Unit 3.1-3.3 Human Geography

What are forces called that divide a state due to internal religious, political, economic, linguistic, or ethnic differences?

• Centripetal forces

• Centrifugal forces

• Globalization

• Sequent occupance

Which term refers to the fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group, reflecting their values and beliefs?

• Cultural landscape

• Nonmaterial culture

• Material culture

• Sense of place

What is the term for neighborhoods where people from similar cultures live together and assert cultural distinction from the dominant group?

• Ethnic enclaves

• Cultural realms

• Folk culture

• Popular culture

What is the term for neighborhoods where people from similar cultures live together and assert cultural distinction from the dominant group?

• Ethnic enclaves

• Cultural realms

• Folk culture

• Popular culture

Which architectural style is characterized by high-rise structures made from large amounts of steel and glass siding?

• Traditional architecture

• Contemporary architecture

• Postmodern architecture

• Indigenous architecture

What is the term for the deliberate shaping of an environment to facilitate social interaction and improve a community's quality of life?

• Place making

• Sense of place

• Time-Space Convergence

• Sequent occupance

A Centripetal force is

• A force that helps to unify and bring together the people of a state.
  (e.g. Nationalism/Patriotism, Equality, Tolerance)

• A force that acts outward on a body moving in a circular path.

• A force that opposes motion between two surfaces in contact.

• A force that causes an object to accelerate in a straight line.

The simplest component of a culture is a

• culture trait

• cultural norm

• cultural value

• cultural symbol

An ethnic neighborhood is best described as which of the following?

• An involuntary community where people with similar values reside

• A rural community where people with similar backgrounds are required to live

• A voluntary urban community where people of similar origin reside

• An area in the inner city where certain groups are forced to live

• A city neighborhood that is undergoing population change due to immigration

Identify which of the following concepts or processes is symbolized by the pagoda in the image.

• Acculturation

• Material culture

• Assimilation

• Cultural trait

• Syncretism

Answer explanation

The pagoda shown in the image is representative of a religious belief system, a nonmaterial cultural trait.

Though buildings are an aspect of material culture, the pagoda is a symbolic representation of the Buddhist religion, a nonmaterial aspect of culture.