AP Human Geography Chapter 4

Where were the Tata Corporation?

Hyderabad, India

The modern game of soccer spread to many parts of the world because of British colonization. This an example of which type of diffusion

relocation

Which of the following best describes the site of Manhattan? (A) A regional transportation hub for the northeastern United States (B) A midway point along an urban corridor stretching from Boston to Washington, D.C. (C) An island bordered by the Hudson and East Rivers (D) An important center for international trade and commerce (E) An urban center located two hours northeast of Philadelphia by train

B

Which of the following is not true of culture? (A) It is biologically inherited. (B) It varies from place to place. (C) It can converge and diverge over time. (D) It can diffuse across space. (E) It expresses human adaptations and innovations.

A

Which of the following phenomena most directly illustrates the concept of cultural convergence? (A) Linguistic drift (B) Ethnic separatism (C) Globalization (D) Gerrymandering (E) Religious fundamentalism

C

The idea that material innovations, such as new technologies, diffuse more rapidly than newly exposed cultures can adequately respond and adapt to them best illustrates the idea of: (A) cultural divergence (B) stimulus diffusion (C) environmental determinism (D) cultural lag (E) relocation diffusion

D

The principle of distance decay describes (A) a positive correlation between distance and degree of relation (B) a neutral correlation between distance and degree of relation (C) a negative correlation between distance and degree of relation (D) an uncertain correlation between distance and degree of relation (E) no correlation between distance and degree of relation

C

The ability to travel and communicate over greater distances in shorter amounts 0f time, due to technology innovations such as the airplane, automobile, telephone, and Internet, represents, th idea of: (A) time-space compression , (B) stimulus diffusion , (C) friction of distance , (D) relocation diffusion , (E) possibilism

A

Which of the followingUS cities is a site along the Mississippi River and is situated as a major port for offshore petroleum production in the Gult ot Mexico? (A) St. Louis (B) Houston (C) Mobile (D) New Orleans (E) Minneapolis

D

Processes of globalization are most closely associated with which of the fol¬lowing forms of socioeconomic organization? (A) Mutualism (B) Socialism (C) Feudalism (D) Capitalism (E) Communism

D

Which of the following best describes the site of Mexico City? (A) The most important financial and political center in Mexico (B) An urban area located approximately two hours from Houston, Texas, by airplane (C) A highland valley and dry lakebed located on a high plateau in south¬ern central Mexico (D) The federal district of Mexico (E) An important node in a global system of flows of goods, information, and people

C

Which of the following examples best illustrates the concept of cognitive distance? (A) Distance expressed in terms of the amount of money it costs to travel from one place to another (B) Distance measured in terms of miles or kilometers (C) Distance measured in terms of minutes or hours (D) Distance expressed in terms of the perceived amount of space separat¬ing one place from another (E) Distance expressed in terms of how far the average person can walk in one day

D

the center of the domestication of maize corn was

meso-america

the initial unifying agent that preceded the emergence if popular culture was the

printing press

the united states is multicultural because

many different languages and way of life

which of the following is an example of stimulus diffusion

the spread of drive-through windows from fast food restaurants to liquor stores

which if the following adds to the creation of a global culture

all of the above: the flow of goods from country to country, information around the world, people from country to country

in contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of

large heterogenous groups

which of the following best accounts for the universal appeal of blue jeans

diffusion of popular culture

is the collection of names that different cultures give to various features if the earth including settlements, terrain, streams, and other land features

toponymy

which if the two cities in the United States often serve as hearths for population culture

new york, los angeles

the fact that instant messaging is based in a new set if symbols shows us that

all of the above: today's young people are creating new symbols, there are many ways to use symbols to communicate, culture changes over time

Diffusion of Internet service is following the earlier pattern of television, except

diffusion is much faster

This is the process by which a less dominant culture adopts some of the traits of a more dominant culture

acculturation

The place or area where a cultural practice originates is know as a

hearth

Which of the following correctly lists the four major ancient culture hearths

Indus Valley, Mesopotamia, Nile Valley, North China

Jeans provide a good example of material culture that is adopted by a number of different societies. This refers to what type of material culture

folk culture

Hierarchical diffusion is

the spread of an idea from persons of power to other persons

Which is a form of expansion diffusion

all of the above: contagious, hierarchical, stimulus

China produces a relatively large amount of pork compares to the countries of Southwestern Asia primarily because

Muslims have a taboo against pork consumption

Folk Culture is transmitted from one location to another primarily through

relocation diffusion

Elements of globalization of culture include all but

uniform consumption preferences

Because of its physical isolation from much of early settled America, the folk cultural region that has retained folk artifacts and customs more than any other is

upland south

Which of the following is the most accurate with regard to food preferences and taboos

some foods are avoided for religious or cultural reasons even at the expense of a balanced diet

Which of the following is not an aspect of material culture

folksongs

The spatial distribution of soccer during the twentieth century is an example of

popular culture

Examples of non-material aspects of culture include all of the following except

clothing

The habit of evaluating other customs, beliefs, and practices according tot he limited perspectives of one's own culture is known as

anthropocentrism

The global diffusion of popular culture may threaten folk culture by

the integration of popular culture into local customs

A taboo against pork is a characteristic of

Judaism and Islam

Thick-walled, long and single-storied with a flat or low-pitched earth-covered roof best describes which house type

a saltbox house of New England

On which country would Western Culture have the least amount of influence

Republic of the Congo

Popular culture and folk culture can both result in a higher levels of

all of the above: extinction of animal species, demand for raw materials, consumption of animal products

What is the term for the beliefs, values, behavior, and material objects that together make up the way of life for a group of people

culture