AP Human Geo 3.6

The state of California, often considered a hearth of environmental laws, will be the first state to ban plastic straws. Which of the following statements best describes the likely spread of this environmental practice?

Similar environmental laws will likely spread through stimulus diffusion to other states via political activism.

In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of

large heterogeneous groups

Which of the following best exemplifies the diffusion of popular culture throughout the world in contemporary society?

The spread of an Internet meme via social media applications

Which of the following best explains the Internet’s homogenizing effect on global language patterns?

The English language is widely used on the Internet.

Which of the following terms best describes the spatial effects of the Internet on the global diffusion of culture?

Time-space convergence

Which of the following is true of popular culture?

It incorporates traits that diffuse quickly to a wide variety of places.

Which of the following concepts best explains the driving forces of contemporary cultural diffusion?

Space-time compression

A fashion trend was started when an actor appeared on a television show wearing a shirt and tie of the same color. Within weeks, people began to follow this trend in both large cities and small towns across the United States. Which pair of diffusion types explains the spread of the fashion trend in this example?

Hierarchical and contagious

When an immigrant group moves into a new location inhabited by a larger dominant culture with a different language, which of the following is the most likely outcome?

The immigrant group will learn and use the new language, and immigrant words will enter the language of the majority population.