Vocabulary pt. 1
What is a culture traditionally performed by a small, homogenous group living in isolation?
Folk Culture
Why are less developed countries fearing the loss of their folk culture?
The Western perspective has become more dominant
Give an example of a sport that is inspired by folk culture.
Various Answers
What is the difference between the origin of pop culture and folk culture?
Folk Culture has unknown beginnings. Pop culture begins in developed countries.
What is a custom?
A repetitive act performed by a group
What is a culture found in a heterogenous society that shares certain habits and different personal characteristics?
Pop Culture
What has the diffusion and increase of reliance on social median threatened?
It threatens folk culture more than popular culture.
What three countries are the most aggressive in how they punish people for using the intrenet?
Iran, Syria, and China
JK. Not a difference. Give an example of a form of transportation inspired by folk culture.
Various responses***
What is a habit?
A repetitive act performed by an individual person
A restriction imposed by a social custom
Taboo
Pioneers on Grasslands building houses out of sod and Pioneers settling in forests building houses out of logs suggests...
That building materials are influenced by available resources
Name one example of a taboo.
Restriction of pork is a taboo for Judaism and Islam
(Will accept other examples)
What is the difference between the type of people that make up the groups of those partaking in pop culture vs. folk culture?
Pop culture is a heterogeneous group (different people) and folk culture is a homogeneous group (same type of people).
Define Origin
Where a culture begins or originates.
Define Distribution.
The arrangement of something across the Earth's surface (where a certain culture is practiced).
What influences American's preference for beverages and snacks?
What is produced locally
How do people select the clothing that they wear within folk culture?
Clothing selection is based on agricultural (farming) practices and climate (weather)
Why do people maintain their folk culture despite the increasing familiarity with pop culture?
They want to preserve their customs and traditions
Define Diffusion.
How a feature or culture spreads from one place to another
Give an example of music inspired by pop culture.
Various Answers**
How does pop and folk culture influence the world we live in? Give two examples.
The spreading of soccer during the twentieth century is an example of...
popular culture
Things change quickly within pop culture but last long periods of time in folk culture.
JK. Not vocabulary...but, what happens women in less developed countries as they are influenced and have more contact with pop culture?
They gain more oppurtunities