The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people is a
Custom
The place where a cultural trait or idea originates is know as its
Hearth
Jeans provide a good example of material culture that is adopted by a number of different societies. They are also an example of
Popular culture
In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is more likely to vary
From time to time on a larger scale
In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of large and
Heterogeneous groups
By analyzing the distribution of folk culture in our surroundings, we can surmise that
Several elements of folk culture may have multiple unknown origins
Typically, popular culture
experiences frequent changes through time and space and relies on technology to spread.
Folk cultures are spread primarily by
relocation diffusion
All of the following are considered material culture expect
A) Myths B) furniture C) food D) clothing E) artwork
Myths
A taboo against the consumption of pork is a characteristic of
Judaism and Islam
In recent decades pop customs have most frequently originated in
More developed countries
Based on what you have read about globalization you could sumerise that the main effect of modern telecomunications on social custms has been to
Increase the similarity of social customs in different locations
The global diffusion of pop culture may threaten folk culture by
Being less responsive to the diversity of local enviorments.
An ethnic negihborhood is best decribed by
A voluntary urban community where people of similar origin reside
Which of the following best exemplifies the diffuson of pop culture throughout the world in contemprary society
The spread of an internet meme via social media applications
T or F The physical enviorment commonly plays an important role in the development o unique folk customs
True
T or F Leaders of many developing countries fear that the spread of US pop culture will destroy traditional social behavourior
True
The use of a horse and buggy by Amish in the USA is an example of one elemnet of
Folk culture
People maintain their folk culture despite familiarity with popular culture primarily because of
A strong desire to preserve unique customs
Which scenario best explains the process of assimilation
The American government educated Native American children in an American style boarding school. All of the children were taught English, and girls were taught how to be homemakers.
cultural landscape can be defined as
The forms superimposed on the physical environment by the activities of humans
Diffusion of Internet service is following the earlier pattern of television, except
Diffusion is much faster
Given recent trends in communications, in the next five years the number of television programs viewed over the Internet might be expected to
Increase dramatically
Which of the following is the best example of a centripetal force within a country related to culture
A similar language
T or F Adoption of Western pop culture seldom results in the elimination of traditional folk culture
False
T or F Two social gropus living in close proximinty will retain unique social customs if there is limited interaction between them
True
T or F Pop cultuar is more likley to b found in more develomped countries
True
Many religions, when they expand into a new region begin to incorporate some of the elements of the previous religiounous customs of the new adherents this is called
Syncretism
Imagine a grandchild of chinease immigrants ........
Assimilation
The trend of globaliztion has threatened
Folk more that pop culture
A lingua franca is
a language understood by people who have different native languages
A group of languages that share a common ansectery history is a
Language Family
The two largest language fams in the world are
Afro-Asiatic and Sino-Tibetan
which of the following is not a romance language
Bulgarian
Which country was established and unified because of the Hindu used a a centripetal force
Nepal
The Hindi-Urdu..........
Absorbing barriers
Which empire controlled the most land in history
Mongol Empire
Modern transportation technologies ....................
globalization
A form of a language spoken in a local area is a
dialect
The two most wide spread languages in soth america are
Portuguese and Spanish
A person who is fluent in spanish, french, italian, and english could be classified with what geographic term
Polyglot
Which of the following heraths of religions has the most followers todday
Southwest Asia
Which country has recently seen several of its major citie names revert back to traditional names as a means of perserving traditional language by denoninga colonial past.
India
Migrants to the United States often keep their food traditions and language at home but begin to learn english for interactions at work and schoolthis reflects the process of
Acculturation
Many of the tourists visiting st peters square in vatican city see their ourney to this place as a spiritual journey that is deeply meaningful. to these people st peters square is a
Sacred place
English is part of which launguage branch
Germanic
A literary tradition is
the written form of a language
Brittish and american engish differ in all but which
Alphabet
The icelandic language has changed less than any germanic language because of
Iceland's relative isolation from other places
The language spoken by the greatest number of native speakers in the world is
Mandarin
Hebrew is an example of
a revived language
In west africa every countrie has multiple ethnicities and many languages In niger, nigeria and ghana the hausa language is used among people of many tribes as a mutally understood language this is an example of
A lingua franca
The English Spanish and french languages have some of the widest ranges spread across various continents what is the best explanation for this wide linguistic dispersal.
Colonialism and economic imperialism brought these languages around the world
Which statment best describes use of english on the internet
English has become less dominate but is still the leading internet language
South Korea a country whose cultre highly values respect has a baseball league where players flip their bats as a signiture move after home runs something that is seen in the US as disrespectful to the pitcher and the game. which of the following best explains this regional difference in the culture.
Baseballs culture may have originated in the USA, but the culture changed as it moved to other areas
The saami are people who live in the northern parts of scandinavia countries that historicallly herd reindeer the saami are
An indigenous group
The invention of the printing press in 1439 transformed the political, religious, economic, and linguistic conext of europe and everywhere to which it diffused the printing press
Allowed cultures to change by adapting the cultural context of these societies
Regardless of the country in which they are born people of Mexican ancestry might share some cultural similarities even if they dont natively speak the same language Mexicans are
An ethnic group
Leaders what their community to flourish economically. Some promote an economic strategy that harness local cultural assets for economic development and historical preservation. This strategy can be described as
Placemaking
Area with cultural differences ca have factors that lead to political disintegration and make it difficult to unify the community. This is an example of
Centrifugal forces
Many areas of Europe are becoming less religious so the cultural impact of religion on the region is lessened. This is an example of
secularization
A common language among a religiously and ethnically diverse population can have a unifying effect among the people. The common language can be described as
centripetal forces
Sikhism is an important South Asian religion. As British colonialism reached South Asia , Sikhism spread to other parts of the British Empire, such as Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Kenya. This is an example of
relocation diffusion
People and cultural groups everywhere are impacted by global cultural patterns, but they often choose not to adopt one, global cultural but blend regional cultural attributes with diffused cultural attributes fro beyond their cultural region. This process is called
glocalization
The internet has many cultural impacts. One of them is that many subcultures and niche groups can form communities of like-minded people that wouldn't have enough members locally to have a place-based community. The cultural connections and traits available to people grow and the community has greater cultural complexity. What process explains this scenario?
cultural divergence
Culture is the sum of the human experience by a group of people living together, and includes all of the following except
politics
T or F: The Ganges is the most holy river for Muslims.
False
Cremation is more important than burial in which religion?
Hinduism