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AP Human Geography Unit 3 Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

 Cultural landscape can be defined as

a)

the types of art, music, dance, and theater practiced in a particular region

b)

the ways that people in differing cultures perceive the environment

c)

the forms superimposed on the physical environment by the activities of humans

d)

 the diversity of distinctive cultures within a particular geographic area

e)

a particular area within a geographic region dedicated to cultural activities

2.

The image shows a sacred space of which religion?

a)

Islam

b)

Buddhism

c)

Christianity

d)

Hinduism

3.

Which of the following is NOT part of the Indo-European Language Family?

a)

Arabic

b)

English

c)

Portuguese

d)

French

4.

Which best describes a lingua franca?

a)

Language mutually understood by people who speak different languages, usually for the purpose of trade

b)

Dominance of one culture over another, historically, often occurring as a result of colonization

c)

The development of a new cultural trait as a result of the blending of two distinct but interacting cultures

d)

The blending of cultures as a result of colonialism to create something new

5.

Which of the following is NOT an ethnicity?

a)

Hispanic

b)

German

c)

Japanese

d)

Asian

6.

Which best describes the Kurgan Conquest Theory?

a)

theorizes that the source of the Indo-European language

lay somewhere in the steppes of present-day Ukraine and Russia more than

5000 years ago and spread by conquerors on horseback who moved westward

b)

theorizes that the source of the Indo-European language

lay somewhere in the mountainous terrain of Anatolia in modern Turkey

between 7000 and 9000 years ago and spread with the diffusion of agriculture

c)

members share cultural heritage, ancestry, origin myth, history, homeland, language/dialect, symbolic

systems (religion/mythology), rituals, cuisine, dressing styles, art, or physical appearance

d)

how a culture makes a place fit their identity by shaping the landscape to show what they believe and value

(buildings, statues, sacred sites, etc.)

7.

Which religion's distribution is shown on the map?

a)

Islam

b)

Buddhism

c)

Sikhism

d)

Hinduism

8.
Geographers usually categorize cultural diffusion into the two broad categories of 
a)
 Expansion and hierarchical
b)
Contagious and stimulus
c)
 Expansion and relocation
d)
 Migrant and hierarchical
9.

What is an example of a toponym?

a)

A religious text

b)

A historical event

c)

Osceola County, Florida

d)

A language family

10.

The cultural landscape shown in the image relates most to which religion?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Islam

c)

Hinduism

d)

Sikhism

11.

The world's largest religion is -

(a)  

12.

What is an example of cultural divergence?

a)

Globalization

b)

Internet usage

c)

Amish communities preserving their culture

d)

Increasing use of English

13.

Forces that divide a country are known as (a)   forces

14.

The oldest universalizing religion is -

a)

Judaism

b)

Islam

c)

Hinduism

d)

Sikhism

15.

Which of the following is NOT a type of expansion diffusion?

a)

Contagious diffusion

b)

Hierarchical diffusion

c)

Stimulus diffusion

d)

Relocation diffusion

16.

The type of expansion diffusion where nearly all individuals are affected as it spreads outwards is known as (a)   diffusion.

17.

As Buddhism diffused through East Asia, Buddhist traditions blended with local cultural customs to create distinct religious practices, such as Daoism in China and Shinto in Japan. Which of the following terms best describes this blending of cultural traditions?

a)

Assimilation

b)

Acculturation

c)

Possibilism

d)

Multiculturalism

e)

Syncretism

18.

Time-space compression has allowed for what to happen more easily?

a)

Cultural Convergence

b)

Cultural Divergence

c)

Civilization

d)

Universalizing Religions

19.

What is an area within a city occupied by a distinctive minority culture called?

a)

Gender role

b)

Sense of place

c)

Ethnic neighborhood

d)

Centrifugal forces

20.

What is being highlighted on the map?

a)

Cultural Hearths

b)

World Religions

c)

Conquest Theory

d)

Interfaith Boundaries