APHG Unit 3 Review

One of the strongest connections that tie people to a certain environment is what?

•  clothing
• building materials
• food supply
• weapons

practice of judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture and generates misunderstanding, ignorance and conflict 

• Ethnosuperiorism
• Egotism
• Ethnocentrism
• Human nature

NOT an example of a cultural landscape

• The street patterns of Bogota
• the buildings of Ciudad Perdida
• a rain forest
• A golf course

Why is wine production so low in Africa and the Middle East?

• lack of sophistication and fine dining
• they can't grow grapes
• Islam discourages alcohol consumption
• they don't know how to make wine

Cultural traditions, such as Carnaval (Brasil, Barranquilla...), are ________________ since they are a celebration that blends elements of African, European, and Indigenous cultures.

• wicked awesome
• exotic
• terrifying
• syncretic

Which of the following best accounts for the universal appeal of blue jeans?

• Adoption of unique folk culture
• Need for durable clothing
• Impact of high income on clothing habits
• Diffusion of popular culture

MAP The geographical locations of all four cultural hearths illustrate on the map (right) were in

• Areas with abundant rainfall
• Coastal areas
• Cold climates
• River valleys

________________ culture is conceived as small, incorporating a homogeneous population, typically rural and cohesive in cultural traits. 

• Material 
• Popular
• Folk 
• Ethnic

Folk culture is most likely to spread by _____.  

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

Which of the following is true of popular culture?

• It is practiced among a homogeneous group of people in the world
• It is more static (unchanging) than folk culture
• It promotes regional diversity
• It incorporates traits that diffuse quickly to a wide variety of places