Which of the following is a cultural institution at work?

Religious Roman Catholics attend church each Sunday

The arrival of new immigrant groups creates a more diverse culture when

the tradition of local and immigrant populations combine to make new custom

Why is it important to study religion as a part of culture?

religious beliefs are reflected in most aspects of culture.

How have the cultural patterns of Latin America been influenced by diffusion?

Spanish colonizers spread Catholicism and Spanish language.

Which statement about culture is the most correct?

Culture includes a people’s language, religion, land uses and customs

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Elements of Culture and Cultural Diffusion

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1
When a minority group has completely adopted the traits of a host culture and the two become undistinguishable.
Cultural Diffusion
Acculturation
2
Which of the following is a cultural institution at work?
Teenagers in Western Europe often text message their friends
Religious Roman Catholics attend church each Sunday
Many herders in Africa’s Sahel region have moved away to avoid drought.
People in the Middle East enjoy eating pita bread
3
Traditional Housing
Pop Culture
Folk Culture
4
The spread of culture traits from one group to another
Acculturation
Cultural Diffusion
5
Traditional Music
Folk Culture
Pop Culture
6
The arrival of new immigrant groups creates a more diverse culture when
the tradition of local and immigrant populations combine to make new custom
immigrants are forced to settle in areas with people from their homeland
local governments pass laws enforcing immigration quotas
immigrants are pressured to assimilate quickly to their new community
7
Music is written for large audience and is highly technical
Folk Culture
Pop Culture
8
Based from groups that have little connection to other groups
Folk Culture
Pop Culture
9
Why is it important to study religion as a part of culture?
each major world religion can be directly linked to a cultural homeland.
religious beliefs are reflected in most aspects of culture.
religions do not have any impact on the built landscape.
Religions are key to understanding the role of women in a culture
10
How have the cultural patterns of Latin America been influenced by diffusion?
European colonizers brought the English language and a tradition of slavery
American settlers spread polytheistic religions and new crops and livestock
English settlers brought a new style of architecture and democracy
Spanish colonizers spread Catholicism and Spanish language.
11
Large scale and varies from time to time
Pop Culture
Folk Culture
12
Often a product of more developed countries
Folk Culture
Pop Culture
13
German settlement, Mexican immigration, and English colonization are distinctive characteristics of which region in US
New York
California
Texas
New Mexico
14
Latin America is united culturally by the Roman Language as well as Catholicism. Latin American is considered a
Physical Regions
Political Region
Continent
Cultural Region
15
Which statement about culture is the most correct?
Most members of a culture have the same social status
Culture includes a people’s language, religion, land uses and customs
The people in a culture always practice the same form of religion.
Culture is characterized by democratic government
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Diffuses through communication systemd
Folk Culture
Popular Culture
17
Traditional Medicine
Folk Culture
Pop Culture

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