Deck 4: Folk and Popular Culture

Question 1

The frequent repetition of an act,to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people is a

A) custom.
B) popular culture.
C) habit.
D) taboo.
E) character trait.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Folk songs are distinguished from popular songs because they

A) tell a story about daily activities.
B) can be understood only by one group.
C) are never changed from one generation to the next.
D) are only transmitted orally.
E) are written by specialists for commercial distribution.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

A repetitive act of a group,performed to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group is known as

A) habit.
B) popular culture.
C) folk culture.
D) custom.
E) daily necessity.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Folk songs usually originate ________ and are transmitted ________.

A) by the government, by decree
B) anonymously, orally
C) through music, in written form
D) from other places, locally
E) suddenly, orally

Question 5

Folk cultures are spread primarily by

A) contagious diffusion.
B) hierarchical diffusion.
C) relocation diffusion.
D) stimulus diffusion.
E) epidemic diffusion.

Question 6

What areas of the United States attract the largest number of musicians?

A) Austin, New York
B) Austin, Los Angeles
C) New York, Los Angeles
D) Nashville, Los Angeles
E) Nashville, Austin

Question 7

The use of a horse and buggy by the Amish in the United States is an example of a

A) folk culture.
B) habit.
C) popular culture.
D) taboo.
E) technological innovation.

Question 8

________ culture is transmitted from one location to another relatively slowly and on a small scale,primarily through relocation ________.

A) Folk, diffusion
B) Folk, distribution
C) Popular, diffusion
D) Popular, distribution
E) Popular, activities

Question 9

Popular music in the United States originated from

A) multiple, anonymous hearths.
B) relocation diffusion.
C) daily activities of life.
D) Nashville, Tennessee.
E) Tin Pan Alley, New York.

Question 10

In contrast to folk culture,popular culture is more likely to vary

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.
D) neither from place to place nor from time to time.

Question 11

Jeans provide a good example of material culture that is adopted by a number of different societies.This refers to what type of material culture?

A) Punk culture
B) Popular culture
C) Folk culture
D) Western culture

Question 12

Which of these sports is the most global in its extent?

A) football (soccer)
B) American football
C) baseball
D) golf
E) cricket

Question 13

The main effect of modern communications on social customs has been to

A) preserve folk cultures, by increasing awareness of their uniqueness.
B) stimulate the diffusion of folk cultures around the world.
C) increase the similarity of social customs in different locations.
D) have little effect on the diffusion of social customs.
E) slow the rate of change.

Question 14

In contrast to folk culture,popular culture is typical of

A) small homogeneous groups.
B) large heterogeneous groups.
C) groups living in isolated rural areas.
D) groups that have little interaction with other groups.
E) groups of specialists.

Question 15

In contrast to popular culture,folk cultures are more likely to vary

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.
D) neither from place to place nor from time to time.
E) with rapid change.

Question 16

Survival activities and leisure activities both fall under the definition of

A) material culture.
B) folk culture.
C) popular culture.
D) the arts and recreation.
E) the physical environment.

Question 17

A repetitive act performed by an individual is a

A) custom.
B) popular culture.
C) habit.
D) taboo.
E) character trait.

Question 18

Popular music is written

A) mostly for one group in one place.
B) only for the younger generation of a population.
C) to appeal to a large number of people.
D) to endure for a long period of time, forever if possible.
E) without purpose and becomes popular by accident.

Question 19

Nashville is known for popular music rather than folk music because

A) there are few music studios in Nashville.
B) the music does have anything to do with agriculture or live-cycle events.
C) people are too transient in Nashville to ever develop folk music.
D) the music is too lyrical to be considered folk music.
E) the music in Nashville tends to be written by specific individuals for the purpose of selling or being performed for a large number of people.

Question 20

An example of a folk custom used to diffuse information about agriculture is

A) Armed Forces Radio.
B) Association Football.
C) Himalayan art.
D) Vietnamese songs.
E) home design in Madagascar.

Question 21

Rapid diffusion of popular culture

A) encourages people in different places to adopt different customs.
B) depends on modern communication systems.
C) is an example of relocation diffusion.
D) conserves resources.
E) All of the above.

Question 22

A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom is a

A) folk culture.
B) habit.
C) popular culture.
D) taboo.
E) tariff.

Question 23

The distinctive character of wine is derived from the vineyard's ________.The production of wine is based principally on ________,not on location.

A) terroir, price
B) age, economic reasons
C) variety, yield
D) terroir, cultural values
E) location, cultural values

Question 24

The diffusion of jeans is a good example primarily of the

A) diffusion of popular culture.
B) adoption of unique folk culture.
C) impact of high income on clothing habits.
D) opposition to globalization.
E) synthetic textiles replacing natural fibers.

Question 25

In the U.S in the 1940s,housing shifted from local folk culture traditions to

A) more expensive housing.
B) mostly apartments.
C) split-level. housing.
D) more popular housing that varies more in time than in place.
E) houses built with higher quality materials on small lot sizes.

Question 26

U.S.folk housing styles demonstrate a distribution best explained by

A) different time periods of popularity for each style.
B) ideal designs for different climates.
C) locally available building materials.
D) migration patterns.
E) All of these choices are correct.

Question 27

Today,house types in the United States are best distinguished by

A) split-level.
B) stark division of the four distinct regions.
C) being mass-produced and displaying few regional distinctions.
D) having a complete lack of popular housing.
E) following clear hearths from east to west.

Question 28

The spatial distribution of soccer during the twentieth century is an example of

A) folk culture.
B) habit.
C) popular culture.
D) taboo.
E) relocation diffusion.

Question 29

The most important house style in the United States since the 1960s is known as

A) minimal traditional.
B) contemporary.
C) split-level.
D) neo-eclectic.
E) saltbox.

Question 30

A taboo against pork is a characteristic of

A) Judaism and Islam.
B) Judaism and Buddhism.
C) Christianity and Buddhism.
D) Christianity and Hinduism.
E) Islam and Hinduism.

Question 31

In cultures with strong folk clothing preferences,young adults are

A) more likely to dress like their parents.
B) less likely to dress like their parents.
C) likely to create their own unique style.
D) paying close attention to international styles.
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 32

Lacrosse was adopted by European immigrants

A) who didn't have smooth playing fields to roll balls along.
B) from Iroquois players.
C) working in factories.
D) attending college in the American Northeast.
E) who wanted to invent a new sport.

Question 33

Which of the following is an important source area for U.S.folk house types?

A) Lower Chesapeake
B) Southern Atlantic
C) Northeast
D) Upper New York
E) Southwest

Question 34

The unique combination of soil,climate,and other physical features determines

A) terroir.
B) taboo.
C) folk culture.
D) food preferences.
E) popular culture.

Question 35

Today,house types in the United States are distinguished by all but which of the following?

A) They can still be divided into three distinct regions.
B) They display few regional distinctions.
C) They are usually mass-produced.
D) Alternative styles have diffused throughout the country.
E) They demonstrate how popular customs vary more in time than in place.

Question 36

Taboos are especially strong in the area of food.All the below are food taboos except

A) the Abipone people believed that eating hens will make them cowardly.
B) Muslims not eating pork.
C) the ancient Israelites food restrictions that led to the kosher laws.
D) Buddhist monks not eating meat.
E) the Abipone people preferring to eat Jaguars to be strong, brave, and swift.

Question 37

The current distribution of soccer demonstrates that

A) a folk custom can become part of a popular culture.
B) all sports are examples of folk culture.
C) television has infused all sports into popular culture.
D) American football is also an example of a folk culture.
E) sport is more important in less developed countries.

Question 38

An example of folk clothing worn to attract tourists is

A) people in Canada wearing thick jackets to stay warm.
B) men is the United States wearing ties for business and formal occasions.
C) Jewish men wearing modest black clothes.
D) Muslim women wearing modest black clothes.
E) women in Cuzco, Peru wearing traditional costumes.

Question 39

Soccer is considered the most global of sports.What led the folk sport of soccer to become so global?

A) Clubs were founded in the United Kingdom to provide factory workers with organized recreation during leisure hours.
B) Brazil invented the game because it was easy to implement nationally.
C) It became part of the Olympics and therefore became popular.
D) It was a folk sport in so many regions in the world that global popularity was inevitable.
E) It is still considered a folk sport that just happens to be globally enjoyed.

Question 40

Some taboos against eating pork may be partly explained because

A) pigs are not well-suited to hot, arid environments.
B) pigs did not originate from those regions.
C) pigs are filthy animals.
D) of genetically transmitted food allergies.
E) other meats are preferred.

Question 41

The ________ of TV from the United States to the rest of the world took ________ years,but the diffusion of the internet took only ________% of that time.

A) popularity, 50, 10
B) popularity, 30, 50
C) diffusion, 50, 20
D) diffusion 20, 10
E) manufacturing, 50, 20

Question 42

What is one of the major differences in the origin of popular music compared to folk music?

Question 43

Rapid increases in television ownership have been observed most recently in

A) Asia and Latin America.
B) Australia and New Zealand.
C) Europe and Russia.
D) Africa and the Middle East.
E) Canada and the United States.

Question 44

Golf serves as a good example of

A) popular cultural preferences imposing a particular landscape without regard to environment.
B) a folk sport requiring relatively little equipment.
C) a sport with more courses in warm, sunny places than cool or wet locations.
D) the relocation diffusion of popular sports.
E) a sport invented in the 20th century to make better use of the outdoors.

Question 45

An example of a possible new trend of social media is the rapid diffusion to developing countries such as

A) Japan.
B) India.
C) Guatemala.
D) Sudan.
E) Germany.

Question 46

According to map 4.8.4,which countries changed their social media preference to Facebook between 2009 and 2012?

A) Brazil, India, and Mexico
B) Russia, India, and South Africa
C) Brazil, Australia, and India
D) Canada, Germany, England
E) England, Egypt, Argentina

Question 47

Access to the Internet may be limited in some countries for all but which of the following types of content?

A) humorous content
B) political content
C) social content
D) security content
E) Internet tools such as email or searching

Question 48

Do you believe the Amish will be able to preserve their cultural identity 50 years from now? Explain.

Question 49

Discuss television as both an example of and a means for the diffusion of popular culture.

Question 50

Why do leaders of some developing countries fear the loss of folk culture?

Question 51

Which is not true about social media?

A) Social media have started to play a role in breaking the monopoly of government control over the diffusion of information.
B) Social media are even more difficult for governments to block or sensor as compared to TV or Internet.
C) Social media are saturated globally and not significantly growing.
D) In terms of the percentage of global social media users, the United States is on the decline, but still dominates the most popular twitter positions.
E) According to map 4.8.4, China prefers QZone.

Question 52

In what ways do folk cultures respond differently than popular cultures to variations in the local physical environment?

Question 53

The fastest diffusing form of widespread popular media has been

A) Facebook.
B) television.
C) the Internet.
D) Twitter.
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 54

Which statement is not true about conflicts between folk and popular culture?

A) They can lead to violence.
B) The global diffusion of popular culture has challenged the subordination of women to men.
C) They have caused an increase in prostitution in developing countries because of more paying customers from developed countries.
D) They have caused continued diffusion of Amish folk culture by interregional migration.
E) They have lowered the demand for dowries in India.

Question 55

Why has the government of India tried to ban dowries?

A) because dowries can have a negative impact on women, such as women being thrown out on the street or murdered if their families cannot pay the expected dowry
B) because it takes away from the government's tax base
C) because India is trying to become more a part of the global popular culture
D) because the government and people of India want to return to the traditional foundations of the dowry, that was originally the groom's family providing the dowry to the spouses family
E) because it no longer makes sense because of other sources of income available to Indians

Question 56

Discuss the role of transportation and communications in the diffusion of global popular culture.

Question 57

Which statement best captures the conflicts between folk and popular culture?

A) Folk culture is threatened by popular culture more than the reverse.
B) Popular culture is threatened by folk culture more than the reverse.
C) Folk and popular culture represent equal threats to one another.
D) Folk traditions may produce more uniform landscapes.
E) Globalization promotes diverse food preferences.

Question 58

What are some of the negative impacts of the diffusion of popular customs?

Question 59

What is one of the major differences in the process of diffusion of popular culture compared to a folk custom?

Question 60

What is the difference between a custom and a habit?

Question 61

Explain how Uniform Popular Culture can have a negative impact on the environment.

Question 62

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

Question 63

How should the United States reverse the negative impacts of Uniform Popular Culture on the environment?