AP Human Geography: Culture

Question 1

Telecommunication networks best represent which of the following types of culture region?

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Functional culture region

Question 2

The concept that best emphasizes how landscapes are mediated by social values, cultural beliefs

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representation

Question 3

Which of the following sacred places is most closely associated with animism?

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Ayers Rock

Question 4

Which term refers to one culture's dominance over another culture?

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cultural imperialism

Question 5

Term caste refers to a particular system of social stratification informed by which religion?

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Hinduism

Question 6

The two largest language families in the world are

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Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European

Question 7

The process by which the English language diffused throughout India under British colonial rule

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hierarchical diffusion

Question 8

Which one of the following is the best example of a cultural landscape of pop culture?

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Shopping mall

Question 9

Which of the following religions did not originate in the Indian subcontinent?

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Zoroastrianism

Question 10

Taoism is best characterized as a

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syncretic religion

Question 11

Which country is one likely to encounter speakers native tongue belongs to the Saharan family?

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Chad

Question 12

Which of the following provides the clearest example of a derelict landscape?

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an abandoned, industrial landscape

Question 13

Concept specifically refers to a group of people who speak a common language is known as a

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speech community

Question 14

Culture region of the US has the strongest connections to Lutheran Christian traditions?

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The Upper Midwest

Question 15

An immigrant who selectively adopts certain customs of the dominant host society illustrates

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acculturation

Question 16

Which of the following Amerindian languages corresponds to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico?

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Mayan

Question 17

Which of the following world religions is one that proselytizes, or actively seeks converts?

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Buddhism

Question 18

A minaret is an architectural feature common to places of worship in which religion?

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Islam

Question 19

Zionism is best defined as the

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Jewish claim to Palestine

Question 20

The Sunbelt and New England are two examples of which kind of culture region?

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vernacular

Question 21

Which of the following is a sacred place in the Hindu religion?

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Ganges River

Question 22

All of the following are artifacts of folk culture in North America except

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bluegrass gospel songs

Question 23

All of the following belong to the Indo-European language family except

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Mandarin

Question 24

Habit of evaluating other cultures' customs according to the perspective of one's own culture

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ethnocentrism

Question 25

The largest branch of Islam, to which as many as 80% of all Muslims belong, is called

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Sunni

Question 26

Which country had violent religious conflicts between Catholic and Protestant Christian groups?

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Ireland

Question 27

All of the following are traits common to Muslim regions of the world except

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polytheism

Question 28

A reconstructed language from which a number of related, modern languages all derive is

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protolanguage

Question 29

When an ethnic group completely blends with the larger society, it is called

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assimilation

Question 30

Lesotho, state whose territorial borders are entirely surrounded by South Africa, example of an

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enclave

Question 31

Cultural diffusion patterns in the US have tended to flow in which general direction?

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east to west

Question 32

Which toponym belongs in a formal cultural region defined by Catholicism and Spanish language?

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San Jose

Question 33

Shinto is a religious tradition that belongs to which of the following nations?

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Japan

Question 34

Which of the following religions is most closely associated with proselytism?

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Christianity

Question 35

A Hindu temple located in Texas is most likely the result of which kind of diffusion?

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relocation

Question 36

The concept of nirvana is most closely associated with which of the following religions?

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Buddhism

Question 37

The term topophilia is defined as

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love of place

Question 38

A social decline in religious adherence is referred to as

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secularism

Question 39

Which region is characterized as a zone of conflict between Muslim and Hindu ethnic groups?

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Kashmir

Question 40

Which term best describes the geographical boundary of one particular linguistic feature?

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isogloss

Question 41

Which U.S. city best belongs in a vernacular culture region known as the Corn Belt?

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Lincoln, NE

Question 42

The English language belongs to which branch of the Indo-European language family?

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Germanic

Question 43

The standardization of location that erases cultural variety can result in

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placelessness

Question 44

Which of the following best illustrates a landscape of consumption?

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A theme park

Question 45

Compared to popular cultures, folk cultures are

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more homogeneous

Question 46

The term white flight is associated with all of the following except

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process of gentrification

Question 47

The prohibition that forbids Hindus from slaughtering or consuming beef is an example of a(n)

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religious proscription

Question 48

The place or area where a cultural practice originates is known as a

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hearth

Question 49

Which country is likely to find speakers whose native language belongs to the Uralic family?

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Kazakhstan

Question 50

A dialect is best classified as which of the following?

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cultural trait

Question 51

In which of the following countries are inhabitants subject to Sharia law?

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Saudi Arabia

Question 52

In Islam the religious practice of "sacred struggle" is known as

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jihad

Question 53

All of the following are examples of iconic, secular landscapes except

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the Dome of the Rock

Question 54

Which term describes a cultural attitude that is most similar to cosmopolitanism?

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multiculturalism

Question 55

2 prominent French ethnic islands in North America are located in which of the following areas?

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Louisiana and Quebec

Question 56

Which area describes a conflict region between various ethnic groups, including Serbs, Bosnians

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The Balkan Peninsula

Question 57

Which of the following folk architecture styles is ideally suited for a diurnal climate?

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Adobe house

Question 58

Holistic approach to studying relationship between a human society and its natural environment

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cultural ecology

Question 59

A highly simplified language developed between linguistically heterogeneous groups

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Pidgin

Question 60

A vernacular house style that featured a covered breezeway situated between 2 enclosed cabins

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dogtrot house

Question 61

The toponyms Leninskoye and Stalinsk are most likely to be found in which country?

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Russia

Question 62

Arabic is part of which of the following language families?

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Afro-Asiatic

Question 63

A Mormon church located in a rural area of northwestern Colorado is most likely the result of

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expansion diffusion

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