AP Human Geography Culture & Political

The area of origin of a culture is called

The process by which a less dominant culture adopts some of the traits of a dominant culture

A regional variant of a language is known as a

the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality

Problems with multi-lingual states include

Which statement about culture is true?

The picture of North Carolina's Twelfth Congressional District is most likely a result of:

Ethnic religions

India's national soccer team winning in the World Cup would serve as a

A language that no longer has native speakers is considered

The EU & NATO are examples of

Which statement about universalizing religions is correct?

Which statement about the diffusion of the English and Chinese languages is true?

An internal organization of a state that allocates most powers to units of local government (e.g. United States)

Nearly half of the people in the world speak a language from this language family

the actual placing of a political boundary of the landscape by means of barriers, fences, walls, or other markers

Islam diffused across the Eastern Hemisphere through

A single attribute of culture is called a

The Kurds would be an example of a/an

Which of the following is the correct boundary process

A geographic assemblage of related culture regions is

a treaty-like, legal sounding document is drawn up in which actual points in the landscape are described

a political boundary placed by powerful outsiders on a developed human landscape

An internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials.

a political boundary that developed contemporaneously with the evolution of the major elements of cultural landscape

The idea that cultures will modify the natural landscape to fit their needs is known as the

Jerusalem is a sacred city for all of the following religions except

The 49th parallel separating the US and Canada is an example of what type of boundary?

forces that tend to divide a country- such as internal, religious, linguistic, ethnic, or ideological differences

A boundary that already existed before the present settlement in that area occurred

Which religion is currently the most important religion in its area of origin?

French Canadians in Quebec sought _.The right to govern themselves & est. their own independent

Examples of non-material aspects of culture include all of the following except

Dialects are local variants in language that differ in their

1 attempting country to est settlements & impose its political, economical, & cultural principles in another territory

Which of the following is not a universalizing religion

Popular culture is rapidly diffused around the world by

Which of the following regions is considered a vernacular culture region?

water(370 km) from the shore in which a state has rights to explore, exploit, and manage natural resources in the seas.

Which of these modern languages spread globally as a result of religion?

The Berlin Wall between East and West Germany is what kind of boundary

A state that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination

All of the following reflect a popular cultural landscape except