Chapter 6 Test Review

A creole language a. Is a pidgin language that has evolved to become a group's first language b. Is a mixture of French and another language c. Has few. If any, grammar rules d. Has limited vocabulary e. Is not the first language of any individual

a

A good example of a monolingual country would be a. Japan b. Canada c. Switzerland d. South Africa e. Nigeria

a

Folk songs more likely than popular songs to a. Tell a story about life-cycle events, work, or natural disasters b. Be considered examples of culture c. Feature instruments and styles of performances associated with dance clubs d. Be transmitted in written form e. Be written by specialists for commercial diffusion

a

Pioneer farmers setting the grasslands of the American West often built houses of sod, while settlers of the eastern forest built structures like log cabins. This suggests that building materials a. Are strongly influenced by local resources b. Are commonly imported over long distances because of local folk culture c. Are chosen because of the diffusion of popular culture d. Are uniform feature of folk culture e. Are elements of popular culture

a

Popular custom shave most frequently originated in a. More developed countries b. Less developed countries c. Formerly communist countries d. Countries with large rural populations e. Latin America and Africa

a

Which of the following is TRUE of sports as a characteristic of culture? a. Sports are often folk customs that become part of popular culture b. Nearly all sports are examples of folk cultures resisting the globalizing influences of popular culture c. Television infuses all sports into popular culture d. Folk cultures do not value sports as a cultural trait e. Sports are more important in the cultures less developed countries

a

Which characteristic distinguishes religion in Latin America from North America? a. Latin America has a Roman Catholic majority b. Latin America has a Protestant majority c. The location relative to the Equator d. Ethnic religions make up the majority in one but not the other e. Latin America has more Protestants, Jews, and Muslims

a.

Which type of religion derives spiritual meaning from the physical environment (e.g., rivers, mountains)? a. Ethnic b. Polytheistic c. Pagan d. Monotheistic e. Universalizing

a.

A mosque is a sacred space for which religious group? a. Christians b. Muslims c. Jews d. Hindus e. Buddhists

b

An example of culture appropriation is a. Loss of language due to assimilation b. Use of Native American tribes as mascots for professional sports c. Wearing a traditional sari to an Indian wedding d. Cooking a Korean meal using foods from a local grocery store e. Sending Native American children to white boarding schools

b

Animists believe that a. People should complete God's creation of the Earth b. Inanimate objects and natural events have spirits c. People should make complete use of the Earth's resources d. Natural disasters are preventable e. Enlightenment can be achieved by all people

b

Diffusion of Internet service is following a similar pattern to television, except that a. The United States' share of world use is expanding b. Diffusion is much faster c. Diffusion is much slower d. The expansion of service is faster in Africa than Asia e. The initial use was in less developed countries

b

Gumbo and jazz are terms that originated in the English dialects of a. New Englanders b. African Americans c. Jewish immigrants to the United States d. Irish Americans e. French Americans

b

How did the spread of Islam differ from the spread of Christianity? a. Islam spread hierarchically b. Islam spread more rapidly c. Both religions spread by the relocation diffusion d. Islam spread into Europe and Asia, while Christianity diffused into North Africa e. Islam began spreading much earlier than Christianity

b

In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of large and a. Homogeneous groups b. Heterogeneous groups c. Groups living in isolated rural areas d.Groups that have little interaction with other groups e. Groups of specialist

b

In which of the following countries are you most likely to encounter Arabic speakers? a. India b. Egypt c. Turkey d. Greece e. Nigeria

b

Methodist is an example of a Christian a. Branch b. Denomination c. Religion d. Sect e. Family

b

Switzerland peacefully exists with multiple languages due to a. Their strong regional alliances with Germany and France b. The long tradition of decentralized government in which local authorities hold most of the power c. Their geographic location in the middle of Europe d. The existence of many isogloss e. Their decision to move the capital city to a centralized location

b

The Flemings and Walloons speak languages belonging to different a. Dialects b. Language branches c. Language families d. Language groups e. Language sects

b

Where in the United States does Roman Catholicism dominate? a. Southern New England b. Southwest c. Pacific Northwest d. Southeast e. Midwest

b

Which of the following is an example of stimulus diffusion of culture? a. The spread of American pop music to the rest of the world b. McDonald's menu offering local cultural food items in India, Mexico, and Turkey c. The movie's industry locating all of its resources in Hollywood d. European missionaries spreading Christianity across parts of Africa and Asia e. Hip-Hop music spreading to major urban areas like Los Angeles, Chicago, and Miami

b

Which of the following statements about the diffusion of English and Chinese languages is TRUE? a. Both languages experienced rapid diffusion to LDC's b. English has diffused worldwide, while Chinese is spoken mostly in China c. English is spoken only in the UK and US, while Chinese is spoken all over East Asia d. The number of English speakers is declining, while the number of Chinese speakers is steadily increasing e. All of the above

b

Which of the following would be more characteristic of a universalizing religion? a. Several priests build temples at the tops of the world's highest mountains b. Several priests travel across the world to establish missions on remote islands c. A religious leader proclaims that you cannot join her church unless your mother was previously a member of that church d. Priests follow a calendar of religious services based largely on seasonal changes e. Priests and adherents of a particular church pledge that they will not support warfare in any form

b

A person from Alabama is most likely to be an adherent of a. The Roman Catholic church b. A Methodist church c. A Baptist church d. A Lutheran church e. A non-denominational Christian church

c

An isogloss is a. A form of a language spoken into a local area b. A collection of unique words c. A boundary between language regions d. The transition zone between cultures e. An isolated language group

c

As they have more contact with popular culture, women in less developed countries are more likely to a. Have more children b. Obtain and prepare food for the family c. Gain more opportunities outside the home d. Reduce the role of religion in their daily life e. Be subservient to men

c

Buddhism diffused initially to a. Southwest Asia, Northeast Asia, and South Asia b. Africa, Southwest Asia, and Europe c. South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia d. Africa, Europe, and Southeast Asia e. Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia

c

Folk culture is spread primarily by a. Contagious diffusion b. Hierarchical diffusion c. Relocation diffusion d.Stimulus diffusion e. Contained diffusion

c

Most Palestinians identify as a. Christians b. Jews c. Arab Muslims d. Arab Christians e. Muslims

c

Nonmaterial culture is a. Not as important as the material traits of culture b. Spread only by relocation diffusion c. Demonstrated by the ideas, values, and beliefs that people share d. More important in folk culture than in popular culture e. Demonstrated by the clothing people wear

c

Northern Ireland identifies primarily as___________, which Ireland is predominantly_____________. a. Protestant; Orthodox b. Protestant; Muslim c. Catholic; Protestant d. Protestant; Catholic e. Orthodox; Catholic

c

People in London, Sydney, Vancouver, Johannesburg, and Seattle speak a. A pidgin language b. Lingua franca c. Different dialects d. Official languages e. Different creoles

c

Popularity of the musical group, Coldplay, has grown globally thanks largely to advertising from the iTunes store and marketing from Apple. This is a good example of_____________ diffusion a. Relocation b. Contagious c. Hierarchical d. Stimulus e. time-space

c

The Icelandic language has changed less than any other Germanic language because of a. Iceland's close contact with other people and activities b. Migration by German tribes c. Iceland's relative isolation from other places d. The extinction of the East Germanic group e. Continuous exchange with Norway and Sweden

c

The belief in the existence of only one god is a. Animism b. Cosmogony c. Monotheism d. Polytheism e. pagan

c

The world's largest ethnic religion is a. Confucianism b. Daoism c. Hinduism d. Judaism e. Islam

c

The world's most widespread religion is a. Islam b. Animism c. Christianity d. Hinduism e. Buddhism

c

Typically, popular culture a. Originates in a number of locations at the same time b. Reflects the characteristics of a distinctive physical environment c. Experiences frequent changes through time and space d. Is practiced by small homogeneous groups e. Is practiced by small heterogeneous groups

c

Which statement about the English language is correct? a. Worldwide, there are more Hindi speakers than English speakers b. It is a member of the Romance language branch c. It has been largely influenced by the French languages d. It has only two separate dialects: British and American e. It is the official language of the United States

c

_________is to Canada as __________is to the United States a. French; English b. English; French c. French; Spanish d. Ethnicity ; Language e. Alaska; Greenland

c

All of the following are examples of material culture EXCEPT a. iPhones b. Blue jeans c. Houses d. Religious beliefs e. mosques

d

All of the following belong to the Indo-European language family EXCEPT a. Hindi b. Bengali c. Kurdish d. Mandarin e. Dutch

d

Government efforts to discourage native practices and languages in the United States and Canada were attempts to__________native groups a. Acculture b. Appropriate c. Excommunicate d. Assimilate e. interconnect

d

In South Asia, where would one find the only non-Indo-European languages spoken? a. Northern India b. Kashmir c. Bangladesh d. Southern India e. Punjab

d

Russian, Ukrainian, and Polish are all part of the a. Sino-TIbetan family b. Dravidian family c. Germanic branch d. Balto-Slavic branch e. Indo-Aryan branch

d

The choice of clothing in Western countries is strongly influenced by a. Occupation but not level of income b. Level of income but not occupation c. Knowledge of fashion elsewhere, as well as the level of folk culture d. Occupation, income, and knowledge of fashion elsewhere e. Fashion only

d

The dominant branch of Islam is a. Druze b. Eastern Orthodoxy c. Sikh d. Sunni e. Shiite

d

The hearth and spiritual center of Islam is at a. Baghdad b. Cairo c. Jakarta d. Mecca e. Jerusalem

d

The most widespread language family, with the most speakers is a. Sino-Tibetan b. Romance c. Germanic d. Indo-European e. Mandarin Chinese

d

The trend of globalization has threatened a. Popular culture and folk culture relatively equally b. The folk customs of only few isolated communities c. The spread of the international banking system d. Folk culture more than popular culture e. Folk culture, but only in the largest cities in each continent

d

Basque is a good example of a(n) a. Language family b. Globalizing language c. Language group d. Lingua franca e. Isolated language

e

Dialects developed within the England primarily because a. The Normans invaded from the South b. The Viking invaders did not remain long in England c. British Received Pronunciation became the standard dialect d. Commerce developed more slowly in England than on the European continent e. Different Germanic Invaders settled in different regions

e

The predominance of English as the preferred language spoken at many international business meetings and political summits could be cited to support the claim that English is a popular a. Creole language b. Pidgin language c. Language branch d. Dialect e. Lingua franca

e

The two primarily Eastern religions of Hinduism and buddhism each have their hearth located where? a. Jerusalem, Israel b. Western Saudi Arabia c. Eastern China d. Southeast Asia e. Northern India

e

The use of a horse and buggy by the Amish in the United States is an example of a. Built environment b. Cultural landscape c. Assimilation d. Agglomeration e. Acculturation

e

Which language has become the world's primary lingua franca? a. Mandarin Chinese b. Hindi c. German d. Spanish e. English

e

Which of the following is the most important medium for transmitting culture? a. Religion b. Government c. Topography d. Architecture e. language

e

Which branch of Christianity in predominant in Greece and Russia? a. Roman Catholic b. Protestant c. Latter Day Saints d. Lutheran e. Orthodox

e.