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Unit 3 Cultural Patterns & Processes AP HuG Review Questions...

Total questions: 68

Worksheet time: 14mins

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1.

All of the following are components of culture EXCEPT...

a)

ethnicity and governments.

b)

language and religion.

c)

customs and habits.

d)

landscapes.

e)

migration destinations.

2.

Folk culture is primarily spread through...

a)

hierarchical diffusion

b)

contagious diffusion

c)

remote diffusion

d)

stimulus diffusion

e)

relocation diffusion

3.

Preference for a particular football, baseball or basketball team is an example of

a)

formal region

b)

vernacular region

c)

functional region

d)

cultural region

e)

baller region

4.

All of the following are examples of folk music EXCEPT

a)

songs that deal with agriculture

b)

songs that deal with birth

c)

songs that deal with death

d)

songs that are made for the sole purpose of sales

e)

songs that deal with harvests

5.

Climate, topography, and soil conditions make up the distinctive characteristics of a place and is known as

a)

environment.

b)

agricultural potential.

c)

ecumene.

d)

terroir.

e)

terra firma

6.

Which item of clothing has been banned in some European countries?

a)

blue jeans

b)

burqa

c)

poncho

d)

dashikini

e)

beret

7.

A restriction on a behavior imposed by religious law or social customs is a

a)

civil law

b)

prohibition

c)

taboo

d)

constitutional law

e)

tolerant

8.

Accessibility and availability of popular food preferences will be dependent on

a)

transportation, distribution and advertising networks

b)

agricultural resources available in the areas of the market

c)

declining folk culture habits & customs

d)

large immigrant population with different food preferences

e)

low prices & easy availability

9.

Which is NOT an example of folk housing practices?

a)

using wood or brick as a type of building materials

b)

pitched roof or flat roof depending on weather

c)

Buddhists sleeping with the head to the east as it is more favorable then the west

d)

suburban house styles in Los Angeles, California

e)

sod houses of Iceland

10.

What is the most important mechanism for the diffusion of professional sports?

a)

the Internet

b)

the TV

c)

relocation diffusion

d)

social media

e)

hierarchical diffusion

11.

What population dominates the use of social media?

a)

Canada

b)

China

c)

United States

d)

India

e)

Brazil

12.

According to the Freedom House, what content do governments sometimes block on the Internet?

a)

political content

b)

social content

c)

security content

d)

google

e)

all of the above

13.

Amish folk culture regions are predominately located in the Midwest because

a)

there were no jobs in the eastern U.S. that accommodated their folk culture practices.

b)

they did not support government ideology and sought out lands outside of the territorial states in the early 1800s.

c)

they are an agricultural based society who practices and traditions center on self- preservation.

d)

they were removed from the cities of the east due to their refusal to assimilate into U.S. culture.

e)

they could not work in the industry sector because their belief system prohibited working with machinery.

14.

Which government has passed anti-dowery laws?

a)

Afganistan

b)

India

c)

United States

d)

Pakistan

e)

Bhutan

15.

What is the cause of landscape pollution?

a)

The desire to promote the sale of a product or play a round of golf.

b)

Excess trash created from global markets and the demand for identification with popular culture.

c)

Cultural practice of elimination environmental areas the are perceived as unsightly.

d)

Using concrete and building to alter climatic conditions in a high density are.

e)

All of the above.

16.

A groups' material culture is produced by

a)

its geographic location

b)

its habits

c)

its food choices

d)

its food taboos

e)

a collection of social customs.

17.

In what area are folk culture habits and the environment most linked together?

a)

dress

b)

religious practice

c)

housing designs

d)

food

e)

occupations

18.

In what ways does popular culture threaten environmental sustainability?

a)

through recycling plans

b)

because of increased demand for animal products

c)

through curbside programs

d)

because of increased demand for golfing

e)

because people are becoming vegans

19.

There are 4 religions that claim upwards of 78% of the world's adherents. Which one of the following is NOT one of those 4 religions?

a)

Judaism

b)

Christianity

c)

Islam

d)

Hinduism

e)

Buddhism

20.

Which of the following is currently the largest ethnic religion by adherents?

a)

Judaism

b)

Baha'ism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Hinduism

e)

Islam

21.

Where are the largest concentration of Muslims located in the world?

a)

Indonesia

b)

India

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

Iran

e)

Egypt

22.

Which of the FOLLOWING was the FIRST monotheistic religion?

a)

Islam

b)

Jainism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Judaism

e)

Christianity

23.

Where is the holiest river for Hindus?

a)

The Po.

b)

The Lena

c)

The Ganges

d)

The Indus

e)

The Nile

24.

Which of the following religions supports the caste system, but is illegal under the law?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Catholicism

c)

Islam

d)

Hinduism

e)

Baha'ism

25.

In which of the FOLLOWING religions is Jerusalem NOT a sacred place?

a)

Christianity

b)

Buddhism

c)

Islam

d)

Judaism

26.

Conflict exists in Jerusalem between Jews and Muslims over what holy sites?

a)

Garden of Gethsemane & the Mount of Olives

b)

Yad Vashem & Give HaTanakh

c)

Church of Ascension and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher

d)

The Western Wall & The Dome of the Rock

e)

Mount Zion & Masada

27.

Which of the following are the largest number of international migrants?

a)

Muslim

b)

Buddhist

c)

Christian

d)

Hindu

e)

Jewish

28.

Which population was forced to disperse throughout the World in an action known as the diaspora?

a)

Orthodox Christians in 1054 A.D.

b)

Jews in 70 A.D.

c)

Buddhists in 257 B.C .

d)

Muslims in 622 A.D.

e)

Roman Catholics in 1492 A.D.

29.

Which language FAMILY represents roughly 46% of the worlds population?

a)

Sino-Tibetan

b)

Niger-Congo

c)

English

d)

Indo-European

e)

Germanic

30.

What is the official language of the United States?

a)

French

b)

German

c)

Spanish

d)

English

e)

Dutch

31.

Which language is the global lingua franca of technology and the Internet?

a)

Swahili

b)

Chinese

c)

French

d)

Hindi

e)

English

32.

One theory regarding the origins of the Indo-European language is ...

a)

Italy

b)

Kurgan Warrior Theory in southern Russia

c)

Angleland

d)

Indonesia

e)

Southern Europa

33.

What is a regional variation of language known as?

a)

language

b)

Creole

c)

standard language

d)

Dialect

e)

pidgin

34.

How is an isogloss used by geographers?

a)

to determine climate zones

b)

to determines global warming

c)

to determine word choices

d)

to identify polar melting rates

e)

to identify isolated groups

35.

Why is Switzerland a successful multilingual state?

a)

a lack of economic development

b)

a decentralized government allowing for regional decision-making process.

c)

All language are actually dialectical versions of German

d)

Each region is physically isolated from each other eliminating contact

e)

It is an authoritarian government prohibiting cultural individuality

36.

Which language family does English belong to?

a)

Sino-Tibetan

b)

Sino-European

c)

Indo-European

d)

Inso-Caucasian

e)

Niger-Congo

37.

Which is NOT an Indo-European Branch?

a)

Romance

b)

Germanic

c)

Balto-Slavic

d)

Khoisan

e)

Inso-Iranian

38.

Which of the following regions has the largest number of dying languages?

a)

South Pacific

b)

Canada

c)

Central Europe

d)

Eastern Russia

e)

Southern China

39.

Which of the following is an example of a dialect becoming a distinguished language?

a)

Catalan

b)

Canadian

c)

Breton

d)

Creole

e)

Pidgin

40.

Attempts to preserve the Gaelic Language can be found in which of the following regions?

a)

England and Wales

b)

Ireland & Scotland

c)

Cornwall & Wales

d)

Breton & Cornwall

e)

Orkneys & Hebrides

41.

Where can a concentration of endangered languages be found?

a)

Eastern United States

b)

Southern United States

c)

Appalachia region

d)

Great Lakes Region

e)

Western United States

42.

Which of the following is an example of an isolated language ?

a)

English

b)

Hebrew

c)

Gaelic

d)

Basque

e)

Gothic

43.

In the Untied States which is shared by all Americans?

a)

nationality

b)

langauge

c)

ethnicity

d)

race

e)

DNA

44.

Within the United States, where is the highest population concentration of Hispanics?

a)

Northeast U.S.

b)

Midwest U.S.

c)

Ohio Valley

d)

Pacific Northwest

e)

Southwest U.S.

45.

What is the process of a state breaking down through conflicts among its ethnicities ?

a)

irredentism

b)

genocide

c)

centripetal

d)

Balkanization

e)

isogloss

46.

Why do geographers study ethnic cleansing?

a)

it results in the alteration of a place and its use by a different population.

b)

maps have to be redrawn

c)

it changes the names of leadership

d)

it can negatively change the economic structure of the country

e)

it creates a syncretic society

47.

What is the policy to deliberately remove one ethnic or religious group through violence or terror?

a)

genocide

b)

civil war

c)

ethnic cleansing

d)

balkanization

e)

nation building

48.

Where is an ethnoburb located?

a)

in the heart of the inner city

b)

in the suburban real of the city

c)

in the hinterlands away from the city

d)

it is the term for a predominate region composed of one ethnicity

e)

along the original settlement areas a a region

49.

Which amendment to the United States Constitution outlaws slavery?

a)

Amendment 19

b)

Amendment 14

c)

Amendment 5

d)

Amendment 13

e)

Amendment 1

50.

What was the major reason that prompted the migration of African Americans from the South in the US

to the North and West in US during the 1920s and 1950s?

a)

available housing

b)

jobs

c)

open farm land

d)

expanding settlement areas in cities

e)

civil rights and freedom

51.

What is the policy of the legal separation of races and their forced movement into segregated

townships or homeland areas in South Africa known as?

a)

Racism

b)

Apartheid

c)

Separate by Equal

d)

Homeland Act

e)

Civil Rights Act

52.

Which of the following countries reflects a multi-ethnic & multi-racial society?

a)

Iceland

b)

Poland

c)

Brazil

d)

Mongolia

e)

Japan

53.

Which of the following is the best example of what Kurds represent?

a)

Multinational state

b)

Nation-state

c)

State-less nation

d)

Centripetal force for Iraq

e)

Centrifugal force for Iraq

54.

What type of region are the 'Southern States'

a)

Vernacular

b)

Functional

c)

Formal

55.

Which of the following areas would be an example of ecumene?

a)

A

b)

B

56.

Which of the following is a language formed from two existing languages and

mainly used as a simplified communication tool for trade?

a)

Creole Language

b)

Pidgin Language

c)

Official Language

d)

Lingua Franca

57.

The modern game of soccer(football) spread to many parts of the world because of British colonization. This is an example of _________ diffusion

a)

Hierarchical

b)

Stimulus

c)

Contagious

d)

Relocation

58.

Which religion is considered a Syncretic religion (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

a)

Taoism

b)

Agnosticism

c)

Sikhism

d)

Atheism

59.

Which of the following is an example of a folk culture food:

a)

Chezburber in the US

b)

Goat's head in Germany

c)

Ramen in China

d)

Sashimi in Japan

60.

Choose TWO centrifugal forces

a)

religious conflicts

b)

physical boundaries within a country

c)

shared language

d)

fair and trusted government

61.

Starting in the 1990's, a movement known as _________ began to feature mixed-use neighborhoods with businesses and residential properties, walkable areas and a variety of price ranges for homes.

a)

blockbusting

b)

gentrification

c)

leapfrogging

d)

new urbanism

62.

Blockbusting and redlining have contributed to... in American cities.

a)

gated communities

b)

racial segregation

c)

public transportation

d)

exurbanization

63.

Real estate agents in the past practiced persuading owners to sell property cheaply because of the fear of people of another ethnic or social group moving into the neighborhood, and then profiting by reselling at a higher price

a)

redlining

b)

gentrification

c)

filtering

d)

blockbusting

64.

Banks might consider giving loans to those who want to purchase and improve homes in a certain urban area too risky so they may refuse loans in certain districts. This practice is known as...

a)

redlining

b)

urban redevelopment

c)

gentrification

d)

eminent domain

65.

New urbanism, smart growth and the construction of greenbelts are efforts to...

a)

combat or reduce urban sprawl

b)

industrialize LDC's

c)

encourage further urban sprawl

66.

How did sports like soccer, lacrosse, hockey & baseball become global sports?

a)

hierarchical diffusion

b)

relocation diffusion

c)

stimulus diffusion

d)

contagious diffusion

67.

In which US state would you find the greatest clustering of Asian Americans?

a)

Hawaii

b)

Texas

c)

Maryland

d)

Alabama

e)

MIssissippi

68.

Which of the following is a stable, fully developed language that originates from the mixing of two or more languages, typically in a contact situation involving colonization or trade?

a)

endangered language

b)

creole language

c)

lingua franca

d)

pidgin language