AP Human Geography Unit 3 Quiz

What is the process called when a minority culture adopts the dominant culture and loses its original identity?

• Assimilation

• Multiculturalism

• Syncretism

• Acculturation

Which of the following best describes acculturation?

• Rejection of new cultural traits

• Blending of two cultures to form a new one

• Adopting certain traits of another culture while retaining original identity

• Complete adoption of a new culture

Sikhism is an example of which cultural process?

• Syncretism

• Acculturation

• Assimilation

• Cultural resistance

What term describes a society with a large diversity of coexisting cultures?

• Multiculturalism

• Syncretism

• Acculturation

• Assimilation

What is cultural resistance?

• Complete adoption of a new culture

• Rejection of new cultural traits

• Adopting traits of another culture

• Blending of two cultures