Define cultural system.

a combination of several cultural complexes

How does culture begin?

Someone finds a solution to a local environmental problem

A cultural trait is sustainable when...

It continues to solve a problem

Which of the following is NOT a component of popular music?

It teaches cultural values shares cultural traits

How does culture become popular?

When it leaves its native environment

The Fertile Cresent is

one of the first cultural hearths

What is a cultural hearth?

place where important cultural traits begin

What do cultural ecologists study?

Effects of people on the landscape and landscape on people

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Culture Review

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Review the basics of culture and how it relates to geography.

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1
The farther from its hearth the more likely cultural traits are to suffer from____________
transcultration
cultural convergence
accultration
distance decay
2
Which is a type of cultural divergence used by marginalized groups?
terrorist attacks
firewalls that block certain types of information
limiting movement by building walls
control of the media
3
What technology do dictators use to spread their message?
internet
smart phones
American movies
television
4
Define cultural system.
incorporates uniform cultural traits
all cultural traits combined into one culture complex
a single attribute of a culture
a combination of several cultural complexes
5
What is material culture?
Intangible cultural traits
Tangible cultural traits
Political Institutions, family structures
Language, religion
6
Which of the following is NOT an example of stimulus diffusion?
American football
snowboarding
skateboarding
golf
7
How does culture begin?
Cultures are not created, they have always existed
Someone starts a new religious tradition
Someone finds a solution to a local environmental problem
The landscape changes
8
The migration of Chinese to San Francisco created a unique
natural environment
cultural landscape
unique
uniform
9
What are the two parts of culture?
material and non-material
religious and non-material
material and spiritual
tangible and religious
10
A cultural trait is sustainable when...
it has at least 10 material traits
it exists for at least 3 years
It continues to solve a problem
11
The adoption of cultural traits follows a/an_________shape
S
T
U
C
12
Which of the following is NOT a component of popular music?
It is written by specialists for commercial distribution
It uses familiar musical instruments
It teaches cultural values shares cultural traits
It deals primarily with love and relationships
13
How does culture become popular?
When it stays in its native environment
When it leaves its native environment
When you can read about it on Google
When the government says so
14
The Fertile Cresent is
a piece of land in South America
one of the first cultural hearths
an area where rainbows are common
a place where culture is absent
15
Why is globalization increasing?
Greater world peace
Less education
New technology
Government mandates
16
The cultural trait where Muslims pray five times a day is a
taboo
custom
habit
ritual
17
What type of diffusion is this?
stimulus
hierarchical
relocation
contagious
18
Who was responsible for expanding the study of geography to include cultural ecology?
George Perkins Marsh
Carl Sauer
Ptolemy
Jared Diamond
19
What kind of diffusion is shown in this diagram?
Contagious
Relocation
Hierarchical
Stimulus
20
What is folk culture?
globalized culture
things that are trending on social media
local, specific, unique
21
What is a cultural hearth?
place where important cultural traits begin
place where culture does not exist
place where culture is hard to find
place where cultural traits die
22
Which example of American cultural imperialism is also primarily hierarchical in nature?
American Social Media
American Corporations
American music
American movies
23
Which environmental theory do human geographers adopt?
Cultural Determinism
Possibilism
Environmental Determinism
24
Which of the following was domesticated in the Fertile Crescent?
rice
pigs
wheat
yam
25
What do cultural ecologists study?
The customs of people around the world
Effects of people on the landscape and landscape on people
Effect of social media on governments
Effect of plate tectonics on the atmosphere

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