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WG Unit 1 Practice Culture/Map Projections/Lang

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement about culture is the most accurate?

a)

Most members of a culture has the same social status.

b)

Culture is characterized by democratic government.

c)

The people in a culture always practice the same form of religion.

d)

Culture includes a people’s language, religion, land uses, and customs.

2.

What is the term for a group of people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or place of origin?

a)

culture region

b)

ethnic group

c)

language family

d)

ethnic enclave

3.

The spread of material and non-material characteristics from one culture to another is ______________.

a)

culture

b)

ethnic group

c)

cultural diffusion

d)

cultural convergence

4.

A focused geographic area where important innovations are born and from which they are spread

a)

Cultural Hearth

b)

Minority Religion

c)

An Ethnic Group

d)

Universalizing Religion

5.

The area of origin of a culture is called

a)

cultural environment.

b)

cultural homeland.

c)

culture hearth.

d)

cultural landscape.

e)

culture realm.

6.

Cultural diffusion is

a)

the idea that your own culture is superior to others.

b)

the spread of culture traits from one group to another.

c)

the isolation of a culture from the rest of the world.

d)

the innovation of a cultural trait.

e)

none of the above

7.

When two people who speak different languages use English to conduct business, we can consider English a(n)

a)

Assimilated language

b)

Lingua Franca

c)

Pidgin Language

d)

Creole Language

8.
Ethnicity is associated with _____ ancestry, while race is associated with _____ ancestry. 
a)
cultural: biological 
b)
biological: cultural 
c)
cultural: religious 
d)
religious: cultural 
9.
In terms of diffusion, what is a hearth?
a)
The point of origin
b)
The final destination
c)
The mid-way point
d)
All points along the diffusion route
10.
Which of the following best accounts for the universal appeal of blue jeans?
a)
Adoption of unique folk culture
b)
Need for durable clothing
c)
Impact of high income on clothing habits
d)
Diffusion of popular culture
11.
What is culture?
a)
Set of beliefs/values/practices a group has in common
b)
People who share similar culture traits
c)
Activity/behavior in which people take part
d)
Area in which people share culture traits
12.
The map projection with the greatest amount of distortion, although visually appealing because of its nice, straight lines, is called _____.
a)
Mercator
b)
Gall-Peters
c)
Azimuthal
d)
Homolosine
13.
1)  The map projection most used in the classroom, which has the most distortion at the edges is called ______.
a)
Mercator
b)
Robinson
14.
The change in size, shape, direction, or distance of something once a globe is converted to a map. 
a)
Cartography
b)
map
c)
distortion
d)
scale
15.
Which of the following shows places on the Earth's surface the most accurately?
a)
thematic maps
b)
globes
c)
general-purpose maps
d)
physical maps
16.
What is it called when you take a 3D image and put it onto a 2D surface?
a)
Cartogram
b)
Projection
c)
Globe
d)
Instagram
17.

Every map projection has some degree of distortion because

a)

a curved surface cannot be represented on a flat surface without distortion

b)

parallels and meridians never cross at right angles on a globe

c)

the grid system is two-dimensional, while the real world is three-dimensional

d)

Earth is not a perfect sphere

e)

latitude lines are shorter than meridian lines

18.

An area organized around a node or focal point. (Has a purpose)

a)

Functional/Nodal Region

b)

Formal/Homogenous Region

c)

Vernacular/Perceptional Region

19.

An area within which everyone shares in a common one or more distinctive characteristics.

a)

Formal/Uniform/Homogenous Region

b)

Functional/Nodal Region

c)

Vernacular/Perceptional Region

20.

A place from which an innovate originates

a)

Expansion Diffusion

b)

Hearth

c)

Scale

d)

Place

21.
All maps have
a)
distortion
b)
graduated circles.
c)
bar scale.
d)
multiple colors
22.
Which projection is this?
a)
Lambert
b)
Mercator
c)
Goode's Homolosine
d)
Robinson
23.
Which projection is this?
a)
Robinson
b)
Mercator
c)
Eckert IV
d)
Goode's Homolosine
24.
The predominance of English as the preferred language spoken at international business meetings and political summits could be cited to support the claim that English is 
a)
a creole language
b)
a lingua franca
c)
a popular dialect
d)
a pidgin language
25.
Which of the following will encompass the largest number of speakers?
a)
language group
b)
language family
c)
language branch
d)
dialect
26.
 A mercator map is a ___________ shape.
a)
 square
b)
round
c)
trriangle
d)
rectangle
27.
 A disadvantage to the Mercator would be
a)
show true directions
b)
landsize is distorted or misrepresented
c)
used for marine navigation
d)
most commonly used map
28.
  A winkel tripel projection has a disadvantage due to
 
a)
small amount of distortion
b)
curved
c)
latitude lines are curved
29.
A mercator map is mainly used for 
a)
hunters
b)
marine navigation
c)
automobiles
30.

What is the map projection shown? (Oranges are______)

a)

Robinson Projection

b)

Mercator Projection

c)

Goodes Interrupted Projection

31.

What type of Cultural Diffusion?

a)

Stimulus

b)

Relocation

c)

Hieararchial

d)

Contagious

32.

What type of Cultural Diffusion?

a)

Stimulus

b)

Relocation

c)

Hieararchial

d)

Contagious

33.

What type of Cultural Diffusion?

a)

Stimulus

b)

Relocation

c)

Hieararchial

d)

Contagious

34.

What type of Cultural Diffusion?

a)

Stimulus

b)

Relocation

c)

Hieararchial

d)

Contagious

35.

What type of Cultural Diffusion?

a)

Stimulus

b)

Relocation

c)

Hieararchial

d)

Contagious

36.

What type of Cultural Diffusion?

a)

Stimulus

b)

Relocation

c)

Hieararchial

d)

Contagious

37.

What type of Cultural Diffusion?

a)

Stimulus

b)

Relocation

c)

Hieararchial

d)

Contagious

38.

A view that acknowledges the limits on the effects of the natural environment and focuses more on the role that human culture plays.

a)

Environmental determinism

b)

Distance decay

c)

Time-space compression

d)

Possibilism

39.

The shrinking "timed distance" between locations because of improved methods in transportation and communication.

a)

Distance decay

b)

Time-space compression

c)

Absolute location

d)

Relative location

40.

The belief that landforms and climate are the most powerful forces shaping human behavior and societal development.

a)

Environmental determinism

b)

Time-space compression

c)

Distance decay

d)

Possibilism

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