APHG Unit 3 Review

Question 1

A regional variant of a language is known as a

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language dialect

Question 2

Religions’ influence on the cultural landscape can be seen in all following ways except

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commercial districts

Question 3

All of the following are characteristics of folk cultures except

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folk cultures are spread hierarchically

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of a formal cultural region?

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The Bible Belt

Question 5

Popular culture is rapidly diffused around the world by

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all of the above

Question 6

Which statement about the diffusion of the English and Chinese languages is true?

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English is worldwide, & Chinese is spoken mostly in China

Question 7

Nearly half of the people in the world speak a language from this language family

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Indo-European

Question 8

Jerusalem is a sacred city for all of the following religions except

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Hinduism

Question 9

A single attribute of culture is called a

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culture trait

Question 10

Numerically speaking, which of the following Christian groups is the largest?

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Roman Catholic

Question 11

What encourages hierarchical diffusion?

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computers, facsimile machines, and electronic mail systems

Question 12

Why is diffusion important?

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It helps to spread ideas across the world

Question 13

What type of diffusion is represented below?

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Stimulus

Question 14

People often practice their folk customs instead of pop culture because

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They want to preserve their traditional cultures

Question 15

What type of diffusion is occurring if McDonald's changes its menu to fit a cultural taboo?

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Stimulus

Question 16

Cultural ecology is

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The study of human-environment relationships

Question 17

What has caused companies like McDonalds and Coke to be all over the world?

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All of the Above

Question 18

Examples of non-material aspects of culture include all of the following except

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clothing

Question 19

When someone spreads an idea by moving somewhere new, what type of diffusion is involved?

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Relocation

Question 20

What type of diffusion is represented by rap music?

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Hierarchial

Question 21

All of the following are Latin-based Romance languages except

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English

Question 22

Studying religions is important to understanding a culture because

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religious beliefs are reflected in most aspects of culture

Question 23

In large cities, people with the same culture often live in segregated areas called

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ethnic enclaves

Question 24

What is a hearth?

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The place from which an innovation or idea originates

Question 25

Most English-speaking countries around the world speak British English because

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British colonized many areas around the world.

Question 26

This is an example of ?

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Contagious Diffusion, Bad manners

Question 27

What is diffusion?

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The process by which a characteristic spreads across space

Question 28

Islam diffused across the Eastern Hemisphere through

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All of the above

Question 29

A geographic assemblage of related culture regions is

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a culture realm

Question 30

Numerically speaking, which of the following religions has the smallest number of adherents?

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Judaism

Question 31

High fashion in big cities becoming available in smaller cities is an example of what?

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Hierarchical Diffusion

Question 32

Which statement about culture is true?

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All of the above

Question 33

The principal concentration of French-speaking North Americans is in

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Quebec

Question 34

Which of the following regions is considered a vernacular culture region?

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The American South

Question 35

Dialects are local variants in language that differ in their

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All of the above

Question 36

Contagious diffusion is encouraged by?

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The Internet

Question 37

A language that no longer has native speakers is considered

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an extinct language

Question 38

The process by which a less dominant culture adopts some of the traits of a dominant culture

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Acculturation

Question 39

Contact diminishes with increasing distance, what phenomenon is this?

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Distance Decay

Question 40

The area of origin of a culture is called

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culture hearth

APHG Unit 3 Review

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APHG Unit 3 Review

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