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Folk and Popular Culture
Folk and Popular Culture
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Reviews Chapter 4 of The Cultural Landscape for an AP Human Geography course.
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1
What challenge for folk culture do the Amish illustrate?
pollution
uniform landscapes
electronic media
sustainability
2
What is a behavior practiced by a group to the point that it defines them?
habit
material culture
taboo
custom
3
What is the term for contribution of a place's physical features to the taste of food?
folk costume
taboo
terroir
leisure time
4
When did diffusion of American popular music begin?
1940s, along with Armed Forces Radio Network
1950s, as a result of Elvis' success
1930s, in the wake of the Great Depression
1920s, as a result of unprecedented prosperity
5
Which process characterizes contagious diffusion?
widespread throughout a population
from one society to another
through carriers to another location
from the upper class to the masses
6
Which of these is NOT a characteristic of culture?
nonmaterial culture
integrative
environmental aspects
learned behavior
7
What can housing in the US in the early 1800s be characterized as?
sacred spaces
cultural hearth
material culture
folk housing
8
What is the area from which a culture or cultural trait originates?
cultural hearth
cultural region
cultural origin
cultural aspect
9
A _______ is a restriction on behavior imposed by social customs.
custom
taboo
terroir
material culture
10
Which of these is an example of uniform landscapes?
fast-food restaurants
soccer
cultural hearths
limited Internet access
11
Which factors influence the distribution of folk culture?
political and cultural
political and social
physical and political
physical and cultural
12
Distribution of art in the Himalayas provides an example of how folk cultures
treat painting as a serious matter
never paint animate objects
paint only religious topics
take influence from vegetation, climate, and religion
13
Popular culture is more likely to vary
from both place to place and time to time
from neither place to place nor time to time
from time to time at a given place
from place to place at a given time
14
Which doctrine claims that environmental conditions control cultural traits?
perceptual theory
environmental determinism
possibilism
environmental perception
15
What is the term for a material manifestation of a culture?
assimilation
archetype
agriculture
artifact
16
Which of these is a characteristic of folk culture?
food tied to cultural values
mass production
customized production
interdependent
17
The spread of ideas from person to person or group to group is known as
hearths
diffusion
stimulus
spaces
18
What do popular clothing habits reflect?
traditions and family structure
occupation types and income
occupation types and family structure
class and income
19
What is one criticism of American news-gathering organizations?
control by the government
preservation of cultural identity
extreme ethnocentrism
covering sensational disasters over other domestic stories
20
Which songs are more likely to tell a story about life-cycle events or natural disasters?
material songs
folk songs
cultural songs
popular songs
21
Popular culture is more likely to be found in
LDCs
MDCs
both MDCs and LDCs
neither MDCs nor LDCs
22
What are rules and expectations by which a society guides behaviors?
behavioral diffusion
archetypes
norms
taboos
23
What occurs when one culture adopts a cultural attribute of another?
cultural imperialism
cultural convergence
assimilation
mentifact
24
The spread of ideas through the most connected places first is known as _________ diffusion.
relocation
stimulus
cultural
hierarchical
25
What are the enduring elements of a culture that express values and beliefs?
cultural hearth
mentifacts
artifacts
cultural beliefs
