AP Human Geography-Unit 3 EXAM
GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
AND COMPLETE ANSWERS
culture - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a group of belief systems, norms, and values practiced
by a people EX) Makan American Indians who hunt whales
folk/local culture - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅how a group of people in a place that see
themselves and share customs/traits. OR a small culture that incorporates a homogeneous
population that is typically rural and cohesive in cultural traits.
folklore - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a
community, passed through generations by word of mouth
popular culture - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅large culture that incorporates heterogeneous
populations, is typically urban, and experiences quick changing traits.
material culture - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the things a group of people construct,
including homes, clothing, sports, and foods. (Must be tangible)
nonmaterial culture - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅beliefs, practices, and values of a group of
people. EX) bowing as a greeting
cultural appropriation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the process by which other cultures
adopt customs and knowledge and use them for their own benefit EX) People not of the culture
getting henna tattoos
neocolonialism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅seeking out the regional culture and
reinvigorating it in the response to uncertainty of the modern world. EX) In Lindsborg, Kansas,
they proclaim their town Little Sweden, USA
, ethnic neighborhoods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅tight nit neighborhoods within a major
city where local cultures have built a world apart to practice their customs, a result of chain
migration
EX) Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn, NY
commodification - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the process through which something (a
name, good, idea, or person) becomes an object that can be bought and sold in the world market,
when it previously wasn't regarded so.
time-space compression - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅explains how quickly innovations
diffuse and refers to how interlinked two places are through transportation and communication
reterritorialization - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a term referring to a process in which
people start to produce an aspect of popular culture themselves, doing so in the context of their
local culture and place, making it their own. EX) Hip hop spread from NY and LA to major
cities in Europe
hierarchical diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅can occur through a hierarchy of places.
The hearth is the point of origin. Large cities to smaller ones (trickles down)
contagious diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅idea spreads from person to person EX)
word of mouth
stimulus diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅when an exact idea can't be adopted in a
certain area (due to cultural barriers, etc.) leading to altering of the idea. It is a stimulus for
newer ideas. EX) non-meat burgers at McDonald's in India
relocation diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅when individuals who have adopted the
idea move to new places and disseminate it. The hearth loses strength in the idea and the places
the individuals move to gain strength in it. EX) Buddhism started in India, but now has more
followers in Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar
GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
AND COMPLETE ANSWERS
culture - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a group of belief systems, norms, and values practiced
by a people EX) Makan American Indians who hunt whales
folk/local culture - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅how a group of people in a place that see
themselves and share customs/traits. OR a small culture that incorporates a homogeneous
population that is typically rural and cohesive in cultural traits.
folklore - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a
community, passed through generations by word of mouth
popular culture - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅large culture that incorporates heterogeneous
populations, is typically urban, and experiences quick changing traits.
material culture - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the things a group of people construct,
including homes, clothing, sports, and foods. (Must be tangible)
nonmaterial culture - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅beliefs, practices, and values of a group of
people. EX) bowing as a greeting
cultural appropriation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the process by which other cultures
adopt customs and knowledge and use them for their own benefit EX) People not of the culture
getting henna tattoos
neocolonialism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅seeking out the regional culture and
reinvigorating it in the response to uncertainty of the modern world. EX) In Lindsborg, Kansas,
they proclaim their town Little Sweden, USA
, ethnic neighborhoods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅tight nit neighborhoods within a major
city where local cultures have built a world apart to practice their customs, a result of chain
migration
EX) Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn, NY
commodification - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the process through which something (a
name, good, idea, or person) becomes an object that can be bought and sold in the world market,
when it previously wasn't regarded so.
time-space compression - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅explains how quickly innovations
diffuse and refers to how interlinked two places are through transportation and communication
reterritorialization - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a term referring to a process in which
people start to produce an aspect of popular culture themselves, doing so in the context of their
local culture and place, making it their own. EX) Hip hop spread from NY and LA to major
cities in Europe
hierarchical diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅can occur through a hierarchy of places.
The hearth is the point of origin. Large cities to smaller ones (trickles down)
contagious diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅idea spreads from person to person EX)
word of mouth
stimulus diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅when an exact idea can't be adopted in a
certain area (due to cultural barriers, etc.) leading to altering of the idea. It is a stimulus for
newer ideas. EX) non-meat burgers at McDonald's in India
relocation diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅when individuals who have adopted the
idea move to new places and disseminate it. The hearth loses strength in the idea and the places
the individuals move to gain strength in it. EX) Buddhism started in India, but now has more
followers in Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar
