Advanced Placement Human Geography Name__________________________
Chapter 4 Study Guide “Folk and popular Culture” Block______
1. What aspect of culture does this chapter deal with?
2. What is the difference between “Culture” and “Custom”?
3. What is “Material Culture”?
4. What is the difference between “Folk Culture” and “Popular Culture”?
5. Give 3 examples of material folk culture and 3 examples of popular culture.
6. What aspect of folk and pop culture are geographers interested in?
7. Name 2 factors that “Pop Culture” is dependent on.
8. Why is pop culture dependent on globalization today?
9. What is a “Hearth”?
10. Where is the source of “Folk Music” thought to have been?
11. What was the purpose of “folk music”?
12. Where was the source of American folk music?
13. When and where was the origin of American popular music?
14. Where was “Tin Pan Alley”/
15. When and how was American “popular music” diffused around the world?
16. When and where was “Hip Hop” started?
17. Name 2 nodes of modern pop music.
18. How does “Amish” relocation illustrate the diffusion of folk culture?
19. When and where did the Amish originate?
20. How were the Amish able to maintain their culture when they came to the U.S. ?
21. Name the 3 major states where the Amish reside today.
22. Why have many of the Amish migrated from SE Pennsylvania ?
23. What is the most popular sport in the world and what are its origins?
24. What country diffused the sport of soccer football in Europe around the world?
25. What methods were used to diffuse soccer?
26. Why didn’t soccer become popular in the U.S. originally?
27. From what sport did American football evolve?
28. From what or where did the following sports originate:
a. Cricket-
b. Martial Arts-
c. Lacrosse-
29. Give 3 examples of how folk culture mirrors their religious views of the environment.
30. Give an example of how folk culture totally ignores the environment.
31. Why is there such a food diversity in Transylvania ? (Give 3 examples)
32. Give 3 examples of “food taboos.
33. Why is the “House” considered to be an essential for understanding cultural geography?
34. Name 2 factors that influence the choice of building materials.
35. Name 2 factors that influence the “form” of a house.
36. Name and describe 3 major hearths of folk houses in the U. S.
37. Why don’t houses of today reflect certain regional distinctiveness?
38. Regarding modern housing styles what type of house style was predominant in the following periods?
a. 1920-1930-
b. 1945-1960-
c. 1960s-
d. 1970s-
39. Name 2 factors that influence popular clothing styles.
40. Why have “jeans” become a status symbol in countries?
41. Give 2 examples of how types of alcohol are influenced by culture.
42. Name 2 factors that influence the growing of grapes for wine.
43. How is wine consumption influenced by culture?
44. What six categories does the level of television service fall into?
45. Why do many countries control television programs?
46. What has been the effect of satellite dishes in many countries?
47. Name and describe 4 major effects of the “globalization of popular culture”? (also give an example of each effect).
48. Why has the government of India attempted to ban “dowries”?
49. Why is popular culture less likely to be influenced by the environment?
50. Why does southeast and the west have so many golf courses?
51. What is meant by the term “Uniformity”? (Give 2 examples)
52. Why are fast-food restaurants good examples of “uniformity”?
53. Name 2 ways the diffusion of popular customs can adversely affect the environment. (Give an example of each).