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Culture/Religion

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism are religions that spread all over the world making them  ____________________________?

a)

monotheistic religion

b)

ethnic

c)

universal religion / universalizing

d)

polytheistic religion

2.

Examples of this include Tik Tok dances, listening to YoungBoy, and wearing Shiesty masks. This is all part of ________________.

a)

popular culture

b)

counterculture

c)

subculture

d)

folk culture

3.

The products and practices of relatively homogeneous and isolated small-scale social groups living in rural locations is

a)

Cultural imperialism

b)

Culture diffusion

c)

Pop culture

d)

Folk culture

4.

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

5.

Beliefs, customs, and traditions would all be examples of what element of culture?

a)

What do we create?

b)

What is our heritage?

c)

How are we organized?

d)

What do we value?

6.
The American concept of representative democracy is an example of
a)
material cultural trait
b)
non-material cultural trait
c)
invention
d)
innovation
e)

monotheism

7.
Which of the following is true of popular culture?
a)
It is practiced among a homogeneous group of people in the world
b)
It is more static (unchanging) than folk culture
c)
It promotes regional diversity
d)
It incorporates traits that diffuse quickly to a wide variety of places
8.

An example of non-material culture

a)

house

b)

American flag

c)

religious belief

d)

basketball

e)

Air Force Ones

9.

Religion is a good example of the tension between globalization and local diversity because

a)

migrants usually leave their religion behind when they migrate to a new area.

b)

all religions are in competition to convert as many people as possible.

c)

many people follow more than one religion.

d)

the cultural values of globalized universalizing religions often conflict with the values of local ethnic religions

10.

The world's three major monotheistic religions originated (have their hearth) in which of the following regions?

a)

Africa

b)

Western Europe

c)

Eastern Europe

d)

East Asia

e)

Southwest Asia

11.

What two areas are the hearths of all of the world's five primary religions?

a)

Southern India and Eastern China

b)

Southwest Asia and Northern India

c)

Southwest Asia and Northern Africa

d)

Southwest Asia and Central Europe

e)

Eastern China and Southern Europe

12.

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

a)

Islam

b)

Mormonism

c)

Roman Catholicism

d)

Judaism

e)

Buddhism

13.

  Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Islam?

a)

It is an ethnic religion.

b)

It is widely dispersed throughout the Eastern Hemisphere (Africa, Eurasia, Oceania)

c)

It forbids the depiction (showing) images of its prophet

d)

If financially and physically able, adherents are expected to make a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once

e)

Burial is the dominant means of disposal of the dead

14.

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

15.

A pilgrim to Mecca is most likely to be a

a)

Christian

b)

Buddhist

c)

Muslim

d)

Jew

e)

Hindu

16.

Folk culture spreads primarily through

a)

relocation diffusion

b)

contagious diffusion

c)

hierarchical diffusion

d)

stimulus diffusion

e)

spontaneous diffusion

17.

the spread of culture traits from one culture to another

a)

indigenous

b)

culture

c)

cultural diffusion

d)

tradition

e)

polytheistic

18.

The belief that American culture is superior to all other cultures would be considered ______.

a)

cultural relativism

b)

cultural traits

c)

ethnocentrism

d)

cultural diffusion

e)

empathy

19.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a cultural landscape?

a)

a canal that connects two rivers

b)

a highway between two major cities in a country

c)

a tropical jungle

d)

terraced fields of crops up a mountainside

e)

Hurricane Harbor

20.

A world map of hog production per capita would reveal the lowest values in which of the following regions?

a)

The United States Midwest

b)

Southeast Asia

c)

Western Europe

d)

The Middle East

e)

China