questions
The alignment of ancient Chinese cities toward the cardinal directions (north, south, east, west) best
illustrates the importance of which of the following factors in the shaping of these early cities?
what is belief systems
Which of the following describes the process of creolization?
The representations of Spanish, Portuguese, and French linguistic culture on the landscape of Latin America
*creolization basically means becoming a local
define Cultural diffusion
is the geographical and social spread of the different aspects of one more culture to different ethnicities, religions, nationalities, regions, etc.
Which of the following terms best describes the food preferences, architecture, and land-use practices found
in a particular region?
what are cultural traits?
Which of the following is true of popular culture?
It incorporates traits that diffuse quickly to a wide variety of places.
What is the belief that one’s own culture is the best or better than other cultures?
what is Ethnocentrism
Cultural differences within a country’s population, such as different religions, languages, and ethnicities,
have political impacts and can best be described as.....
the effects of diffusion or centrifugal force
define Acculturation
the adoption of certain cultural and social characteristics of one society by another society.
Which of the following best exemplifies the diffusion of popular culture throughout the world in
contemporary society?
The spread of an Internet meme via social media applications
define Unitary state
a system of political organization in which most or all of the governing power resides in a centralized government.
The state of California, often considered a hearth of environmental laws, will be the first state to ban plastic
straws. Which of the following statements best describes the likely spread of this environmental practice?
Similar environmental laws will likely spread through stimulus diffusion to other states via political
activism.
The term “cultural diffusion” refers to the....
spread of an idea or innovation from its source
define Forced migration
movements of refugees and internally displaced people (those displaced by conflicts within their country of origin)
An ethnic neighborhood is best described as which of the following?
A voluntary urban community where people of similar origin reside
define Culture hearth
is a "heartland", a source area, innovation center, a place of origin of a major culture.
Which of the following best explains how Christianity became the dominant religion in the Philippines?
Christianity was brought to the Philippines through relocation diffusion when the Spanish colonized the
The Philippines in the sixteenth century.
or what is recloation diffusion
Cultural landscape can be defined as...
the forms superimposed on the physical environment by the activities of humans
define Sequent occupance
the notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape.
Which of the following is most accurate with regard to food preferences and taboos?
Some foods are avoided for religious or cultural reasons even at the expense of a balanced diet.
define homogeneous groups
people similar to each other -not diverse
In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of.....
what are large heterogeneous groups
Which of the following is an example of a cultural landscape?
Adobe ruins
define Cultural relativism
is the principle that an individual human's beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual's own culture (contrasts with ethnocentrism).
All of the following were colonized by France
EXCEPT
cuba
define heterogeneous groups
diverse groups