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Which of the following is the best example assimilation?
Hinduism diffused from India to Bali, where it blended with traditional Balinese beliefs to create a form of Hinduism unique to Bali.
The American government educated Native American children in American-style boarding schools. All of the children were taught English, and girls were taught how to be homemakers.
Despite the large number of historic churches in France, many French identify as nonreligious and believe that religion is a private matter.
A family immigrates to a new country, settles near others from their homeland, and conducts most of their day-to-day activities within their ethnic neighborhood.
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Which of the following countries has not broken into two political entities as a result of cultural or ideological differences?
Ireland
Korea
Vietnam
Japan
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Cultural landscape can be defined as
the types of art, music, dance, and theater practiced in a particular region
the ways that people in differing cultures perceive the environment
a particular area within a geographic region dedicated to cultural activities
the forms superimposed on the physical environment by the activities of humans
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Cultural landscape is closest in meaning to which of the following?
Built environment
Physical environment
Environmental determinism
Cultural ecology
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The spread of specialty coffee shops across the United States in the 1990s is an example of
hierarchical diffusion
contagious diffusion
stimulus diffusion
relocation diffusion
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Ethnicity is associated with _____ ancestry, while race is associated with _____ ancestry.cultural: biologicalbiological: culturalcultural: religiousreligious: cultural
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Folk cultures are typically associated with _____ groups of people in __________.homogeneous : isolated areasheterogeneous : isolated areashomogeneous : large societiesheterogeneous: large societies
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following is an element of material culture?clothingbehavioral normsreligious beliefsfamily beliefs
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The popularity of American bands in Europe is an example of:globalization of cultureassimilationethnocentrismtransculturation
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.In the face of globalization, folk cultures face _____ challengessustainabilityethnocentrismgeographicrelativism
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.People in Chicago call it pop. People in Charlotte call it coke. This is an example of:creole dialectsdifferences due to dialectslingua franca influencing vocabularyisolated languages
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.In terms of diffusion, what is a hearth?The point of originThe final destinationThe mid-way pointAll points along the diffusion route
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The clearest example of a folk culture today in the US isHispanics in southwest FloridaCatholics in the northeast U.S.Harlem in New York CityAmish of southeast Pennsylvania
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.practice of judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture and generates misunderstanding, ignorance and conflictEthnosuperiorismEgotismEthnocentrismHuman nature
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The presence of similar restaurants, gas stations, and stores throughout the United Statesis an example of possibilismillustrates how popular culture can create a uniform landscapeincreases cultural awarenessis a prime example of regionalization
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following best accounts for the universal appeal of blue jeans?Adoption of unique folk cultureNeed for durable clothingImpact of high income on clothing habitsDiffusion of popular culture
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Acculturation is a process whereby
A more dominant culture adopts most of the traits of the less dominant culture
The dominant culture completely absorbs the less dominant one
Cultural traits are equally exchanged between cultures
The less dominant culture adopts some of the traits of the more influential one
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is culture?Set of beliefs/values/practices a group has in commonPeople who share similar culture traitsActivity/behavior in which people take partArea in which people share culture traits
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Folk culture is most likely to spread by _____.contagious diffusionrelocation diffusionhierarchical diffusionstimulus diffusion
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Cultural diffusion describeshow culture is usedhow culture affects peopleshow culture spreadshow culture develops