Unit 3A - Pop. Culture & Identity (Ch. 4 & 5)

The diffusion of the idea of the hamburger to India but with a vegetable patty instead of the religiously prohibited beef is an example of:

• stimulus diffusion

• cultural hearth

• cultural mimicry

• independent invention

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

• Material

• Popular

• Folk

• Local

Which is an example of a non-material aspect of culture?

• church building

• religious decoration

• praying

• an alter

Which of the following is NOT true of culture?

• it is biologically inherited

• it varies from place to place

• it can diffuse across space

• it expresses human adaptations and innovations

Government efforts to discourage native practices and languages in the United States and Canada were attempts to _________________ native groups.

• appease

• protect

• eradicate

• assimilate

Efforts to conserve local cultures often focus on the local ____________

• landmarks

• boundaries

• mobility

• customs

Buying a Native American style dream catcher at a Wal-Mart store in Ohio is an example of:

• cultural appropriation

• local custom

• assimillation

• cultural persistance

Recently, Puerto Ricans living in Spanish Harlem in New York feel themselves challenged by the influx of Mexican immigrants to the neighborhood. This would be example of the threat of:

• popular culture

• ethnic succession

• assimilation

• gentrification

The commodification process of a local custom or artifact often leads to the development of an image of "authenticity", but is typically evidence of:

• cultural relativism

• cultural parasitism

• cultural stereotyping

• local autonomy

Geographer David Harvey refers to the increasing speed by which innovations in popular culture diffuse faster based on interconnectedness. This is referred to as:

• distance decay

• time-space compression

• space-adjusting techniques

• cultural diffusion