Unit 3 Test

Question 1

The habit of evaluating other cultures’ customs, beliefs, and practices according to the limited perspective of one’s...

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Ethnocentrism

Question 2

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are alike in that they all

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Trace their heritage to the prophet Abraham

Question 3

Which of the following religions is appropriately matched with its region of origin?

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Islam...Saudi Arabia

Question 4

In West Africa, every country has multiple ethnicities and many languages. In Niger, Nigeria, and Ghana

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A lingua franca

Question 5

Chinese porcelain was highly valued in Europe for its beauty, style, and durability.

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Stimulus diffusion, because the Europeans adapted a Chinese concept to fit

Question 6

Which of the following best defines Carl Sauer’s concept of cultural landscape?

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the outcome of interactions between humans and their natural environment

Question 7

Based on its architecture, the worship site in the picture above is probably used by people of which religious tradition

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Judaism

Question 8

Which statement best describes the most common reason groups wish to preserve their traditional languages?

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to cultural identity, so preserving a language helps preserve a culture

Question 9

A pilgrim to the Ganges River and Varanasi (Benares) in India is most likely to be a

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Hindu

Question 10

True or False: Centrifugal forces create divisions*

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True

Question 11

Identify which of the following concepts or processes is symbolized by the pagoda in the image.

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The pagoda is an artifact of the culture

Question 12

A group that migrates to another country intermarries with people from the new country, and within three generations,...

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Assimilation

Question 13

South Korea, a country whose culture highly values respect, has a baseball league where players flip their bats...

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Baseball’s culture may have originated in the United States...

Question 14

Which of the following statements best explains why English is the most widely spoken language in North America?

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to North America through the process of relocation diffusion

Question 15

The spread of the use of chopsticks into Southeast Asian countries with the influx of Chinese immigrants...

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Relocation diffusion

Question 16

Based on its architecture, the worship site in the picture above is probably used by people of which religious tradition

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Islam

Question 17

The spread of specialty coffee shops across the United States from large cities, to smaller cities and towns in the 1990

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Hierarchical diffusion

Question 18

The Arab Spring, a pro-democracy movement, swept through southwest Asia and northern Africa in 2011...

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Time-Space Convergence

Question 19

The Gullah language is spoken in African-American communities of the coastal southeastern United States,

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Creolized language

Question 20

Which of the following scenarios best exemplifies the concept of hierarchical diffusion

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The increasing sales of clothing brands endorsed by professional athletes

Question 21

An immigrant who selectively adopts certain customs of the dominant host society in order to advance socioeconomically..

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Acculturation

Question 22

Which of the following is an example of an ethnic religion?

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Judaism

Question 23

Which of the following best explains the Internet’s homogenizing effect on global language patterns?

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The English language is widely used on the Internet.

Question 24

True or False: Centripetal forces decreases support for the state

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False

Question 25

Which scenario best explains the process of assimilation

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The American government educated Native American children

Question 26

Which of the following best exemplifies the diffusion of popular culture throughout the world in contemporary society?

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The spread of an internet meme via social media applications

Question 27

Many tourists visiting St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City see their journey to this place as a spiritual journey that...

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Sacred space

Question 28

Which of the following originated in South Asia and subsequently spread throughout much of Southeast and East Asia?

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Buddhism

Question 29

Nationality is usually characterized by physical characteristics of people

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False

Question 30

Based on the image above, what area of the world would you most likely find this kind of cultural landscape?

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East Asia

Question 31

In recent decades, popular customs have most frequently originated in

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MDC

Question 32

English belongs to which language branch?

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Germanic branch

Question 33

The predominance of English as the preferred language spoken at many international business

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Lingua Franca

Question 34

The Alhambra, a UNESCO World Heritage site located in southern Spain, is an elaborate palace that exhibits a blend of...

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Sequent Occupancy

Question 35

A highly simplified language developed between linguistically heterogeneous groups for the purposes of basic intergroup

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Pidgin

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Unit 3 Test

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