AP Human Geography Unit 3: Test

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Which of the following is the belief that one's own culture is the best or better than other cultures? Ethos, Prejudice, Ethnocentrism, Stereotyping

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Ethnocentrism

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Cultural landscape is closest in meaning to which of the following? Cultural ecology, Nonmaterial culture, Built environment, Environmental determinism

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Built environment

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Which of the following is an example of an ethnic religion? Options: Islam, Mormonism, Buddhism, Judaism

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Judaism

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If four languages have similar words for numbers and the names of fish, but different names for a certain disease, what might be concluded about the time at which the disease first diffused?

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The population divided and evolved into the four different languages, and then the disease spread.

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Which of the following is a term used in the study of place names? Isonyms, Phenoyms, Acronyms, Toponyms

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Toponyms

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Cultural landscape can be defined as:

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the forms superimposed on the physical environment by the activities of humans

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An ethnic neighborhood is best described as which of the following? A rural community where people with similar backgrounds are required to live, An involuntary community where people with similar values reside, A voluntary urban community where people of similar origin reside, An area in the inner city where certain groups are forced to live

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A rural community where people with similar backgrounds are required to live

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The term "cultural diffusion" refers to the

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spread of an idea or innovation from its source

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Swahili in East Africa and English in global commerce are examples of...

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lingua franca

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The Indo-European language family includes the major languages of Europe and those dominant in all the following regions EXCEPT: Iran, Russia, Northern India, Central Asia

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Central Asia