WorksheetsUnit 2
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 30mins
A group’s learned behaviors, actions, beliefs, and objects
(a)
We compared culture to an
igloo
iceberg
island
store
All of the following would be found on the top of the cultural iceberg EXCEPT
dancing
ideas on modesty
language
music
What are the three ways we often pass on culture
informally, formally, imitation
informational, iceberg, imitation
imitation, tangibly, intangibly
functionally, functionality,
imitation
The area in which a unique culture or a specific trait develops.
(a)
The spreading of a culture’s beliefs, practices, and items around the world.
(a)
The process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.
(a)
Which type of culture is generally resistant to rapid change?
Global
Popular
Functional
Traditional
All of the following are types of intangible culture EXCEPT
symbols
language
artifacts
religion
The built environment that has been modified by a group and is a visible reflection of that group’s cultural beliefs and values.
(a)
Which of the following answers below would not be considered a cultural landscape?
a Tropical jungle
the Giza pyramids in Egypt
Chinatown in the United States
Tongariro National Park in New Zealand
Anything that is part of your way of life is considered your culture, regardless of where it originated.
TRUE
FALSE
Culture often spreads through
war, travel, technology and trade
trade, population, technology, war
technology, war, diffusion, hearths
travel, trade, war, homogeneous
All of the following are positive effects of cultural diffusion EXCEPT
Cross-cultural understanding
Cooperation between nations
Spread of new items and ideas
Increased global competition
Which of the options below are all negative effects of cultural diffusion?
Loss of unique cultures, spread of harmful ideas and items, increased global competition
Loss of unique cultures, cooperation between nations, increased global competition
Loss of unique cultures, spread of harmful ideas and items, spread of good products
Loss of unique cultures, racism, McLocalizing
When McDonald's decided to McLocalize, what was the ingredient they needed?
tomatoes
lettuce
cabbage
tumeric
All of the following were benefits of McLocalizing EXCEPT
They had an infrastructure set up that supported them and got them what they needed.
It cut their costs since they didn't have to import certain produce.
It added many jobs to the local Indian economy.
It solidified their cultural diffusion.
What are the two things that McDonald's in India is unable to serve?
Chicken and beef
Beef and pork
Pork and chicken
Fish and pork
All of the following are changes that McDonald's made to respect religious beliefs in India EXCEPT
They built 2 separate kitchens to keep meat from tainting the vegetarian items.
They show vegetarian items in green text and meat products in purple text.
They keep religious statues in plain view for all customers.
No beef or pork is served.
When famous or influential people in society
share a cultural idea and it spreads to others.
Relocation Diffusion
Maladaptive Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
Spread and mingling of cultures that occurs when people MIGRATE around the world is called (a) Diffusion.
The movie Cool Runnings (where the Jamaicans started an Olympic Bobsled team) would be an example of which type of diffusion?
Maladaptive
Relocation
Hierarchical
Stimulus
The globalization of McDonald's is an example of which type of diffusion?
Hierarchical
Stimulus
Contagious
Maladaptive
Which definition goes with the phrase--Stimulus Diffusion?
When a culture spreads to new areas where
it doesn’t seem useful or relevant, and yet does not
change.
The process individuals or groups of
different ethnic heritages go through to fit into
the dominant culture of a society.
Occurs when a culture changes as it
spreads from its original point.
Culture that spreads one to one.
If a person chooses to integrate after they relocate (or migrate), that means they have chosen to
try to fit into the dominant culture.
interact, but protect their own unique culture.
push away all culture.
move to another location with a culture more like theirs.
When a kid at school starts using a new slang word and you hear it, like it, and start using it--this is an example of ____________ Diffusion
Stimulus
Contagious
Relocation
Maladaptive
The process individuals or groups of
different ethnic heritages go through to fit into
the dominant culture of a society.
Relocation
Assimilate
Integrate
Globalization
Homogeneous means to be
of the same or a similar kind or nature.
of a different kind or nature.
globalized on a grand scale.
the first.
The names given to specific places or geographic features, reflecting cultural, historical, and linguistic contexts.
(a)
Toponyms can change over time.
False. Toponyms do not change and remain constant.
True. Toponyms can change due to situations like political shifts and cultural diffusion.
Toponyms play a crucial role in shaping human geography and cultural landscapes by influencing how people __________________ their environments.
conflict
perceive
discuss
homogeneous
All of the following can be reflected in a toponym EXCEPT
language
religion
age distribution
local history
Toponyms are often referred to as “_________ _________” because they preserve historical, linguistic, and cultural information that might otherwise be lost over time. It tells about the past and keeps it alive.
(a)
A system of beliefs and practices that recognize a higher power beyond humanity.
(a)
Religion can be the key to a person’s (a) .
Geographers study the (a) distribution of organized religious systems.
All of the following are examples of religious hearths we saw on our map EXCEPT
India
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Germany
What's the difference between polytheistic and monotheistic?
Poly means there are different religions, while mono means they are the same type of religions.
Poly means they worship many gods, while mono means they worship only one god.
Poly means people worship only animals, and monotheistic people worship spirits.
Poly is when you can change religions every day, and mono is when you have to stick to one forever.
Which of the options below are included in the five main religions we discussed in class.
Shinto
Buddhism
Toaism
Islam
Confucianism
Which of the following types of diffusion is one of the main ways religions grow?
Maladaptive
Contagious
Stimulus
Hierarchical
Choose all of the answers below that would be considered positives of religion.
Provides a sense of community
Impacts the cultural landscape
Moral standards
Can be a source of oppression
Even those that are non-religious can be affected
