Unit 3 Test - World Geography

Which statement about culture is true?

• Cultural traits are a reflection of a group’s values
• Culture is the traditions and beliefs of a group of people
• Cultures are dynamic and always changing
• All of the above

A single attribute of a culture is called a

• cultural trait
• cultural realm
• cultural hearth
• cultural landscape

The idea that cultures will modify the natural landscape to fit their needs is known as the

• cultural environment
• cultural landscape
• cultural situation
• cultural traits

The area of origin of a culture is called

• cultural hearth
• cultural realm
• cultural environment
• cultural homeland

Studying religions is important to understanding a culture because

• Major religion can be directly linked to cultural homeland
• Religions are key to understanding the role of women in culture
• Religions do not have any impact on the built landscape
• Religious beliefs are reflected in most aspects of culture

The process by which a less dominant culture adopts some of the traits of a dominant culture is called

• acculturation
• transculturation
• cultural diffusion
• migrant diffusion

Nearly half of the people in the world speak a language from which language family?

• Indo-European
• Germanic
• Japanese
• Austronesian

A regional variant (or accent) of a language is known as a

• branch
• family
• isogloss
• dialect

A language that no longer has native speakers is considered

• a creole language
• an extinct/dead language
• a preserved language
• a lingua franca

One of the most obvious ways for a culture to exert its influence on the landscape is to

• Make sure that their children go to public schools
• Take out loans from bankers
• Make sure their business leaders join chambers of commerce
• Make sure business signs are written in their language