Unit 3- Culture, Religion, and Language

The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people, is a

• Custom
• Popular Culture
• Habit
• Taboo

A repetitive act performed by an individual is a

• custom
• popular culture
• habit
• taboo

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Jeans provide a good example of material culture that is adopted by a number of different societies. They are also an example of

• punk culture
• popular culture
• folk culture
• white-collar culture

In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is more likely to vary

• from place to place at a given time
• from time to time at a given place
• both from place to place and from time to time in equal measure
• neither from place to place nor time to time

In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of large and

• homogeneous groups
• heterogeneous groups
• groups living in isolated rural areas
• groups that have little interaction with other groups

Judging from the discussions of other clothing in this chapter, we could say that hoodies are an example of ________ adopted by a number of different groups segmented by age, class, ethnicity, and other factors. Hoodies are a versatile element of popular culture.

• punk culture
• material culture
• folk culture
• youth culture

By analyzing the distribution of folk culture in our surroundings, we can surmise that

• folk culture would not exist without small scale and local migration.
• folk culture does not diffuse through relocation diffusion.
• several elements of folk culture may have multiple, unknown origins.
• folk culture can only be transmitted orally across time and location.

Typically, popular culture

• originates in a number of locations at the same time.
• reflects the characteristics of a distinctive physical environment.
• experiences frequent changes through time and space.
• is practiced by small homogeneous groups.

Folk cultures are spread primarily by

• contagious diffusion
• hierarchical diffusion
• relocation diffusion
• stimulus diffusion

Before reaching other parts of ________ and, eventually, marginalized urban areas throughout the country, Hip hop music originated in the late 1970s in the South Bronx.

• Chicago
• Boston
• New York City
• St. Louis