SET C: PRE-FINALS- GEC PE

Mexican cuisine influences Tex-Mex food through centuries of cultural interaction along the border. This is an example of:

• Forced diffusion

• Environmental determinism

• Direct diffusion

• Possibilism

The theoretical approach that attempts to explain the similarities and differences in culture in relation to the environment

 The British School of Diffusion concluded that all aspects of civilizations, from technology to religion, originated in Brazil and diffused to other cultural areas.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The oldest subsistence pattern, with all human societies relying on it until approximately 10,000 years ago.

• FORAGING

• HORTICULTURAL

• AGRICULTURE

• PASTORALISM

The type of economic system which the government decides who would be farmers, what they would grow, and how much would be turned over to the government.

• According to Alfred Kroeber, individuals are unimportant in understanding cultural change and other cultural phenomena and that cultures could be understood only in terms of interacting cultural patterns and historical events.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Government policies require all schools to teach in a specific language, abandoning local dialects. This illustrates:

• Direct diffusion

• Indirect diffusion

• Forced diffusion

• Possibilism

The concept in economic system that showcase competitive buying and selling of commodities based on supply and demand.

This suggests cultural traits or ideas are spread from one society to another through intermediary channels or without direct contact between the two societies. 

• DETERMINISM

• DIRECT DIFFUSION

• INDIRECT DIFFUSION

• POSSIBILISM

• The Criterion of Quantity states that the probability of a historical relationship between two items increases as the number of additional items showing similarities increases.

• TRUE

• FALSE