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WorksheetsReview for Unit 3 Summative
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 52mins
How does the iceberg metaphor convey an important geographic understanding of culture? Mark only one oval.
It indicates that most cultural practices cannot be understood by outsiders.
It suggests that the most important elements of culture are practiced by elites.
It proposes that people in colder places conceal their cultural traits.
It asserts that many important cultural attributes are generally unseen.
It warns that not understanding the cultural traits in a place can be dangerous.
Which of the following is an example of a sociofact? Mark only one oval.
A doll
A burqa
A family
A religious belief
A land-use pattern
What is an example of sequent occupance? Mark only one oval.
A family sells their home to a new owner.
A farmer rotates crops on a plot of land.
A place is home to a succession of cultural groups.
A person moves to a new country.
An invading army governs a territory for several years.
How does the formation of an ethnic neighborhood benefit members of that culture? Mark only one oval.
It helps them understand the mainstream culture.
It increases discrimination against members of the group.
It introduces opportunities to engage with members of the mainstream culture.
It maintains the group’s customs and traditions.
It builds understanding among members of the mainstream culture.
What are toponyms? Mark only one oval.
Holy journeys
Spiritual beliefs
Traditional structures
Nomadic lifestyles
Place names
Which of the following best distinguishes the geographic concept of sense of place from the geographic concept of placemaking? Mark only one oval.
Sense of place is changing, while placemaking is permanent.
Sense of place is an individual response, while placemaking is a social endeavor.
Sense of place is cultural, while placemaking is an economic process.
Sense of place is driven by feelings, while placemaking is driven by analysis.
Sense of place is a contemporary response, while placemaking is a historical analysis.
In addition to geographic location, dialects are significantly shaped by which of the following? Mark only one oval.
Gender and class
Ethnicity and class
Identity and religion
Gender and religion
Age and family
Which term describes the area of origin of a cultural trait? Mark only one oval.
Cultural hearth
Cultural diffusion
Cultural landscape
Cultural possibilism
Cultural environment
Cultural diffusion is an example of which of the following geographic concepts? Mark only one oval.
Flow
Scale
Density
Situation
Infill development
The CEO of a large automobile company moves to another city to become the CEO of a different manufacturing company, taking ideas about the manufacturing process with her. This is an example of which of the following? Mark only one oval.
Contagious diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
Imperialist diffusion
Relocation diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
Which of the following is an example of hierarchical diffusion? Mark only one oval.
The spread of Spanish to Latin America
The spread of the coronavirus from China to Europe
The spread of K-pop from Korea to the rest of the world
The spread of Amish woodworking traditions to Pennsylvania
The spread of technology from the upper class to the middle class
What is the main difference between expansion diffusion and relocation diffusion? Mark only one oval.
In expansion diffusion, cultural ideas and traits spread primarily through technology.
Expansion diffusion includes cultural ideas and traits beyond the country of origin.
In expansion diffusion, cultural ideas and traits spread, but the people of the culture do not.
Expansion diffusion includes the spread of longer-lasting traits such as language and religion.
In expansion diffusion, cultural ideas traits spread farther and faster than in relocation diffusion.
A high school student starts using the word salty to describe when he is annoyed. His friends and eventually most of the other students at school start using this term as well. Which term best describes this situation? Mark only one oval.
Creolization
Lingua franca
Stimulus diffusion
Relocation diffusion
Contagious diffusion
A fad is started when a television personality begins wearing a yellow top hat. The trend spreads throughout Hollywood and then throughout the United States. This is an example of what type of diffusion? Mark only one oval.
Assimilation
Contagious
Hierarchical
Relocation
Stimulus
Which of the following aspects of culture tends to change most slowly? Mark only one oval.
Fashion
Religion
Artifacts
Popular Culture
Marriage Customs
Which term describes a common language used among speakers of different languages for the purposes of trade and commerce? Mark only one oval.
Creole
Dialect
Lingua franca
Colonial language
Indigenous language
In which setting would you expect to see the greatest cultural change happen? Mark only one oval.
A small ethnic enclave
A large multicultural city
A small agrarian community
A large ethnocentric nation
A traditional religious hearth
Which of the following is the best example of cultural divergence? Mark only one oval.
Tex-Mex food
The Afrikaans language
Halloween celebrations
The use of English by airline pilots
The Amish rejection of technology
Which of the following accurately presents the categorization of languages, from the broadest category to the most specific? Mark only one oval.
Dialects, groups, branches, families
Groups, branches, families, dialects
Branches, families, dialects, groups
Dialects, families, groups, branches
Families, branches, groups, dialects
Which of the following is an accurate statement about the Arabic, English, and Spanish languages? Mark only one oval.
They all are ancestral languages.
They all have diffused primarily due to migration.
They all are part of the same language branch.
They all provide evidence of the Anatolian Hearth Theory.
They all are widely distributed due to hierarchical diffusion.
Which statement best explains how the internet has affected cultural change? Mark only one oval.
It has had little or no impact on cultural change.
It has decreased the pace of change by facilitating the expression of individuality.
It has increased the pace of change by contributing to time-space compression.
It has increased the pace of change by requiring the assimilation of minority groups.
It has decreased the pace of change by disrupting the hierarchy among core and peripheral countries.
Which term describes the process by which a minority culture adopts some, but not all, of the traits of a majority culture? Mark only one oval.
Acculturation
Assimilation
Globalization
Multiculturalism
Syncretism
The removal of American Indian children from their homes to be educated at English speaking boarding schools is an example of which of the following? Mark only one oval.
Syncretism
Multiculturalism
Forced migration
Forced assimilation
Cultural appropriation
What is an example of a language branch? Mark only one oval.
Russian
Indo-European
Persian
Romance
North Germanic
What do researchers analyze when categorizing relationships among languages? Mark only one oval.
Vowels and consonants
Isolates and terrain
Families and branches
Values and ethics
Grammar and root words
Where are Slavic languages mainly found? Mark only one oval.
North America
Eastern Europe
North Africa
Central Africa
Southern Europe
What do Mandarin, Hindi, and Japanese have in common? Mark only one oval.
They are endangered languages.
They have diffused primarily due to trade.
They have grown rapidly due to population growth.
They provide evidence of the Kurgan hearth theory.
They are widely distributed due to hierarchical diffusion.
What spurs the development of a lingua franca? Mark only one oval.
Politics
Trade
Family
Heritage
Religion
Important clues to the origins of a language can be discovered in which of the following? Mark only one oval.
Hearths
Cognates
Distribution
Dialects
Agriculture
The Anatolian hearth theory is best explained by which of the following statements? Mark only one oval.
Nomadic-warrior people diffused Proto Indo-European languages.
Nomadic-warrior people diffused Proto Sino-Tibetan languages.
Agricultural practices led to migration following population growth.
Relocation diffusion in a short period of time followed population growth.
Similar, widely-distributed words describe climate and landscape.
The invasion of Angles, Jutes, and Saxons 1,500 years ago explains the diffusion of which linguistic branch to Great Britain? Mark only one oval.
Spanish
Arabic
French
Germanic
Greek
What is the oldest universalizing religion? Mark only one oval.
Christianity
Islam
Sikhism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Which of the following is an example of a mentifact? Mark only one oval.
A bridal costume
Schools
Language
Jewelry
Ceremonial foods
Which of the following is one purpose of postmodern architecture? Mark only one oval.
To emphasize form and function
To solve urban social problems
To promote cultural expression
To create new political structures
To express traditional values
Which of the following would be most likely to evoke a sense of place? Mark only one oval.
Reading a news story about a place
Seeing a location on a map
Meeting someone from a place
Experiencing strong feelings in a place
Identifying a toponym related to a place
Which of the following is the best example assimilation?
Hinduism diffused from India to Bali, where it blended with traditional Balinese beliefs to create a form of Hinduism unique to Bali.
The American government educated Native American children in American-style boarding schools. All of the children were taught English, and girls were taught how to be homemakers.
Despite the large number of historic churches in France, many French identify as nonreligious and believe that religion is a private matter.
A family immigrates to a new country, settles near others from their homeland, and conducts most of their day-to-day activities within their ethnic neighborhood.
Cultural landscape can be defined as
the types of art, music, dance, and theater practiced in a particular region
the ways that people in differing cultures perceive the environment
a particular area within a geographic region dedicated to cultural activities
the forms superimposed on the physical environment by the activities of humans
Cultural landscape is closest in meaning to which of the following?
Built environment
Physical environment
Environmental determinism
Cultural ecology
an isogloss
Acculturation is a process whereby
A more dominant culture adopts most of the traits of the less dominant culture
The dominant culture completely absorbs the less dominant one
Cultural traits are equally exchanged between cultures
The less dominant culture adopts some of the traits of the more influential one
All of the following are characteristics of a universalizing religion except
connected to a specific founder
generally widespread
seeks to convert
followers are highly clustered
Which of the following religions are considered to be universalizing religions?
Buddhism, Christianity, & Islam
Islam, Hinduism, & Buddhism
Hinduism, Judaism, & Christianity
Judaism, Islam, Buddhism
Which religion has the most followers?
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
Buddhism
The map shows the distribution of what major world religion?
Hinduism
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
A simplified lingua franca created to facilitate communication is known as a:
pidgin language
dialect
creole language
isolated language
Which of the following is an example of a cultural landscape?
A coral reef
A stand of pine trees
Terraced fields of crops up a mountainside
Glaciers
Isoglosses are used to mark
Creation of pidgins
Extent to which a lingua franca is used in a certain area
Limits for an area in which certain words or other language features are used
Area in which an extinct language is used
Which language has become the world's primary lingua franca?
Mandarin
Hindi
German
English
A sociofact is a(n)
material item that is part of one's culture like a pen or a computer mouse.
element of social interaction like a handshake or slang language.
type of economic measure for income.
all of the above are sociofacts.
Religions that want to attract all people to their beliefs are-
Universalizing
Ethnic
A fashion trend that diffuses from big cities to smaller cities is-
Hierarchical Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Migration
Diffusion
A language that combines Elizabethan English and African dialects is a-
Lingua Franca
Language Family
Creolized Language
Dialect
Soccer spreading throughout the world due to British colonization is _______ diffusion
Expansion
Contagious
Relocation
What family do most European languages belong to?
Ural-Altic
Basque
Indo-European
Phoenician
A fashion trend that diffuses from big cities to smaller cities is-
Hierarchical Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Migration
Diffusion
Which of the following is a universalizing religion?
Taoism
Islam
Shintoism
Confucianism
The increasing connectedness of different parts of the world through economic, political, and cultural interaction is-
Culture
Core-Periphery
Globalization
Development
A boundary between language regions-
Dialect
Isogloss
Pidgin Language
One effect of diffusion is globalization resulting in _________, or making people of different places more alike.
Acculturation
Homogenization
Multiculturalism
time-space convergence
The dominance of the Spanish language in Central and South America is an example of...
expansion diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
relocation diffusion
contagious diffusion
An example of _________ is Christmas, with the blending of a German tradition (decorating a tree), a Turkish belief (St. Nick), a Christian doctrine (birth of Jesus), and American commercialization.
Acculturation
Diffusion
homogenization
Syncretism
While trends used to take months or even years to diffuse globally, they now only take a matter of days thanks to the Internet and other modern technology. This is an example of...
cultural convergence
time-space convergence
cultural divergence
syncretism
Technology has led to increased interactions among cultures, which has in turn resulted in ________ _________, such as how people around the globe wear t-shirts and jeans rather than traditional ethnic or cultural clothing.
social constructs
cultural convergence
expansion diffusion
cultural divergence
Which of the following is NOT an ethnic religion?
Hinduism
Judaism
Shintoism
Buddhism
Acculturation is a process whereby
A more dominant culture adopts most of the traits of the less dominant culture
The dominant culture completely absorbs the less dominant one
Cultural traits are equally exchanged between cultures
The less dominant culture adopts some of the traits of the more influential one
An example of Hierarchical diffusion
Migrant bringing their food culture to the US
McDonald's building restaurants in India but not serving beef
A celebrity adopting a new hairstyle and starting a trend
Finding out about a new song from your cousin
The Phenomenon whereby the introduction of new transportation technologies progressively reduce the time it takes to travel between places
Time space continuum
Difusion
Time- Space Convergence
Distance Decay
Which locations and religions are correctly paired in terms of place or origin/hearth?
Islam: Egypt
Buddhism: India
Hinduism: South America
Judaism: Saudi Arabia
(Abolished in the 90s)
(e.g. Nationalism/Patriotism, Equality, Tolerance)
Organize the world’s languages from biggest classification, to smallest.
language group, language, language family, dialect
language branch, language group, language, language family, dialect
language family, language branch, language group, language, dialect
language
language family, language branch, language group, dialect, language
Which three religions have holy places in Jerusalem?
Sikhism, Islam, Judaism
Islam, Christianity, Hinduism
Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism
Islam, Christianity, Judaism
A Hindu temple located in Texas is most likely the result of which kind of diffusion?
Expansion
Hierarchical
Contagious
Relocation
Stimulus
An immigrant who selectively adopts certain customs of the dominant host society in order to advance socioeconomically, while still retaining much of his or her native customs, practices, and beliefs, best illustrates the concept of...
Acculturation
Maladaptive behavior
Assimilation
Ethnocentrism
All of the above
Which major world religion has its hearth in the Arabian Peninsula?
Hinduism
Islam
Buddhism
Taoism
Hierarchical diffusion
Involves the actual movement of the original adopters from their point of origin, or hearth, to a new place
Occurs when the innovative idea diffuses from its hearth outward, but the original idea is changed by the new adopters
Occurs when numerous places or people near the point of origin become adopters (or infected, in the case of a disease)
Occurs when the diffusion innovation or concept spreads from a place or person of power or high susceptibility to another in a leveled pattern
What type of diffusion is this?
Relocation diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
Contagious diffusion
1n 1630, the Puritans (a religious group) left England to settle in America in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Relocation Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
Stimulus Diffusion
The Great Migration was a period when African Americans who were living in the South moved to northern cities.
Relocation Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
Stimulus Diffusion
McDonalds in India makes vegetarian and vegan burgers and in Japan Sushi is on the Menu.
Relocation Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
Stimulus Diffusion
Chinese Porcelain diffused to Europe, but Europeans used different materials and a new manufacturing process to make it.
Relocation Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
Stimulus Diffusion
K-Pop music spread around the world with the help of the internet, and teenagers around the world popularized it.
Relocation Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
Stimulus Diffusion
In Japan, baseball was introduced by American missionaries in the 19th century. While the core elements of the sport remain the same, Japan has modified some aspects, like playing styles and cultural practices around the game, creating a unique version of baseball that's distinctly Japanese.
Relocation
Hierarchical
Contagious
Stimulus
New environmental policies are implemented in European countries. Eventually, smaller countries adopt similar policies based on the success seen in the larger, leading nations.
Relocation
Hierarchical
Contagious
Stimulus
The spread of protests during the Arab Spring in 2011(Pro-democracy protests). Demonstrations started in Tunisia and spread rapidly through direct influence as nearby populations were exposed to the protests and adopted similar actions in their own countries.
Relocation
Hierarchical
Contagious
Stimulus
What is the primary factor that influences the formation of cultural regions? Mark only one oval.
Climate
Language
Economic activities
Political boundaries
Which of the following best describes the concept of cultural relativism? Mark only one oval.
Understanding a culture on its own terms without bias
Rejecting all foreign cultural influences
Adopting cultural traits from another culture
Judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture
