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AP Human Geography: Unit 3 mini quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

In which of the following countries is one most likely to find speakers whose native language belongs to the Uralic language family?

a)

Libya

b)

Cambodia

c)

Kazakhstan

d)

Portugal

e)

Germany

2.

Which of the following terms best describes the geographical boundary of one particular linguistic feature?

a)

Language Border

b)

Toponym

c)

Choropleth interval

d)

Linguistic hearth

e)

Isogloss

3.

Which of the following sacred places is most closely associated with animism?

a)

Hagia Sophia

b)

Ayers Rock

c)

Sistine Chapel

d)

Mecca

e)

The Western Wall

4.

Historically, culture diffusion patterns in the United States have tended to flow in which general direction?

a)

East to West

b)

West to East

c)

North to South

d)

South to North

e)

Northwest to Southeast

5.

A Hindu temple located in Texas is most likely the result of which kind of diffusion?

a)

Expansion

b)

Hierarchical

c)

Contagious

d)

Relocation

e)

Stimulus

6.

The religious doctrine of ahimsa, which discourages violence against other living beings, is best associated with which of the following regions?

a)

North Africa

b)

Western Europe

c)

Arabian Peninsula

d)

Andes Mountains

e)

Indian Subcontinent

7.

The persistence of ethnic urban enclaves in major American cities could be cited as evidence to support all of the following phenomena EXCEPT...

a)

Chain migration

b)

Residential segregation

c)

Structural assimilation

d)

multiculturalism

e)

multinucleated urban structure

8.

Which of the following folk architecture styles is ideally suited for a diurnil climate?

a)

New York Dutch house

b)

Iroquois longhouse

c)

Garrison house

d)

Adobe house

e)

Log cabin

9.

Compared to popular cultures, folk cultures are...

a)

More cosmopolitan

b)

More homogeneous

c)

More diffuse

d)

More transitory

e)

More contagious Culture

10.

A dialect is best classified as which of the following?

a)

Cultural complex

b)

Cultural trait

c)

Language branch

d)

Language group

e)

Language family

11.

A Mormon church located in a rural area of northwestern Colorado is most likely the result of which kind of diffusion?

a)

Expansion

b)

Relocation

c)

Hierarchical

d)

Maladaptive

e)

Stimulus

12.

Which of the following provides the clearest example of derelict landscape?

a)

A gentrified, urban landscape

b)

A rural, cultivated landscape

c)

A suburban, residential landscape

d)

An abandoned, industrial landscape

e)

A preserved, sacred landscape

13.

A vernacular house style, common throughout the American South during the 19th century, that featured a covered breezeway situated between two enclosed cabins is known as a...

a)

Shotgun house

b)

Norman cottage

c)

Plantation house

d)

Adobe house

e)

Dogtrot house

14.

Individuals' cognitive abilities to orient themselves in and navigate through familiar spaces are often aided by points of reference and points of intersection, which are respectively known as...

a)

landmarks and edges

b)

nodes and paths

c)

landmarks and nodes

d)

districts and nodes

e)

edges and districts

15.

A new fashion trend originated in New York City that diffuse to Los Angeles, Paris, and Tokyo before reaching rural areas of New York state would be an example of which of the following kinds of diffusion?

a)

Contagious

b)

Hierarchical

c)

Uniform

d)

Relocation

e)

Stimulus

16.

The Sunbelt and New England are two examples of which kind of culture region?

a)

Functional

b)

Formal

c)

Vernacular

d)

Municipal

e)

Transnational

17.

An immigrant who selectively adopts certain customs of the dominant host society in order to advance socioeconomically, while still retaining much of his or her native customs, practices, and beliefs, best illustrates the concept of...

a)

Acculturation

b)

Maladaptive behavior

c)

Assimilation

d)

Ethnocentrism

e)

All of the above

18.

A highly simplified language developed between linguistically heterogeneous groups for the purpose of basic inter-group communication is known as which of the following?

a)

Creole

b)

Pidgin

c)

Lingua-franca

d)

Bilingualism

e)

Standard dialect

19.

All of the following belong to the Indo-European language family EXCEPT...

a)

Hindi

b)

Bengali

c)

Farsi

d)

Mandarin

e)

Dutch

20.

A minaret is an architectural feature common to places of worship in which of the following regions?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Christianity

d)

Judaism

e)

Islam