[finalized] chapter four - six unit test

Question 1

How do you explain the distribution of Catholics along the southwest borderlands of the United States?

Answer 1

Latin Americans migrating to the US are predominantly Catholic.

Question 2

Which of the following is not a distinctive feature of the Middle Eastern cultural landscape?

Answer 2

slashed-and-burned fields within forests

Question 3

The second-largest language family in terms of speakers today is

Answer 3

sino-tibetian

Question 4

The drinking of wine with meals is an example of a French __________.

Answer 4

culture trait

Question 5

Popular customs are more likely than folk customs to

Answer 5

Rapidly diffuse through modern communication systems

Question 6

A green space in the center of a village reflects the traditional cultural landscape of which of the following United States regions?

Answer 6

New England

Question 7

In what current nation did the diffusion of Islam begin?

Answer 7

Saudi Arabia

Question 8

Which of the following languages is considered a revived language?

Answer 8

Hebrew

Question 9

Contagious diffusion

Answer 9

depends on direct contact between innovating and adopting cultures and spreads throughout culture.

Question 10

Which of the following best defines Carl Sauer’s concept of cultural landscape?

Answer 10

It is the outcome of interaction between humans and their natural environment.

Question 11

Which of the following terms are evident in the passage?

Answer 11

I and III only

Question 12

Egypt

Answer 12

Sunni Islam

Question 13

Iran

Answer 13

Shia Islam

Question 14

Vietnam

Answer 14

Buddhism

Question 15

Argentina

Answer 15

Roman Catholic

Question 16

Germany

Answer 16

Protestant

Question 17

India

Answer 17

Hindu

Question 18

Israel

Answer 18

Judaism

Question 19

A boundary line separating distinct dialectal differences in word choice is termed:

Answer 19

isogloss

Question 20

The Flemings and Walloons live in what country?

Answer 20

Belgium

Question 21

Arabic

Answer 21

Syria

Question 22

Spanish

Answer 22

Chile

Question 23

Javanese

Answer 23

Indonesian (NOT INDIAN)

Question 24

Niger-congo

Answer 24

zaire

Question 25

Similar restaurants, gas stations, and stores throughout the United States

Answer 25

Illustrate how popular culture can create a uniform landscape

Question 26

All of the following were colonized by France EXCEPT

Answer 26

Cuba

Question 27

Of the four major religions, the one which has experienced the most diverse geographical diffusion is:

Answer 27

Christianity

Question 28

Of the principal recognized language clusters of the world, which one contains the languages spoken by about half of the world’s people:

Answer 28

Indo-European

Question 29

In which of the following countries has the diffusion of Christianity met the most resistance?

Answer 29

China

Question 30

Syncretism is the process of:

Answer 30

fusing the old and new elements of culture

Question 31

The Basque language is spoken primarily in

Answer 31

the Pyrenees Mountains

Question 32

The elements of the ideological subsystem of a culture

Answer 32

are the intangible items that give distinctive content and character to a culture.

Question 33

The part of the world which is still dominated by tribal religions is:

Answer 33

sub-saharan africa

Question 34

In order of those who adopt an idea first, people can be categorized as:

Answer 34

innovators, majority adopters, laggards

Question 35

Religions are important keys to human geographic understanding because

Answer 35

religious beliefs intimately affect all facets of a culture.

Question 36

From the largest to smallest, the most accurate representation of cultural units is:

Answer 36

realm, region, complex, trait

Question 37

In order of most dominant to least dominant, what are the terms used to describe a culture area:

Answer 37

core,domain,sphere

Question 38

Toponyms in southern California reflect which of the following?

Answer 38

Cultural heritage of the settlers

Question 39

Which of the following is not an important factor in distinguishing different folk housing types?

Answer 39

size of buildings

Question 40

Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity have been called “universalizing” religions because each

Answer 40

claims universal applicability and seeks converts.

Question 41

Distance decay implies that

Answer 41

short-distance contacts are more likely than long-distance contacts.

Question 42

Which of the the following best explains why Papua New Guinea was less developed than their European conquerers?

Answer 42

Papua New Guinea was physically isolated from other civilizations.

Question 43

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Hinduism?

Answer 43

It is a universalizing religion.