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The haka is a traditional Maori war dance meant to display aggressiveness and fearlessness.

A) True
B) False

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For Carl Sauer,culture is the agent that transforms a natural landscape into a cultural landscape.

A) True
B) False

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Different cultural groups can have the same cultural trait(s).

A) True
B) False

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Language hearths are the source regions of languages.

A) True
B) False

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  -The country of Mongolia is identified by the number A)  20. B)  30. C)  40. D)  50. E)  60. -The country of Mongolia is identified by the number


A) 20.
B) 30.
C) 40.
D) 50.
E) 60.

F) None of the above
G) B) and C)

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  -Islam -Islam

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Pick three of the world's major religions and discuss where they originated and to where they have diffused.

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Match the distinguishing feature or trait the religion that holds it. -Hinduism


A) evolved from Hinduism
B) lowlands in the subcontinent of India
C) first monotheistic religion
D) means "submission"
E) has the greatest number of converts in the core countries
F) based on a saviour who lived, died, and was resurrected

G) A) and E)
H) E) and F)

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A cultural system of traits,territorial affiliation,and shared history


A) does not allow for internal variation within the system.
B) helps shape a group's collective identity.
C) means that all group members speak the same language.
D) means that all group members practice the same religion.
E) means the group is racist.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

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While emphasizing Montreal's special situation,present some facts associated with the changing position and status of the French language in Quebec.

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Languages of the Eskimo-Aleut family arrived the earliest in what became Canada.

A) True
B) False

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For the geographer,which most characterizes ethnicity at the group level?


A) bringing together several languages or religions
B) avoidance of public displays related to its ethnicity
C) a socially created system of rules governing who is and is not a member of the group
D) association with nation-building objectives
E) political activism

F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

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Descansos along roadsides in Mexico and Spain are examples of cultural


A) traits.
B) systems.

C) A) and B)
D) undefined

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According to the authors of the text,the best way of thinking about culture is to distinguish folk from popular culture.

A) True
B) False

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The practice of canon law for Catholics,which requires fasting during the holy season of Lent,


A) is among the primary obligations of Catholics.
B) is a rite of passage for Catholics.
C) constitutes a cultural trait.
D) is known as a bar mitzvah.
E) is a coming-of-age ceremony.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

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Culture is found only among ethnically homogeneous groups.

A) True
B) False

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During the city's early phase of expansion,the bungalow was the leading form of housing in Vancouver's suburbs.

A) True
B) False

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Judaism is a monotheistic religion.

A) True
B) False

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Briefly explain Vidal de la Blache's approach and contribution to cultural geography.

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Diasporas have contributed especially to the spread of ________ around the world.


A) religion
B) disease
C) dialects
D) conflict
E) trade

F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

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