AP Human Geography- Culture
The location where a religion, language, ethnicity or other cultural trait began is called a........
What is a Hearth?
Places or natural features that hold religious significance
What are sacred places?
What is the longest river in the United States?
What is the Missouri River?
What President was born in Nebraska?
Who is Gerald Ford?
How many men signed the Declaration of Independence?
56
The process by which religion, language or other cultural traits spread from one group to another...
What is Cultural Diffusion?
What religion spread rapidly throughout Africa?
By land area, what U.S. state is the largest?
What is Alaska?
Who was the FIRST Catholic President in the United States?
Who is John F. Kennedy?
What is the system set in place to ensure that no branch becomes TOO powerful?
What are Checks and Balances?
What are forces that unify a group of people or a region?
What are Centripetal Forces?
What is Hinduism?
What state is home to the Grand Canyon?
What is Arizona?
What was the first mass-produced car in the United States?
What is the Ford Model T?
What are the THREE branches of the Federal Government?
What are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches?
What is the belief that your own cultural group is more important and superior than other cultures/groups?
What is ethnocentrism?
What is the most common form of Christianity found in the Southern region of the United States?
What is the Baptist Church?
What state produces the MOST corn?
What is Iowa?
What was the highest grossing movie of ALL TIME in the United States?
What is Star Wars?
Where was the U.S. Capital located before Washington D.C.?
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
What is the difference between a creole and pidgin language? (answers may vary slightly).
Answers may vary slightly.
Pidgin-- Informal mixture of two languages, small vocab, no native speakers.
Creole-- A formal language of two combined languages that has native speakers, grammar rules and larger vocab.
What two religions became especially popular after the deaths of their leading figures?
What are Christianity and Islam?
Name AT LEAST 3 of the 5 Great Lakes.
What is Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, and Lake Superior?
What is the most popular holiday in the United States? (most money spent, and most heavily celebrated)
What is Christmas?
What rights are given to the people through the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Amendments?
1st- Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, Speech
2nd- Right to Bear Arms
3rd- The Right to be free from quartering soldiers.