diffusion

d)

spontaneous diffusion

e)

stimulus diffusion

4.

Compared to folk culture, which of the following is true of popular culture?

a)

Popular culture changes slowly over time

b)

Popular culture encourages regional diversity

c)

Popular culture emphasizes non-Western values

d)

Popular culture represents cultural homogeneity

e)

Popular culture distinguishes a minority group from a larger population.

5.

Which of the following is true of both the Amish and soccer?

a)

Both are examples of folk culture

b)

Both began as folk culture and one evolved into popular culture

c)

Both began as folk culture and evolved in popular culture

d)

Both are examples of popular culture

e)

Both began as popular culture and one evolved into folk culture

6.

A cluster of Tidewater houses is surrounded by a settlement of cape cods in the American Midwest. What can you conclude?

a)

The cluster of homes was built by people from the New England states, but the larger settlement was established by people from the Mid-Atlantic states.

b)

The cluster of homes was built by people from the New England states, but the larger settlement was established by people from Southern states.

c)

The cluster of homes was built by people from the Mid-Atlantic states, but the larger settlement was established by people from Southern states.

d)

The cluster of homes was built by people from the Southern states, but the larger settlement was established by people from the New England states.

e)

The cluster of homes was built by people from the Southern states, but the larger settlement was established by people from the Mid-Atlantic states.

7.

Which of the following is NOT a Romance language?

a)

English

b)

French

c)

Portuguese

d)

Romanian

e)

Spanish

8.

Which of the following is an INCORRECT grouping of a language family and a language?

a)

Afro-Asiatic — Berber — Hindi

b)

Afro-Asiatic — Semitic — Arabic

c)

Indo-European — Balto-Slavic — Russian

d)

Indo-European — Germanic — English

e)

Sino-Tibetan — Chinese — Mandarin

9.

____________ is to the United States as ____________ is to Canada.

a)

English, French

b)

English, Spanish

c)

French, Spanish

d)

French, English

e)

Spanish, French

10.

Which of the following is NOT a lingua franca?

a)

English in East Asia

b)

French in North Africa

c)

Hebrew in the Persian Gulf

d)

Spanish among Native Americans in South America

e)

Swahili in East Africa

11.

The world’s three major monotheistic religions originated in which of the following regions?

a)

East Africa

b)

Eastern Europe

c)

Southern Europe

d)

South Asia

e)

Southwest Asia

12.

Which of the following are universalizing religions?

I. Buddhism

II. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

III. Hinduism

IV. Islam

V. Judaism

VI. Roman Catholicism

a)

I and III

b)

III and V

c)

I, III, and IV

d)

II, V, and VI

e)

I, II, IV, VI

13.

Alignment of cities to cardinal directions is a religious tradition in

a)

China

b)

Egypt

c)

India

d)

Indonesia

e)

Mexico

14.

A pilgrim to Mecca is most likely to be a

a)

Buddhist

b)

Muslim

c)

Hindu

d)

Jewish

e)

Jewish

15.

Which of the following is a centripetal force in a state?

a)

balkanization

b)

linguistic diversity

c)

national songs and symbols

d)

religious differences

e)

uneven development

16.

Which of the following pairs is INCORRECT?

a)

Pakistan — Islam

b)

Irish — Roman Catholic

c)

Russian — Orthodox Christian

d)

Indonesia — Buddhism

e)

Sweden — Lutheranism

17.

The “separate but equal” doctrine was legally established by

a)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

e)

Popular sovereignty

18.

A group of people in a particular place who see themselves as a collective or a community, who share experiences, customs, and traits, and who work to preserve those traits and customs in order to claim uniqueness and to distinguish themselves from others is called

a)

folk culture

b)

local culture

c)

popular culture

d)

non material culture

19.

Material culture...

a)

includes things a group of people construct, such as art, houses, clothing, sports, dance and foods. 

b)

includes beliefs, practices, aesthetics, and values of a group of people.

c)

involves large, incorporates heterogeneous populations, is typically urban, and experiences quickly changing cultural traits

d)

involves small, incorporates a homogeneous population, is typically rural, and has cohesive cultural traits

20.

What spreads through major cities, for example, beginning in major cities such as Milan, Paris, and New York (which act as hearths)?

a)

hierarchical diffusion

b)

assimilation

c)

material culture

d)

acculturation

21.

Melting pot, or the taking on of aspects of a new culture

a)

assimilation

b)

acculturation

c)

distance decay

d)

commodification

22.

The process through which something (a name, a good, an idea, or even a person) that previously was not regarded as an object to be bought, sold, or traded in the world market is called...

a)

commodification

b)

assimiliation

c)

authenticity

d)

neolocalism

23.

Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn, New York; Italian Americans in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts are examples of...

a)

ethnic neighborhoods

b)

authenticity

c)

commodification

d)

neolocalism

24.

Which of the following neolocalism?

a)

the process through which something (a name, a good, an idea, or even a person) that previously was not regarded as an object to be bought, sold, or traded in the world market

b)

an inclusion of things a group of people construct, such as art, houses, clothing, sports, dance and food

c)

seeking out the regional culture and reinvigorating it in response to the uncertainty of the modern world

d)

the process by which other cultures adopt customs and knowledge and use them for their own benefit

25.

Authenticity is...

a)

seeking out the regional culture and reinvigorating it in response to the uncertainty of the modern world

b)

the process by which other cultures adopt customs and knowledge and use them for their own benefit

c)

when local cultures are are commodified, usually one image or experience is typecast as the "authentic" image or experience of that culture and it is that image or experience that the tourist or buyer desires

d)

the process through which something (a name, a good, an idea, or even a person) that previously was not regarded as an object to be bought, sold, or traded in the world market

26.

The visible imprint of human activity on the landscape; how people have changed and shaped the environment to the buildings, signs, fences, and statues people erect is called....

a)

placelessness

b)

cultural landscape

c)

commodification

d)

cultural appropriation

27.

How we make sense of ourselves refers to...

a)

gender

b)

race

c)

identity

d)

ethnicity

28.

What is tied to physical attributes of humans that have developed over time as modern humans spread around the world?

a)

gender

b)

race

c)

identity

d)

age

29.

Sense of superiority attached to race is known as...

a)

racism

b)

gender

c)

race

d)

identity

30.

The degree to which two or more groups live separately from one another, in different parts of the urban environment is called...

a)

race

b)

gender

c)

racism

d)

residential segregation

31.

An identity stems from the notion that people are closely bounded, even related, in a certain place over time is called...

(hint: comes from a Greek word meaning people or nation)

a)

ethnicity

b)

gender

c)

race

d)

identity

32.

Variants of a standard language along regional or ethnic lines are called...

a)

dialects

b)

standard language

c)

dialect chains

d)

language family

33.

A language that is published, widely distributed, and purposely taught is most common in technologically advanced societies is called...

a)

creole

b)

dialect

c)

standard language

d)

dialect chain

34.

Indo European, Afro-Asiatic, Japanese and Korean, Dravidian are examples of 

a)

subfamilies

b)

language families

c)

language branch

d)

mother tongue

35.

Romance languages, Germanic languages, and Slavic languages are examples of...

a)

language families

b)

sub languages

c)

mother tongue

d)

language branches

36.

Lingua franca is...

a)

a language used among speakers of different languages for the purposes of trade and commerce. 

b)

a language that is published, widely distributed, and purposely taught is most common in technologically advanced societies

c)

variants of a standard language along regional or ethnic lines

d)

when people speak two or more languages are in contact and they combine parts of their language in a simplified structure and vocabulary

37.

Countries with linguistic fragmentation will adopt this to through media outlets to tie a country together is called....

a)

pidgin language

b)

official language

c)

lingua franca

d)

Romance language

38.

Pidgin language is...

a)

a language used among speakers of different languages for the purposes of trade and commerce

b)

variants of a standard language along regional or ethnic lines

c)

when people speak two or more languages are in contact and they combine parts of their language in a simplified structure and vocabulary

d)

a language that is published, widely distributed, and purposely taught is most common in technologically advanced 

39.

What refers to the social processes going on in a particular area?

a)

toponym

b)

globalization

c)

lingua franca

d)

global language

40.

Which of the following would be a post-colonial toponym?

a)

Ghana

b)

Malawi

c)

Zambia

d)

all of the above

41.

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

a)

religion

b)

seculiarlism

c)

local culture

d)

pop culture

42.

Monotheistic religions...

a)

worship a single deity or God

b)

worship more than one deity, even thousands

c)

centered on the belief that inanimate objects, such as mountains, boulders, rivers, trees, possess spirits and should therefore be revered

d)

is practiced by one particular culture group

43.

Polytheistic religions...

a)

worship a single deity or God

b)

worship more than one deity, even thousands

c)

centered on the belief that inanimate objects, such as mountains, boulders, rivers, trees, possess spirits and should therefore be revered

d)

is practiced by one particular culture group

44.

What is centered on the belief that inanimate objects, such as mountains, boulders, rivers, trees, possess spirits and should therefore be revered is categorized as what type of religion?

a)

animistic

b)

monotheistic

c)

polytheistic

d)

universalizing

45.

A religion that is practiced by one particular culture is called

a)

universalizing religion

b)

caste system

c)

hinduism

d)

ethnic religion

46.

What is the third ranked religion in the world, has 1 billion adherents, evolved in what is today Pakistan and is one of the oldest religions in the modern world?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Christianity

d)

Islam

47.

Hinduism's doctrines are closely bound to India's what?

a)

religion

b)

caste system

c)

Buddhism

d)

Shintoism

48.

What religion appeared in India as a reaction to questions about Hinduism's teachings at the time, was founded by Siddhartha, is strongly regional and has 3 forms: Mahayana, Therevada, and Vajrayana (Tibetan)?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Islam

c)

Christianity

d)

Judaism

49.

What religion is a local religion in Japan and related to Buddhism, focusing on nature and ancestor worship?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Taoism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Christianity

50.

What is mainly a philosophy of life that had lasting impacts on Chinese life and is based on the teachings of Confucius?

a)

Taoism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Confucianism

51.

What religion began with several nomadic Semitic tribes living in Southwest Asia about 4000 years ago and relied on the teachings of Abraham?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Judaism

c)

Christianity

d)

Confucianism

52.

The hijab is part of what religion?

a)

Christianity

b)

Judaism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Islam

53.

What is a mother tongue formed from the contact of two languages through an earlier pidgin stage?

a)

pidgin

b)

creole

c)

language family

d)

official language

54.

The diffusion of what religion started as expansion diffusion combined with relocation and after the fall of the Roman Empire began as contagious diffusion?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Hinduism

d)

Judaism

55.

What religion is the youngest of the major religions, can be tracked back to a single founder, the Qu'ran is its holy book, the hearth is Mecca, and is the second largest religion in the world?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Hinduism

d)

Buddhism

56.

Which city is sacred to Jews, Muslims, and Christians?

a)

Mecca

b)

Rome

c)

Jerusalem

d)

New Dehli

57.

This is a sacred site to which two religions?

a)

Jews and Christianity

b)

Muslims and Hindus

c)

Christians and Muslims

d)

Jews and Muslims

58.

Varanasi, India is a sacred place for which religion?

a)

Judaism

b)

Christianity

c)

Hinduism

d)

Islam

59.

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is sacred to which religion?

a)

Christianity

b)

Judaism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Buddhism

60.

Jihad is holy war for which religion?

a)

Jews

b)

Christians

c)

Hindus

d)

Islamic extremists