Definitions
Definitions
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House styles
Sample test questions
100
A restriction on behavior imposed by social customs
What is Taboo
100
is a sociological concept which views the adoption or use of elements of one culture by members of a different culture as a largely negative phenomenon.
What is Cultural appropriation
100
The group of traits that defines a particular culture
What is cultural Complex
100
Pioneer farmers settling the grasslands of the American West often built houses of sod, while early settlers of the eastern forest built wooden structures like log cabins. This suggests that building materials
are strongly influenced by local resources.
100
The use of a horse and buggy by the Amish in the United States is an example of a A) folk culture. B) habit. C) popular culture. D) taboo.
What is A Folk Culture
200
Repetitive act performed by an individual
What is Habit
200
cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture; also : a merging of cultures as a result of prolonged contact.
What is Acculturation
200
is the divide in culture into different directions, usually because the two cultures have become so dissimilar.
What is cultural Divergence
200
Which of the following is an important source area for U.S. folk house types? A) Lower Chesapeake B) Southern Atlantic C) Northeast D) Upper New York
What is A lower chesapeake
200
Similar restaurants, gas stations, and stores throughout the United States A) illustrate how popular culture can create a uniform landscape. B) show how folk culture can diffuse. C) are a prime example of globalization. D) increase cultural awareness.
What is A) illustrate how popular culture can create a uniform landscape.
300
Frequent repetition of an act until it becomes a characteristic of a group of people
What is Custom
300
a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment
What is Adaptation
300
The entire region throughout which a culture prevails. Criteria that may be chosen to define this include religion, language, diet, customs, or economic development.
What is Cultural Realm
300
Today, house types in the United States are distinguished by all but which of the following? A) They can still be divided into three distinct regions. B) They display few regional distinctions. C) They are usually mass-produced. D) Alternative styles have diffused throughout the country.
What is A) They can still be divided into three distinct regions.
300
Muslims embrace the taboo against pork because A) pigs would compete with humans for food and water without compensating benefits as a beast of burden B) pigs do not provide milk or wool C) raising pigs would be an ecological disaster in regions where Muslims live D) all of the above are true
What is D all of the above
400
diffusion that needs a stimulus or outside source to cause the diffusion to happen
What is Stimulus Diffusion
400
a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment
What is Assimilation
400
Study of how why and at what rate new technology spreads through a culture
What is innovation Adoption
400
The most important house style in the United States since the 1960s is known as A) minimal traditional. B) contemporary. C) split-level. D) neo-eclectic.
What is D Neo-eclectic
400
Which three places are major hearths (or nodes) of folk house forms in the United States? A) Pennsylvania, Maine, and South Carolina B) New York, Massachusetts, and Georgia C) New England, Middle Atlantic, and Lower Chesapeake D) Southwestern region, Midwest, and New England
What is C) New England, Middle Atlantic, and Lower Chesapeake
500
The notion that what happens on the global scale has a direct effect on what happens locally. glocal
What is Global Local Continuum
500
The tendency for cultures to become more alike as they increasingly share technology and organizational structures in a modern world united by improved transportation and communication
What is Cultural convergence
500
a region defined by similar culture traits and cultural landscape features.
What is Cultural Regions
500
Which of the following is not an important factor in distinguishing different folk housing types in the United States? A) choice of building materials B) size of the building C) form in which the structure is arranged D) climate in which the structure is built
What is B size of the building
500
Hotels, fast-food restaurants, and other franchises encourage a uniform appearance on the landscape to promote customer recognition.
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