APHG 6.1

Cultural landscape can be defined as

• the types of art, music, dance, and theater practiced in a particular region

• the ways that people in differing cultures perceive the environment

• a particular area within a geographic region dedicated to cultural activities

• the forms superimposed on the physical environment by the activities of humans

The spread of specialty coffee shops as a luxury item, like Starbucks, across the United States in the 1990s is an example of

• expansion diffusion

• contagious diffusion

• stimulus diffusion

• relocation diffusion

Ethnicity is associated with _____ ancestry, while race is associated with _____ ancestry. 

• cultural: biological 

• biological: cultural 

• cultural: religious 

• religious: cultural 

Folk cultures are typically associated with _____ groups of people in __________.

• homogeneous : isolated areas 

• heterogeneous : isolated areas 

• homogeneous : large societies 

• heterogeneous: large societies 

Which of the following is an element of material culture?

• clothing 

• behavioral norms 

• religious beliefs 

• family beliefs 

The popularity of American bands in Europe is an example of:

• globalization of culture 

• assimilation 

• ethnocentrism 

• transculturation 

In the face of globalization, folk cultures face _____ challenges

• sustainability 

• ethnocentrism 

• geographic 

• relativism 

The clearest example of a folk culture today in the US is

• Hispanics in southwest Florida

• Catholics in the northeast U.S.

• Harlem in New York City

• Amish of southeast Pennsylvania

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

• Ethnosuperiorism

• Egotism

• Ethnocentrism

• Human nature

The presence of similar restaurants, gas stations, and stores throughout the United States 

• is an example of possibilism

• illustrates how popular culture can create a uniform landscape

• increases cultural awareness

• is a prime example of regionalization