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This quiz is to help review Unit 2 Population geography and Unit 3 Cultural geography.
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Problems with multi-lingual states include
All of the above
place names are identified differently in different language
increased costs for printing government signs & literature
antagonism between speakers of the different languages
2
Religions' influence on the cultural landscape can be seen in all the following ways
except
burial grounds
commercial districts
places of worship
shrines
3
Studying religion is important to understanding a culture because
religious beliefs are reflected in most aspects of culture
religions don't have any impact on the built landscape
religions are key to understanding the role of women
major world religions can be linked to a cultural homeland
4
Arelatively small group that has broken away from an established church is a
dialect
sect
branch
denomination
5
Thetwo largest language families in the world are
Altaicand Nilo-Saharan.
Afro-Asiaticand Sino-Tibetan.
Sino-Tibetanand Indo-European
Indo-Iranianand Balto-Slavic.
6
Which of these is an ethnic religion?
Christianity
Buddhism
Islam
Hinduism
7
Whichof the following is not a Romance language?
Portuguese
Italian
Bulgarian
Romanian
8
Which statement concerning the globalization of Western culture is
true
?
Backlash against Western culture has resulted in violence
Many foreign cultures have adoped Western traits.
All of these are true
Areas of the world have actively resisted Western culture
9
Which statement best describes the Muslim population of the world?
Largest # is in S. Asia & S.E. Asia
Largest # is in the Middle East and North Africa
Largest # is in S.W. Asia and E. Africa
equally divided between Middle East, S. Asia, & S.E. Asia
10
Folkcultures are spread primarily by
contagiousdiffusion.
relocationdiffusion.
stimulusdiffusion.
hierarchicaldiffusion
11
Jerusalem is a sacred city for all of the following religions except
Judaism
Hinduism
Christianity
Islam
12
Popular culture is characterized by all of the following
except
homogeneous population
urban population
globalization
quickly changing attributes
13
Theracist laws that divided South Africans were known as
apartheid
apomatox
secessionist
apartheus
14
A group of languages that share a common origin but have evolved intoindividual languages is a
language group
languagebranch.
dialect.
language family
15
Which statement about universalizing religions is correct?
A universalizing religion is usually easy to join.
A universalizing religion is one into which people are born.
It remains within the culture where they started
is for one group of people
16
Englishis part of which language branch?
Western
Northern
Indo-European
Germanic
17
What is the process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities?
Ethnic cleansing
Balkanization
Urbanization
Genocide
18
Culture is spread
all of the above
war and occupation
migrants
trans-national corporations
19
Which two cities in the United States often serve as hearths for popular culture?
New York and Miami
New York and Los Angeles
New York and Chicago
Los Angeles and Detroit
20
Americans'preferences for beverages and snacks
Allof these answers are correct
donot vary from one region of the country to another.
varyaccording to what is produced locally.
donot vary according to religious differences
21
The best example of cultural integration in the United States is
the Amish country in Pennsylvania
the upland South
the Mormon culture region
the Pacific Northwest
22
Mahayanists,in contrast to Theravadists, emphasize Buddha's
compassion
wisdom
renouncing of worldly goods
Life of self-help
23
Geographers study thesites where religions started & how they diffused. This shows
spatialconnections in religion
geo-religiouslinkages of culture
lackof spatial connections in religion
roleof history in the social sciences.
24
Terroirrefers to
agroup's sense of place.
sum of the effects of the local environment on a food item.
agroup's food taboos
act of violence a reaction against globalization.
25
Which of the following is an example of a formal cultural region?
The South
The Gulf Coast
The Rocky Mountain Region
The Bible Belt
26
Whichof the following does the United States Census Bureau not consider a race?
Hispanic/Latino
Japanese
Black
White
27
Which is an example of a folk cultural landscape in the United States?
Pueblo communities in New Mexico
Log cabins in Appalachia
All of the above
Amish communities in Pennsylvania
28
Thespatial distribution of soccer during the twentieth century is an example of
Popular culture
Folk culture
Taboo
Habit
29
Themost populous ethnic group in the United States
Asian Americans
American Indians
Latinos/Hispanics
African Americans
30
The use of French as an official language of Senegal demonstrates the
work of French Catholic missionaries
amount of power the French wielded over its colony
desire to adopt all the official languages of the UN
concept of lingua franca
31
Thesecond-largest language family is
Sino-Tibetan
Indo-European
Afro-Asiatic
Dravidian
32
Alingua franca is
used in trade by people with different native languages
extinctlanguage that has been revived.
anEnglish word that has entered the French language
languageused by French colonial administrations
33
1 of the most obvious ways 4 a culture to exert its influence on the landscape in an urban area
it to make sure that their children go to public schools
is to make sure business signs are written in their language
it to take out loans from bankers
make sure business leaders join the chamber of Commerce
34
Which of these modern languages spread globally as a result of religion?
French
English
Arabic
Spanish
35
Theworld's largest universalizing religion is
Islam
Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
36
Which language family contains English?
Indo-European
Niger-Congo
Japanese
Afro-Asiatic
37
Which of the following is an example of a revived language?
Greek
Latin
Hebrew
Swahili
38
Which of the following is an example of hierarchical diffusion?
Spread of Wal-Mart from Arkansas to the rest of the U. S.
spread of laptop computers from the upper class to middle
Spread of AIDS from Africa to Europe
The spread of Spanish language to Latin America
39
Where are Asian Americans distributed in the U.S.?
Midwest
North
Southeast
West
40
How are Buddhism and Hinduism similar?
Both religions believe in magic and divination.
Both religions believe in judgement day & rewards in heaven
Both religions believe in the principle of non-violence
Both religions believe in a rigid class system
41
Nearly half of the people in the world speak a language from this language family.
Germanic
Japanese
Indo-European
Niger-Congo
42
Ethnicidentity for U.S. descendants of European immigrants is primarily preservedthrough
language.
neighborhoodsand locations.
schoolsand education
religionand food
43
Dialects are local variants in language that differ in their
all of the above
spelling
vocabulary
pronunciation
44
Ataboo against pork is a characteristic of
Christianity & Hinduism
Judaism & Buddhism
Judaism & Islam
Christianity & Buddhism
