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Intro Folk & Popular Culture Exam

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The French language, how to weave a basket, and the belief in ancestral spirits are all examples of 

a)

Mentifacts

b)

Artifacts

c)

Cultural hearths

d)

Cultural traits

e)

Dialects

2.

A group of people with a common culture and history who occupy an area are called

a)

A state

b)

A country

c)

A nation

d)

A political state

e)

A nation-state

3.

The charter group of Quebec, Canada, was the

a)

British

b)

Germans

c)

French

d)

Irish

e)

Spanish

4.

Which of the following characteristics is more typical of a popular culture than a folk culture?

a)

It has an anonymous origin.

b)

It diffuses slowly from its points of origin

c)

It results in a more uniform landscape.

d)

It is likely to be derived from physical conditions.

e)

Communication is more limited.

5.

Folk culture is spread primarily by

a)

Contagious diffusion

b)

Hierarchical diffusion

c)

Relocation diffusion

d)

Stimulus diffusion

e)

Epidemic diffusion

6.

Rapid diffusion of popular culture

a)

Encourages people in different places to adopt different customs 

b)

Depends on modern communications systems

c)

Is an example of relocation diffusion

d)

Conserves resources

e)

All of the above

7.

Typically, popular culture

a)

Originates in a number of locations at the same time.

b)

Reflects the characteristics of a distinctive physical environment

c)

Experiences frequent changes

d)

Is practiced by small homogeneous groups

e)

All of the above

8.

Historically, cultural 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

9.

Pioneer farmers settling the grasslands of the American West often built houses of sod, while early settlers of eastern forests built wooden structures like log cabins. This suggests that building materials

a)

Are strongly influenced by local resources

b)

Are commonly imported long distances because of local folk culture.

c)

Are chosen because of the diffusion of popular culture

d)

Are a uniform feature of folk culture

e)

All of the above

10.

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

11.

The diffusion of jeans is a good example primarily of the

a)

Diffusion of popular culture

b)

Adoption of unique folk culture

c)

Impact of high income on clothing habits

d)

Opposition to globalization

e)

Synthetic replacing natural fibers

12.

Compared to popular cultures, folk cultures are

a)

more cosmopolitan

b)

more homogeneous

c)

more diffused

d)

more transitory

e)

more contagious

13.

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

14.

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

15.

A new fashion trend originating in New York City that diffuses 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.

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

a)

Hindi

b)

Urdu

c)

Farsi (Persian)

d)

Mandarin

e)

Dutch

17.

Which of the following toponyms best belongs in a formal culture region defined by common traits of Catholicism and Spanish language?

a)

Dar es Salaam

b)

Saint Paul

c)

San Jose

d)

Tel Aviv

e)

Fauske

18.

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)

A city skyline

19.

Toponym is the study of

a)

Place names

b)

Extinct languages

c)

Ethnic religions

d)

Dialects

e)

Folk cultures

20.

A type of diffusion in which cultural ideas and artifacts spread to prominent people and/or larger places before they spread to ordinary people and/or smaller places is called

a)

Contagious diffusion

b)

Migrant diffusion

c)

Stimulus diffusion

d)

Relocation diffusion

e)

Hierarchical diffusion

21.

Which statement/phrase represents popular culture?

a)

Oprah Winfrey

b)

Tennis shoes

c)

An American president encourages Americans to wage war against a combative nation.

d)

A Canadian moces to Washington State (US) and teaches their neighbors to prepare poutine.

e)

Chickasaw Indian Rain Dance

22.

Which statement/phrase represents folk culture?

a)

Oprah Winfrey

b)

Tennis shoes

c)

An American president encourages Americans to wage war against a combative nation.

d)

A Canadian moces to Washington State (US) and teaches their neighbors to prepare poutine.

e)

Chickasaw Indian Rain Dance

23.

Which statement/phrase represents material culture?

a)

Oprah Winfrey

b)

Tennis shoes

c)

An American president encourages Americans to wage war against a combative nation.

d)

A Canadian moces to Washington State (US) and teaches their neighbors to prepare poutine.

e)

Chickasaw Indian Rain Dance

24.

Which statement/phrase represents relocation diffusion?

a)

Oprah Winfrey

b)

Tennis shoes

c)

An American president encourages Americans to wage war against a combative nation.

d)

A Canadian moces to Washington State (US) and teaches their neighbors to prepare poutine.

e)

Chickasaw Indian Rain Dance

25.

Which statement/phrase represents hierarchical diffusion?

a)

Oprah Winfrey

b)

Tennis shoes

c)

An American president encourages Americans to wage war against a combative nation.

d)

A Canadian moces to Washington State (US) and teaches their neighbors to prepare poutine.

e)

Chickasaw Indian Rain Dance