WorksheetsFINAL - Unit 3 - Culture 54 ?'s
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 27mins
What does culture comprise according to the study guide?
Only physical objects
Shared practices, technologies, attitudes, and behaviors
Natural landscapes
Historical events
What is an example of material culture?
Language
Physical objects people give value to
Traditions
Beliefs
Which type of culture is consumed by a homogenous group of people staying within a region?
Pop culture
Folk culture
Material culture
Non-material culture
What is a characteristic of pop culture?
It is only found in rural areas
It is consumed by a homogenous group
It is widely dispersed and consumed by a heterogeneous group
It is limited to traditional practices
What is the definition of cultural relativism?
Openness and toleration for other cultures.
Believing that one’s own culture is superior.
The human impact on the physical landscape.
The cultural imprint of successive groups.
How is ethnocentrism characterized?
Openness to other cultures.
Looking at another culture from a sense of superiority.
The human impact on the physical landscape.
Repeating trends in space.
What does a cultural landscape represent?
The human impact that we can see on the physical landscape.
Old styles vs recent/contemporary styles.
Land used for farming vs land used for factories.
Repeating trends in space.
What is sequent occupancy?
The human impact on the physical landscape.
The cultural imprint of successive groups that have occupied a land.
Openness and toleration for other cultures.
Repeating trends in space.
What is the difference between traditional and modern architecture?
Openness to other cultures.
Old styles vs recent/contemporary styles.
Land used for farming vs land used for factories.
Repeating trends in space.
What is the term for private and public spaces set aside for one gender, which can vary culture-to-culture?
Ethnic enclaves
Gendered spaces
Placemaking
Centrifugal forces
What does the term "placemaking" refer to?
A name for a place
A community planning out a space
The spread of ideas
Forces that unite people
What are centrifugal forces?
Forces that unite a people
Forces that break people apart or divide people
The spread of ideas
A geographical area where an ethnic group is clustered
What is the definition of "hearth" in cultural geography?
The spread of ideas
A name for a place
The place where an idea or phenomenon starts
Forces that unite people
What is the definition of "Clustered" in terms of distribution?
A spread out distribution of a phenomenon.
A high concentration of a phenomenon.
The idea only spreads when a group of people physically move.
When ideas/innovations spread far and wide.
Which type of diffusion occurs when ideas/innovations spread far and wide?
Relocation Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Expansion Diffusion
Reverse Hierarchical Diffusion
What is an example of hierarchical diffusion?
Spanish Flu
Clothing fads
McDonalds in Russia serves pivo
Walmart started in Arkansas and spread worldwide
Which type of diffusion involves the spread of an idea from a small or less populated area to a large city?
Stimulus Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Reverse Hierarchical Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
What is an example of stimulus diffusion?
Islam in the Middle East and North Africa
Viral Memes
McDonalds in Russia serves pivo
Clothing fads
Which of the following is a barrier to cultural diffusion?
Technological advancement
Distance Decay effect
Increased trade
Cultural exchange programs
What is the Distance Decay effect?
The theory that culture spreads faster over long distances.
The theory that as distance increases, interaction decreases.
The idea that cultural barriers are physical.
The concept that economic barriers enhance diffusion.
Which of the following is an example of a physical barrier to cultural diffusion?
Language differences
A mountain or ocean
Governmental policies
Economic disparity
How does folk culture typically spread?
Contagiously
Hierarchically
By relocation diffusion
Through mass media
What is acculturation?
The mixing of cultures into a new form
A language mutually understood by people with different native languages
When a group adopts the traits of another group/culture
The increasing interconnection of economics, culture, and politics
What does creolization refer to?
The spread of cultural traits through migration
The mixing of cultures into a new form
A stronger country controlling a weaker one
The exchange of goods and services
What is a lingua franca?
A language used only in specific regions
A language mutually understood and used in business by people with different native languages
A language that is no longer spoken
A language that is only used in cultural ceremonies
What is a common result of colonialism/imperialism?
The mixing of cultures into a new form
A stronger country controlling a weaker country and imposing its culture
The increasing interconnection of economics, culture, and politics
The spread of cultural traits through migration
How does war affect cultural interaction?
It prevents any cultural exchange
It leaves a legacy of cultural interaction where the occupying power leaves their mark
It only affects the economic aspects of a country
It results in the complete isolation of cultures
What is a consequence of migration?
The complete isolation of cultures
The spread of cultural traits
The end of cultural diversity
The creation of a single global culture
What is globalization?
The isolation of cultures from one another
The increasing interconnection of economics, culture, and politics throughout the world
The decline of cultural diversity
The creation of a single global language
What is urbanization?
People moving to rural areas.
People moving to cities.
Cities converting urban land to rural land.
City populations decreasing.
Which of the following is an example of communication technology?
Airplane travel
Radio
Walking
Farming
What does time-space convergence refer to?
Increasing distance between people.
Decreasing connectivity due to technology.
Increasing connectivity and sense of closeness due to technology.
Slower transportation and communication.
What is cultural divergence?
Cultures becoming more similar over time.
Cultures becoming more distinct from one another over time.
The merging of two cultures into one.
The disappearance of cultural traits.
What is an example of cultural convergence?
Different languages being spoken in the same country.
The broadcasting of international sports domestically.
Cultures becoming more distinct from each other.
The isolation of cultural groups.
Which of the following is NOT one of the most popular language families?
Afro-Asiatic
Indo-European
Sino-Tibetan
Uralic
What defines a dialect?
A broad group of languages with a common ancestor
A regional variation of a language with distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and spelling
A collection of languages within a branch with a common origin
A language spoken by a large population
Which language group is part of the Indo-European family?
Afro-Asiatic
Sino-Tibetan
Germanic
Austronesian
What is an isogloss?
A boundary that separates language regions
A type of religious denomination
A universalizing religion
A forced migration
Which of the following is an example of a universalizing religion?
Christianity
Judaism
Hinduism
Zoroastrianism
What does monotheism refer to?
Worshiping one God
Worshiping multiple gods
A forced migration
A language boundary
What is the term for smaller groups within each branch of religion?
Denominations
Isoglosses
Diaspora
Universalizing religions
What does the term "diaspora" refer to?
Forced migration that has caused a dispersion of culture
A boundary that separates language regions
Worshiping multiple gods
A branch of religion
Which of the following is an example of relocation diffusion?
Islam and Christianity spreading through hierarchical diffusion
Protestant missionaries from Chicago going to Russian orphanages
The invention of the internet
The spread of fast food chains
Which religion is described as having started with Jesus Christ and spread throughout the eastern Mediterranean region?
Islam
Hinduism
Christianity
Buddhism
Who founded Buddhism?
Ashoka the Great
Siddhartha Gautama
Mahavira
Confucius
Which country has a high percentage of its people practicing Buddhism?
Thailand
India
USA
Iran
What is a characteristic of ethnic religions?
They actively seek converts.
They are connected to a specific ethnic group.
They are found worldwide without a specific hearth.
They have no cultural connections.
Which religion is polytheistic and concentrated in India?
Judaism
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
What is the hearth of Judaism?
India
Israel
Nepal
USA
How many adherents does Judaism have worldwide?
1 billion
870 million
16 million
22 million
Which country has the largest population of Hindus?
Nepal
Bangladesh
Pakistan
India
Which process involves losing originally differentiating traits when coming into contact with another culture?
Acculturation
Assimilation
Syncretism
Multiculturalism
What is syncretism?
The adoption of cultural traits by one society from another.
The process of losing differentiating traits.
When cultural traits from two distinct cultures blend to form a new trait.
Coexistence of various ethnic groups without sacrificing identities.
What does multiculturalism refer to?
The adoption of cultural traits by one society from another.
The process of losing differentiating traits.
When cultural traits from two distinct cultures blend.
Coexistence of various ethnic groups without sacrificing their identities.
