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AP Human Geography Culture & Langugae
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A review of the culture and language units for AP Human Geography
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An example of an extinct language is...
New places had new physical formations that had to be named.
All are correct
New settlers encountered many newobjects and experiences.
New animals were encountered which were named by natives.
2
Which of the following cities are international fashion centers?
Paris, Los Angeles, London
Paris, London, New York
Madrid, Paris, New York
Tokyo, New York, Milan
3
Which of the following is NOT a Romance based language?
French
English
Italian
Spanish
4
social custom that restricts certain behavior
law
taboo
custom
habit
5
Why were jeans so important to residents when the Soviet Union was in existance?
The Soviets had their own 'accepted' style of jeans.
They were seen as a protest against the Soviets
The goverment did not import many goods such as jeans..
Showed a youthful status and jeans were highly valued.
6
Which one of these inaccurately describes a house in Madagascar?
Beds always face south
The NE corner is the most sacred.
The bed is placed against the East
The main door is on the West.
7
Which is the largest Sub-Saharan language family?
Niger-Congo
Khosian
Afro-Asiatic
Nilo-Saharan
8
Folk society includes all except.
locally grown foods
technology
hand tools
work animals
9
Hebrew is an example of what type of language?
an isolated language
an extinct language
a religious language
a revived langauge
10
A languge used among speakers of varius languages for trading purposes is called a
lingua franca.
creole language.
trade dialect
pidgin language.
11
Contribution of a location's distinctive physical features to the way food tastes
spiced
terrior
local diversity
folk culture
12
Which genre of music originated around Nashville & has spread nation-wide?
Hip-Hop
Cajun
bluegrass
country
13
A repetitive act of a group performed to the extent that it becomes a characteristic
custom
habit
trend
taboo
14
Where would alcohol consumption be lower than the other three?
Utah
New York
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
15
The second largest language family in the world is
Sino-Tibetan
Niger-Congo
Germanic
Indo-European
16
Practiced primarily by small homogenous groups
assimilated culture
folk culture
popular culture
folk dance
17
Which is not a U.S. housing style?
ranch
neo-eclectic
neo-Medieval
neo-Tudor
18
A form of speech that simplifies both grammar and vocabulary from a lingua franca is called
slang
a dialect
a toponym
pidgin
19
Where main concepts of a culture began
cultural landscape
culture homeland
culture hearth
culture realm
20
What is an isogloss?
a boundary between language regions
a fomr of a language spoken in an isolated area
an example of an accent
a transition zone between two cultures
21
Problems with the Chinese ideographic writing systems include
A person must memorize about 1000 characters to be literate
Many symbols no longer have meaning.
All are correct.
each symbol corresponds with the pronunciation of the word.
22
The spead of an idea due to movement of individuals is called
relocation diffusion
hierarchial diffusion
stimulus diffusion
contagious diffusion
23
After the Norman invasion, how was England able to maintain its original language?
Only the elite spoke French
It is geographically isolated- an island
Subsequent invasions brought different language influences
French conquerors did'nt care of the British learned English
24
Which is an example of a sport that diffused hierarchically?
baseball
volleyball
soccer
tennis
25
A repetitive act that a person performs, such as eating the same thing for lunch every day.
personal choice
custom
popular culture
habit
26
What is a literary tradition?
where a nation's schools focus more on literature
Where a large number of books labeled 'classics' developed
All are correct
When a language has a system of written communication
27
An official language is a language,which is
used in official documents by a country
spoken by the most people in a country.
Only used as a written form of the language
All answers are correct.
28
Popular culture has been diffused worldwide by
all of the above
news stations
television
the internet
29
Which statement about the globalization of Western culture is true?
Many cultures have adopted Western traints
Some areas of the world have resisted Western influence
All are correct.
Backlash against Western culture has been violent at times.
30
Early English was influenced by all of the followng except
Vikings
Saxons
French
Basques
31
A regional variation of a language is known as a language
dialect
group
branch
accent
