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In recent decades, popular customs have most frequently originated inSelect one:a. more developed countries. b. less developed countries.c. formerly communist countries.d. countries with large rural populations.e. Latin America and Africa.
Popular culture and folk culture can both result in a higher level ofSelect one: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.
As components of group identity and cultural learning, folk customs usually originate fromSelect one: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.
The spatial distribution of soccer during the twentieth century is an example ofSelect one:a. folk culture.b. habit.c. popular culture. d. taboo.e. relocation diffusion.
A taboo against pork is a characteristic ofSelect one:a. Judaism and Islam. b. Judaism and Buddhism.c. Christianity and Buddhism.d. Christianity and Hinduism.e. Islam and Hinduism.
The use of a horse and buggy by the Amish in the United States is an example of one element ofSelect one:a. folk culture. b. habit.c. popular culture.d. taboo.e. technological innovation.
Cultural diversity is promoted bySelect one:a. the relative isolation of a group from others. b. globalization.c. the rapid movement of goods and services across borders.d. expansion diffusion.e. the connections between homogeneous groups.
In which state would alcohol consumption be relatively low?Select one:a. Kentuckyb. Nevadac. New Yorkd. Utah e. California
Hip hop music demonstrates an interplay between globalization and local diversity becauseSelect one:a. it is a form of folk culture responsible for the globalization of modern music.b. it is a part of popular culture which threatens to overwhelm local folk cultures.c. artists may be widely popular yet still make local references in their song lyrics. d. some lyrics can't be transmitted over the radio and television.e. hip hop music is played in many Islamic countries.
In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is more likely to varySelect one:a. from place to place at a given time.b. from time to time at a given place. c. both from place to place and from time to time, in equal measure.d. neither from place to place nor from time to time.e. only in more developed countries.
A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom is aSelect one:a. folk culture.b. habit.c. popular culture.d. taboo. e. tariff.
The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people, is a
Folk songs are more likely than popular songs toSelect one:a. tell a story about life-cycle events, work, or natural disasters. b. be considered examples of culture.c. feature instruments and styles of performance associated with dance clubs.d. be transmitted in written form.e. be written by specialists for commercial distribution.
In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of large andSelect one:a. homogeneous groups.b. heterogeneous groups. c. groups living in isolated rural areas.d. groups that have little interaction with other groups.e. groups of specialists.
By analyzing the distribution of folk culture in our surroundings, we can surmise thatSelect one:a. folk culture would not exist without small scale and local migration.b. folk culture does not diffuse through relocation diffusion.c. several elements of folk culture may have multiple, unknown origins. d. folk culture can only be transmitted orally across time and location.e. several elements of folk culture tend to replace elements of popular culture.
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 materialsSelect one: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.
Folk cultures are spread primarily bySelect one:a. contagious diffusion.b. hierarchical diffusion.c. relocation diffusion. d. stimulus diffusion.e. epidemic diffusion.
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