Part 2: APHuG Midterm (Unit 3) Study-Guide

Question 1

One significant impact of popular culture is to

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modify the physical environment

Question 2

Basque is spoken primarily in

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The Pyrenees Moutains

Question 3

The three countries that are most aggressive in their punishments for using internet are

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Iran, Syria, and China.

Question 4

People who were restricted by covenants included all of the following people in the US EXCEPT

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Caucasians

Question 5

The largest numbers of Asian Americans are descended from immigrants from

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China

Question 6

N. Ireland before 1999, ________ were discriminated against, being excluded from schools&jobs.

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Roman Catholics

Question 7

The agricultural calendar is relatively unimportant to which type of religions?

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Universalizing

Question 8

The ________ constitute the largest ethnicity adhering to Shi'ite Islam.

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Persians

Question 9

A literary tradition is

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the written form of a language.

Question 10

The concept of a ghetto originally referred to the area of a city

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where Jews were forced to live

Question 11

Which of the following does the United States Census Bureau not consider a race?

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Hispanic/Latino

Question 12

Carmel O'Shannessy, recorded this new language in Australia's Northern Territory.

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Warlpiri Rampaku

Question 13

A particular preference for a new clothing style is more likely than a folk custom to

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rapidly diffuse through modern communication&transportation.

Question 14

Almost 90 percent of people in the Western Hemisphere claim adherence to

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Christianity

Question 15

A repetitive act performed by an individual is a

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habit

Question 16

Kosovo was under minority political control of

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Serbian

Question 17

An ethnic religion typically has less widespread distribution of its holy places because

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Holy places derive from physical aspect of its hearth

Question 18

Balkanization is the fragmentation of political space along ________ lines.

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ethnic

Question 19

Terroir refers to

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sum of the effects of the local environment on a food item.

Question 20

A language that is unrelated to any other is a(n)

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isolated lnguage

Question 21

Brazil's census classifies its population according to

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Skin color

Question 22

An example of a folk custom used to diffuse information about agriculture is

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Vietnamese Songs

Question 23

France's large Muslim population is largely a result of

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emigration from former French colonies

Question 24

Scandinavian languages (Norwegian&Swedish) all derive from which Indo-European language branch?

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Germanic

Question 25

Which of the following characteristics is more typical of popular culture than folk culture?

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It results in a more uniform cultural landscape.

Question 26

Aerial photography in the Balkans was critical in

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providing evidence to prosecute Serbians for war crimes.

Question 27

When languages are depicted as leaves on trees, the trunks of the trees represent

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language families

Question 28

English has achieved unprecedented acceptance globally due to

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its role as the common language of a global economy&culture

Question 29

Which empire controlled Palestine for 400 years before it lost it after World War I?

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Ottoman

Question 30

Both the Angles & Normans contributed to the development of the English language, because they

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invaded England.

Question 31

Which of these penalties was NOT imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan?

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Families with more than two children were exiled.

Question 32

________ is a belief that the existence of God cannot be proven empirically.

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Agnosticim

Question 33

In the next 5 years the number of TV programs viewed over the Internet might be expected to

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increase dramatically

Question 34

Innercity population densities were generally ____, speaking to quality of life in innercities.

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significantly higher

Question 35

From 1910 to 1950, population density of African Americans in ghettos

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increased

Question 36

The belief in the existence of only one god is

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monotheism

Question 37

In which state would alcohol consumption be relatively low?

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Utah

Question 38

Groups living near each other yet practicing uniquely different social customs suggests

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limited connections- topographic, linguistic&ethnic barriers

Question 39

President Barack Obama is a good example of the

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complexity of ethnic identity in the United States.

Question 40

The diffusion of jeans is a good example primarily of the

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diffusion of popular culture.

Question 41

________ writings emphasized mystical aspects of life based on Tao

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Lao-Zi

Question 42

Racist laws divided benches, drinking fountains, bathrooms, and schools in South Africa until

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1994

Question 43

Jeans are an ex. of material culture that is used by different societies. They're also an ex.of

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Popular culture

Part 2: APHuG Midterm (Unit 3) Study-Guide

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Part 2: APHuG Midterm (Unit 3) Study-Guide

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