Question 1

A repetitive act performed by an individual is a

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A)   custom.
B)   popular culture.
C)   habit.
D)   taboo.
E)   character trait.F) B) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 2

Hotels, fast-food restaurants, and other franchises encourage a uniform appearance on the landscape to promote customer recognition.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What folk food preferences and taboos have you seen in your own family, or in other families with which you are familiar? What might a cultural geographer say about these?

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In my own family and in other families I...

Question 4

What is the difference between a custom and a habit?

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Custom is performed ...

Question 5

When we analyze the patterns of popular culture in our surroundings, we can surmise that

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A)   all culture is transmitted from one location to another through small scale and local migration.
B)   popular culture diffuses through relocation diffusion.
C)   nodes of innovation are central to the process of hierarchical diffusion.
D)   unlike folk culture, popular culture is usually transmitted orally across time and location.
E)   it is impossible for us to make scientific observations about the diffusion of popular culture.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 6

Popular culture and folk culture can both result in a higher level of

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A)   extinction of animal species.
B)   demand for raw materials.
C)   consumption of animal products.
D)   environmental degradation.
E)   All of these answers are correct.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 7

Why do promoters of popular customs, such as fast-food restaurants, seek to create a uniform landscape appearance?

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Recognitio...

Question 8

The choice of clothing in Western countries is strongly influenced by

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A)   occupation but not level of income.
B)   level of income but not occupation.
C)   knowledge of fashion elsewhere, as well as the level of folk culture.
D)   occupation, income, and knowledge of fashion elsewhere.
E)   fashion only.F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 9

Discuss the ways in which television has diffused popular culture historically as well as in your own experiences. How does your experience (or inexperience) with television compare to those larger trends?

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Television has played a significant role...

Question 10

Many less developed countries fear the loss of folk culture because

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A)   they do not want to preserve traditional values.
B)   Western perspectives may become more dominant.
C)   popular culture devalues women.
D)   they want to avoid political disputes.
E)   Western clothing styles are less comfortable.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 11

Pioneer farmers settling the grasslands of the American West often built houses of sod, while early settlers of the eastern forest built wooden structures like log cabins. This suggests that building materials

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A)   are strongly influenced by local resources.
B)   are commonly imported over long distances because of local folk culture.
C)   are chosen because of the diffusion of popular culture.
D)   are a uniform feature of folk culture.
E)   are elements of popular culture.F) B) and C)
G) None of the above

Question 12

Why do leaders of some developing countries fear the loss of folk culture? And what defensive measures might you recommend they take to protect folk culture?

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loss of traditional values; fe...

Question 13

Terroir refers to

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A)   a group's sense of place.
B)   a group's food taboos.
C)   the relationship between the physical environment and culture.
D)   an act of violence that may have been, in part, a reaction against globalization.
E)   the sum of the effects of the local environment on a food item.F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 14

Typically, popular culture

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A)   originates in a number of locations at the same time.
B)   reflects the characteristics of a distinctive physical environment.
C)   experiences frequent changes through time and space.
D)   is practiced by small homogeneous groups.
E)   is practiced by small heterogeneous groups that become large homogeneous groups.F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 15

One significant impact of popular culture is to

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A)   create a more varied and less uniform landscape.
B)   promote the diffusion of folk culture.
C)   modify the physical environment.
D)   spread through relocation diffusion.
E)   diffuse at the expense of globalization.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 16

Identify a hybrid, or syncretic, form of art, music, or architecture in your surroundings. What elements of folk and popular culture does it combine? If you cannot identify any such hybrids in your surroundings, imagine a new product or item of your own.

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One example of a hybrid form of art in m...

Question 17

The adoption of a popular custom often depends on a person's amount of disposable income.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Considering the changes that you have seen in your life (not the examples already given in this chapter), discuss one way that you have seen popular culture impinge on folk culture. How did you or other people that you know react to the situation, and why?

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One way that I have seen popular culture...

Question 19

Culture refers to a habit that is widely adopted by a group of people.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

As components of group identity and cultural learning, folk customs usually originate from

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A)   the "discovery" of leisure time.
B)   the application of industrial technology.
C)   familiar events in daily life.
D)   a traumatic event unique to the history of a particular social group.
E)   global communications, such as television and the Internet.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

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Why do leaders of some developing countries fear the loss of folk culture? And what defensive measures might you recommend they take to protect folk culture?

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