AP Human Geography Chapter 4-5 Quiz
AP Human Geography Local Culture and Identity quiz
- 1.The modification of the natural landscape by human activities; the visible human imprint on the land.
- A.
Cultural shatterbelt
- B.
Placelessness
- C.
Folk culture
- D.
Cultural landscape
- 2.The process of fusion of old and new cultures.
- A.
Syncretism
- B.
Barrioization
- C.
Ethnic Neighborhood
- D.
Commodificaton
- 3.Community where people of like origin reside by choice.
- A.
Syncretism
- B.
Barrioization
- C.
Ethnic Neighborhood
- D.
Glocalization
- 4.The dramatic increase in Hispanic population in a particular neighborhood.
- A.
Ethnocentrism
- B.
Barrioization
- C.
Ethnic Neighborhood
- D.
Glocalization
- 5.Occurs when people in a local place alter the regional, national, and global processes; a reaction to globalization.
- A.
Ethnocentrism
- B.
Syncretism
- C.
Acculturation
- D.
Glocalization
- 6.Occurs when something not previously perceived as an object of trade is turned into something that can be bought or sold.
- A.
Commodificaton
- B.
Folk Culture
- C.
Assimilation
- D.
Acculturation
- 7.Believe that one’s culture/race are superior to others.
- A.
Folk Culture
- B.
Ethnocentrism
- C.
Assimilation
- D.
Queer Theory
- 8.A culture’s assumptions about the differences between men and women.
- A.
Ethnicity
- B.
Gender
- C.
Assimilation
- D.
Cultural landscape
- 9.The process by which the less dominant culture adopts some of the traits of the more influential culture.
- A.
Acculturation
- B.
Assimilation
- C.
Ethnocentrism
- D.
Glocalization
- 10.Examines the political engagement of homosexuals with the heteronormative.
- A.
Gender
- B.
Acculturation
- C.
Cultural landscape
- D.
Queer Theory
- 11.Typically practiced by small, homogenous groups living in isolated rural areas.
- A.
Placelessness
- B.
Cultural shatterbelt
- C.
Folk Culture
- D.
Barrioization
- 12.An area which contains many small culture groups.
- A.
Cultural shatterbelt
- B.
Cultural landscape
- C.
Folk Culture
- D.
Ethnic neighborhood
- 13.Identity of a group of people bound by common ancestry and culture.
- A.
Ethnicity
- B.
Gender
- C.
Folk culture
- D.
Queer theory
- 14.Occurs when the dominant culture completely absorbs the less dominant one; occurs over the course of several generations.
- A.
Acculturation
- B.
Assimilation
- C.
Ethnocentrism
- D.
Placelessness
- 15.The loss of uniqueness of place so that one place looks like the next.
- A.
Cultural landscape
- B.
Cultural shatterbelt
- C.
Ethnic neighborhood
- D.
Placelessness
- 16.Which is an example of non-material culture?
- A.
An altar
- B.
Church building
- C.
Burning incense
- D.
Religious decoration
- E.
Priest’s robes
- 17.The regional variation in the appearance of humans in clustered population probably results from
- A.
A long history of adaptation to different environments
- B.
Development of populations on different continents
- C.
Wars that kept populations separated
- D.
Territoriality that kept people from mixing and intermarrying
- E.
Disease
- 18.In New York, Puerto Ricans moved into the Jewish neighborhood of East Harlem and assumed a dominant presence in the neighborhood. This process is best described as...
- A.
Assimilation
- B.
Residential segregation
- C.
Racism
- D.
Immigration
- E.
Succession
- 19.Government efforts to discourage native practice and languages in the United States and Canada were attempts to _____________ native groups
- A.
Assimilate
- B.
Protect
- C.
Eradicate
- D.
Segregate
- E.
Relocate
- 20.Parts of South Africa and Zimbabwe have become demographically feminized due to…
- A.
High rates of male AIDS deaths
- B.
Low number of male children born
- C.
Migration of males to urban and mining jobs
- D.
High female child birth rate
- E.
Female infanticide
- 21.Geographers interested in race, equity, and gender are ultimately interested in ...
- A.
Power relationships
- B.
How place is structured by race and gender
- C.
How assumptions about “the other” are formed
- D.
All of the above
- 22.Geographer David Harvey refers to the increasing speed by which innovations in popular culture diffuse as
- A.
Distance decay
- B.
Space adjusting techniques
- C.
Cultural diffusion
- D.
Time-space compression
- E.
Hierarchical diffusion
- 23.Which is not an aspect of cultural landscape convergence?
- A.
Globalized architecture forms
- B.
Development of regional architectural styles
- C.
Globalization of particular businesses and products
- D.
Borrowing of idealized landscape images
- 24.Japan is a hearth of popular culture for America in terms of
- A.
Animated films
- B.
Fashion
- C.
Architecture
- D.
Food
- E.
Sports
- 25.Which economic activity is not counted in GNP calculations?
- A.
Commercial farming
- B.
Tending a home garden
- C.
Teaching
- D.
Auto repair
- E.
Providing legal services
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