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WorksheetsAPHG Unit 3 Cultural Patterns & Processes
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 50mins
All of the following are examples of a cultural hearth EXCEPT
The development of democracy in ancient Greece
The development of hip-hop culture in New York City
The creation of soul food among African-Americans in the South
The diffusion of Arabic words into the Spanish language
Select TWO cultural traits.
Hinduism is the most common religion in India.
Rice is a staple in East Asian cuisine.
The Midwest is a region located directly west of the Northeast.
Africans experienced forced migration to the United States due to slavery.
Select TWO images that demonstrate language's impact on the cultural landscape.
Ethnic enclaves reflect all of the following EXCEPT
The desire of people to remain apart from the larger society
A dominant culture's desire to segregate a minority culture
The desire of a minority culture to reflect its place of origin
To completely eradicate the dominant culture from existence
Which of the following developments allows for the globalization of culture?
Space-time compression
An increasing life expectancy
Population distribution
Spatial association
All of the following are examples of the globalization of culture EXCEPT
Japanese anime watched in the United States
McDonald's establishing franchises in India
The Amish developing their community in rural Pennsylvania
The FIFA World Cup
All of the following traits are of popular culture EXCEPT
Many people speaking a lingua franca
Weakly defined gender roles
Variety of architectural styles
Locally sourced and produced food
The spread of pizza to the United States is caused by
Relocation diffusion
Contagious diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
White Americans creating and listening to rap and hip-hop music is an example of
Relocation diffusion
Reverse hierarchical diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
Contagious diffusion
The forcing of Native Americans to adopt fully American names and attend American schools is an example of
Acculturation
Assimilation
Multiculturalism
Nativism
All of the following result from the distribution of lingua francas EXCEPT
English is spoken in international business settings
Spanish is taught in American public schools
Arabic is the official language of most Muslim countries
French is the official language in France
The Gullah language is a mix of English and various African languages, making it a
Pidgin
Isogloss
Creole
Lingua franca
An example of a theocracy, or countries run by religious leaders, is
Vatican City
Iraq
United Kingdom
Indonesia
An example of a polytheistic religion is
Hinduism
Judaism
Islam
Christianity
Select TWO Eastern religions.
Hinduism
Buddhism
Islam
Judaism
TWO examples of a universal religion in action is
Christians sending missionaries to developing countries
The Jewish Diaspora throughout Europe
Islamic invasions of Spain in the 700s
Hindu belief affecting what is served at Indian McDonalds
The body of customary beliefs, social forms and material traits that constitute a group's distinct traditions would best describe a specific population's
folklore.
political agenda.
culture.
education system.
religious organization.
Which of the following statements reflects the environmental impact of uniform cultural experiences?
Folk culture never causes environmental impacts because it lacks a uniform spatial distribution.
Solid waste is the least visible of wastes generated from the spread of franchises.
Popular culture may cause a rapid increase in demand for certain natural resources.
Environments are not affected by the expansion of leisure activities.
Popular culture causes no environmental damage because it is often difficult to tell the difference between "natural" and "modified" landscapes.
Popular culture preferences interest geographers because they illustrate
how rural and urban areas show limited variation choice of television programs.
the diffusion of leisure activities across various scales including region, class, and gender.
that crime shows remain controversial in both rural and urban areas.
the extent of time use survey participation.
that social media is not useful in gathering data on leisure time habits.
A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom is a
folk culture.
habit.
popular culture.
taboo.
tariff.
A taboo against pork is a characteristic of
Judaism and Islam.
Judaism and Buddhism.
Christianity and Buddhism.
Christianity and Hinduism.
Islam and Hinduism.
Hip hop music demonstrates an interplay between globalization and local diversity because
it is a form of folk culture responsible for the globalization of modern music.
musical traditions had rarely been shared prior to the 1990s.
artists may be widely popular yet still make local references in their song lyrics.
some lyrics can't be transmitted over the radio and television.
hip hop music is played in many Islamic countries.
Groups living in proximity to one another yet practicing uniquely different social customs suggests
refusal to teach other customs in schools.
refusal to share other customs in religious ceremonies.
inability to set up telephone service.
limited connections due to topographic, linguistic or ethnic barriers.
military confrontation.
The contemporary distribution of languages around the globe is largely a result of
social media.
the Internet.
Rosetta Stone sales.
migration.
high school requirements to learn a second language.
When it comes to languages, an example of a centripetal force would be
historical migration patterns.
groups of people who speak different languages.
a group of people who share the same language.
language requirements in school.
movements, sounds, and symbols.
Which of the following is TRUE regarding African languages?
Each has its own unique alphabet developed because of centuries of isolation from other groups.
The exact number of languages was documented by missionaries in the nineteenth century.
In villages, people tend to speak to each other in their own language but may rely on a lingua franca such as Swahili or English to speak to outsiders.
Most countries in Africa have just one Official language.
Yoruba, spoken in Nigeria, is one of the major languages of the Afro-Asiatic family.
The universalizing religion with the most adherents worldwide is
Buddhism.
Christianity.
Hinduism.
Islam.
Shintoism.
Which is a common characteristic of an ethnic religion?
based on only one language
appealing mostly to one group of people in one place
based on belief in one particular spiritual leader
younger than a universalizing religion
more peaceful than a universalizing religion
Which of the following is an ethnic religion?
Buddhism
Baháʹí
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
Use Figure 6-1 to answer the question. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding religious adherents among the world's population?
more than half of the people are nonreligious
less than one-fifth of the people are non-religious
more than half of the people are Christian
about half of the people are Muslim
about two-thirds of the people are Christian
Which term identifies a place with a high concentration of an ethnic group distinct from those living the surrounding area?
enclave
neighborhood
census block
county
urban area
Which set of words pairs the type of migration associated with eighteenth and nineteenth century African slaves with the type of migration associated with Latin Americans and Asians in the twentieth century?
chain; hierarchical
forced; voluntary
voluntary; forced
chain; voluntary
forced; forced
An example of "white flight" is the
movement of whites from northern cities like Chicago and New York to southern cities.
movement of whites from southern cities like New Orleans to western cities like Los Angeles.
establishment of integrated suburbs around Baltimore.
decrease in the percent of whites remaining in the Southeast because of black migration.
emigration of whites from central Detroit as blacks moved in.
Neighborhood changes in ethnicity are sometimes caused by the illegal practice of persuading owners to sell property cheaply because of the fear of people of another race or class moving into the neighborhood, and thus profiting by reselling at a higher price. This is referred to as
segregation.
separate but equal.
blockbusting.
housing shortages.
white flight.
The definition of nationality is
a group of people tied to a place through legal status and tradition.
a country.
an ethnic identity.
any cohesive group of people.
any group with shared religion, language, and origin of birth.
Which of the following is the best example assimilation?
Hinduism diffused from India to Bali, where it blended with traditional Balinese beliefs to create a form of Hinduism unique to Bali.
The American government educated Native American children in American-style boarding schools. All of the children were taught English, and girls were taught how to be homemakers.
Despite the large number of historic churches in France, many French identify as nonreligious and believe that religion is a private matter.
A family immigrates to a new country, settles near others from their homeland, and conducts most of their day-to-day activities within their ethnic neighborhood.
Which of the following countries has not broken into two political entities as a result of cultural or ideological differences?
Ireland
Korea
Vietnam
Japan
Cultural landscape can be defined as
the types of art, music, dance, and theater practiced in a particular region
the ways that people in differing cultures perceive the environment
a particular area within a geographic region dedicated to cultural activities
the forms superimposed on the physical environment by the activities of humans
Cultural landscape is closest in meaning to which of the following?
Built environment
Physical environment
Environmental determinism
Cultural ecology
The spread of specialty coffee shops across the United States in the 1990s is an example of
hierarchical diffusion
contagious diffusion
stimulus diffusion
relocation diffusion
Acculturation is a process whereby
A more dominant culture adopts most of the traits of the less dominant culture
The dominant culture completely absorbs the less dominant one
Cultural traits are equally exchanged between cultures
The less dominant culture adopts some of the traits of the more influential one
