Unit 3: Cultural Patterns and Processes

The body of customary beliefs, social forms and material traits that constitute a group's distinct traditions would best describe a specific population's

• folklore.

• political agenda.

• culture.

• education system.

• religious organization.

Diffusion of popular customs can adversely impact environmental quality in two ways by

• reducing demand for foreign products and promoting local crafts.

• increased diversity and decreased demand.

• depletion of scarce resources and pollution.

• diversity of products and changes in leisure activities.

• using renewable materials and recycled designs.

Which of the following statements reflects the environmental impact of uniform cultural experiences?

• Folk culture never causes environmental impacts because it lacks a uniform spatial distribution.

• Solid waste is the least visible of wastes generated from the spread of franchises.

• Popular culture may cause a rapid increase in demand for certain natural resources.

• Environments are not affected by the expansion of leisure activities.

• Popular culture causes no environmental damage because it is often difficult to tell the difference between "natural" and "modified" landscapes.

Popular culture preferences interest geographers because they illustrate

• how rural and urban areas show limited variation choice of television programs.

• the diffusion of leisure activities across various scales including region, class, and gender.

• that crime shows remain controversial in both rural and urban areas.

• the extent of time use survey participation.

• that social media is not useful in gathering data on leisure time habits.

One of the primary effects of modern communications on social customs has been to

• preserve folk cultures, by increasing awareness of their uniqueness.

• stimulate the diffusion of folk cultures around the world.

• increase the similarity of social customs in different locations.

• have little effect on the diffusion of social customs.

• slow the rate of change.

The three countries that are most aggressive in their punishments for using Internet to oppose the government and its policies are

• Myanmar, Indonesia, and South Sudan.

• Russia, Venezuela, and Vietnam.

• Iran, Syria, and China.

• Iraq, Japan, and Syria.

• Cuba, Russia, and China.

The OpenNet Initiative has identified several types of American-produced media for censorship in other countries. Which of the following would NOT be included?

• opposition to current government

• material related to human rights, freedom of expression, minority rights and religious movements

• content describing environmental pollution and degradation

• social content related to sexuality, gambling, and topics deemed socially sensitive

• security content related to border disputes, separatist movements, and militant groups

Which of the following do Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter have in common?

• Most of the photos posted features places in the United States.

• They have spread rapidly in a pattern of contagious diffusion.

• They are the leading social media platforms in the world's wealthiest countries.

• The United States initially dominated with the world's highest percentage of users.

• Celebrities with many followers on Instagram and Facebook, but have had a decline of followers on Twitter

The organization "Freedom House" measures the

• level of Internet and digital freedom across 65 countries.

• purchasing power of 16- to 25-year olds in the United States.

• ability of political prisoners to gain access to social media.

• ability of U.S. military personnel to use social media while on duty.

• use of technology in classrooms.

The geographer Vidal de la Blache regarded food supply as

• the weakest available example of a folk custom.

• the folk custom least closely tied to a particular climate.

• more subject to modification than weapons.

• less subject to modification than clothing and weapons.

• a limited resource that would not keep up with population growth.