Exam 4: Folk and Popular Culture

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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B

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

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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.

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

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B

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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