Name: __________________________ Date:



Name: __________________________ Date: _____________

|1. |Hutterites differ from the Amish in that they |

|A) |reject modern technology. |

|B) |accept modern technology. |

|C) |are Anabaptist. |

|D) |live in Pennsylvania. |

|2. |The only Old Order Anabaptist group who live communally rather than in family farmsteads are the |

|A) |Hutterites |

|B) |Brethren. |

|C) |Mennonites. |

|D) |Amish. |

|3. |Reflecting its origins and cultural tradition, Hutterite leaders speak |

|A) |American English. |

|B) |rarely and never to outsiders. |

|C) |Archaic German. |

|D) |the Amish dialect of French. |

|4. |Over 425 Hutterite communities exist in each of the following states and provinces except: |

|A) |North Dakota. |

|B) |Alberta. |

|C) |Montana. |

|D) |Saskatchewan |

|E) |Arkansas |

|5. |________________ culture is conceived as small, incorporating a homogeneous population, typically rural and cohesive in cultural|

| |traits. |

|A) |Material |

|B) |Popular |

|C) |Folk |

|D) |Local |

|6. |Which is an example of a non-material aspect of culture? |

|A) |church building |

|B) |religious decoration |

|C) |burning of incense |

|D) |an altar |

|7. |A group of people in a particular place who see themselves as a community and who share experience, customs, and traits are |

| |referred to as a |

|A) |local culture. |

|B) |popular culture. |

|C) |folk. |

|D) |material cultural group. |

|8. |In terms of popular culture, cities like Paris, New York, and Milan are referred to as |

|A) |capitals. |

|B) |local cultures. |

|C) |world cities. |

|D) |hearths. |

|9. |The fact that trends in popular culture (e.g. fashion) proceed from large global centers (Milan, Paris, New York) through a |

| |series of progressively smaller cities is an example of |

|A) |diffusion. |

|B) |migration. |

|C) |hierarchical diffusion. |

|D) |relative location. |

|10. |The changes in local culture brought about by the onslaught of popular culture tend to disrupt __________. |

|A) |population |

|B) |economics |

|C) |transport connections |

|D) |customs |

|11. |Government efforts to discourage native practice and languages in the United States and Canada were attempts to _____________ |

| |native groups. |

|A) |segregate |

|B) |protect |

|C) |eradicate |

|D) |assimilate |

|12. |Efforts to conserve local cultures often focus on the local ____________. |

|A) |landmarks |

|B) |boundaries |

|C) |mobility |

|D) |customs |

|13. |Buying a Native American-styled dream catcher at a Wal-Mart store would possibly be an example of |

|A) |cultural appropriation. |

|B) |local custom. |

|C) |assimilation. |

|D) |cultural persistence. |

|14. |Anabaptist groups have tried to restrict contact with the outside world by |

|A) |migrating to rural areas. |

|B) |joining the National Council of Churches. |

|C) |adopting distinctive modes of dress. |

|D) |political protest. |

|15. |Rural local cultures are often dependent on a single economic activity. Customs, beliefs, and artifacts are often intimately |

| |bound up with the economic activities. For example, the customs of the Plains Indians in early nineteenth-century North America |

| |focused on |

|A) |corn agriculture. |

|B) |cattle and sheep herding. |

|C) |fishing. |

|D) |bison hunting. |

|16. |The Makah of Washington State reinstituted _______________ as a means of solidifying their culture and reconnecting with their |

| |past. |

|A) |whaling |

|B) |shamanism |

|C) |courses in Makah history at the local college |

|D) |study of the Makah language |

|17. |According to the text, the Makah whalers used a 50-caliber rifle to kill the gray whale they hunted because |

|A) |it was a traditional custom. |

|B) |it was required by the International Whaling Commission. |

|C) |they had lost knowledge of ancestral harpoon technique. |

|D) |it was more economically efficient. |

|18. |The building of a sense of community identity around the idea of “Swedish-ness” in Lindsborg, Kansas is an example of |

|A) |assimilation. |

|B) |cultural appropriation. |

|C) |globalization. |

|D) |neolocalism. |

|19. |Urban local cultures as in Brooklyn, New York and North End Boston, Massachusetts are seen as positive examples of |

| |_____________, places of cultural persistence. |

|A) |ghettoes |

|B) |ethnic neighborhoods |

|C) |assimilation |

|D) |global villages |

|20. |Recently, Puerto Ricans living in Spanish Harlem in New York feel themselves challenged by the influx of Mexican immigrants to |

| |the neighborhood. This would be an example of the threat of _____________ to an ethnic neighborhood. |

|A) |popular culture |

|B) |other ethnic groups |

|C) |assimilation |

|D) |Gentrification |

|21. |One of the challenges to urban ethnic neighborhoods mentioned in the text is |

|A) |immigration of members of the popular culture. |

|B) |federal tax laws. |

|C) |a breakdown in the sense of separateness. |

|D) |assimilation. |

|22. |Cultural appropriation for purposes of profit (e.g., naming a beer for a Lakota chief) is referred to as an example of |

|A) |cultural imperialism. |

|B) |commodification. |

|C) |ethnic insensitivity. |

|D) |product branding. |

|23. |The commodification process of a local custom or artifact often leads to the development of an image of “authenticity” which |

| |amounts to an example of |

|A) |cultural relativism. |

|B) |cultural parasitism. |

|C) |cultural stereotyping. |

|D) |local autonomy. |

|24. |Branson, Missouri capitalizes on local culture by presenting it as _____________ for tourist consumption. |

|A) |popular |

|B) |timeless |

|C) |cosmopolitan |

|D) |“authentic” |

|25. |In 1830 there were over 290 local breweries in Ireland. The number declined to less than 10 in 1980. Today, Irish beer and |

| |prefabricated Irish pubs are marketed to the world by the global brewing corporation |

|A) |Coors. |

|B) |Guinness. |

|C) |Anheuser-Busch. |

|D) |Heineken. |

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