Question 1

What is the best description of the homogenization thesis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Globalization decreases sameness, shown by decreases in similar cultural products. 
B)  Globalization increases sameness, shown by increases in similar cultural products. 
C)  Globalization decreases difference, shown by increases in different cultural products. 
D)  Globalization increases difference, shown by decreases in different cultural products. 
A)  Globalization decreases sameness, shown by decreases in similar cultural products. 
B)  Globalization increases sameness, shown by increases in similar cultural products. 
C)  Globalization decreases difference, shown by increases in different cultural products. 
D)  Globalization increases difference, shown by decreases in different cultural products. B

Question 2

The connection between culture and specific places is signified as the _____ of culture. Also important is the process of _____, in which cultures are lifted from particular places.

Accepted Answer

A)  territorialization; deterritorialization 
B)  territorialization; globalization 
C)  deterritorialization; cultural appropriation 
D)  deterritorialization; territorialization 
A)  territorialization; deterritorialization 
B)  territorialization; globalization 
C)  deterritorialization; cultural appropriation 
D)  deterritorialization; territorialization A

Question 3

What term describes the business strategy that companies like Coca-Cola employ by marketing and selling both global Coca-Cola brands alongside brands that appeal to unique tastes and ingredients?

Accepted Answer

A)  globalization 
B)  deterritorialization 
C)  glocalization 
D)  reterritorialization 
A)  globalization 
B)  deterritorialization 
C)  glocalization 
D)  reterritorialization C

Question 4

What is most responsible for the deterritorialization of culture, representing important networks of information and capital flows that are particularly culturally embedded?

Accepted Answer

A)  neoliberal agencies 
B)  popular culture and media 
C)  migrant communities 
D)  transnational corporations 
A)  neoliberal agencies 
B)  popular culture and media 
C)  migrant communities 
D)  transnational corporations

Question 5

As the access and choices associated mass tourism increase, what becomes the most in-demand destination experience?

Accepted Answer

A)  larger group experiences like cruise ships 
B)  a restricted experience, away from the crowds 
C)  smaller distance experiences like "locavore" movements 
D)  a faraway experience, away from anything familiar or safe 
A)  larger group experiences like cruise ships 
B)  a restricted experience, away from the crowds 
C)  smaller distance experiences like "locavore" movements 
D)  a faraway experience, away from anything familiar or safe

Question 6

What region was at the top of the hierarchy of geographical knowledge production, as a function of its economic and military power at the time?

Accepted Answer

A)  Western Europe 
B)  Middle East 
C)  East Asia 
D)  Russia 
A)  Western Europe 
B)  Middle East 
C)  East Asia 
D)  Russia

Question 7

What specifically has made mass tourism possible and opened up access to the market?

Accepted Answer

A)  increase in vacation time 
B)  growth in global wealth 
C)  increase in life expectancy 
D)  space-time convergence 
A)  increase in vacation time 
B)  growth in global wealth 
C)  increase in life expectancy 
D)  space-time convergence

Question 8

What is NOT an example of a cultural region?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Mormon region has its core in Utah and Idaho and extends west and south. 
B)  The American South has a distinct speech, sense of self, and regional history. 
C)  The Amazon Basin is an area of extensive rainforest with various settlements. 
D)  The early diffusion of Islam spread along trading routes from the core outward. 
A)  The Mormon region has its core in Utah and Idaho and extends west and south. 
B)  The American South has a distinct speech, sense of self, and regional history. 
C)  The Amazon Basin is an area of extensive rainforest with various settlements. 
D)  The early diffusion of Islam spread along trading routes from the core outward.

Question 9

What is an example of Occidentalism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Western perspectives dominate in the description of non-Western places. 
B)  Non-Western perspectives that come to produce anti-Western ideas and writings. 
C)  Importance of class and status to economic, political, and social elites across cultures. 
D)  Status and class are tied into a social hierarchy similar to the caste system in India. 
A)  Western perspectives dominate in the description of non-Western places. 
B)  Non-Western perspectives that come to produce anti-Western ideas and writings. 
C)  Importance of class and status to economic, political, and social elites across cultures. 
D)  Status and class are tied into a social hierarchy similar to the caste system in India.

Question 10

Why do cultural geographers critique the homogenization thesis and instead argue for the existence of a variety of global cultures?

Accepted Answer

A)  similar cultural goods mean different things in different places 
B)  world peoples' growing familiarity with the presence of different cultures 
C)  geographers have observed a growing concern with authenticity and local cultures 
D)  all of these 
A)  similar cultural goods mean different things in different places 
B)  world peoples' growing familiarity with the presence of different cultures 
C)  geographers have observed a growing concern with authenticity and local cultures 
D)  all of these

Question 11

What architectural form makes use of local resources and traditions in design and construction?

Accepted Answer

A)  transnational 
B)  vernacular 
C)  modernist 
D)  deconstructivist 
A)  transnational 
B)  vernacular 
C)  modernist 
D)  deconstructivist

Question 12

What is culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  it is based upon a theoretical set of characteristics 
B)  it is a continual process of being made and remade 
C)  it is produced as a permanent material product 
D)  it is based upon humankind's mastery over nature 
A)  it is based upon a theoretical set of characteristics 
B)  it is a continual process of being made and remade 
C)  it is produced as a permanent material product 
D)  it is based upon humankind's mastery over nature

Question 13

What term best describes a cultural region's boundaries?

Accepted Answer

A)  uncontested 
B)  fixed 
C)  homogenous 
D)  fluid 
A)  uncontested 
B)  fixed 
C)  homogenous 
D)  fluid

Question 14

What is NOT an example of a transnational architectural style?

Accepted Answer

A)  Neoclassical forms in the US to evoke democratic values 
B)  Folk designs of churches built from birch felled in local forests 
C)  Modernist forms of government buildings in various countries 
D)  Postmodern skyscrapers adorn urban skylines of many world cities 
A)  Neoclassical forms in the US to evoke democratic values 
B)  Folk designs of churches built from birch felled in local forests 
C)  Modernist forms of government buildings in various countries 
D)  Postmodern skyscrapers adorn urban skylines of many world cities

Question 15

Why have American cultural products been so particularly successful at global dispersal?

Accepted Answer

A)  American cultural products are already produced for a heterogeneous experience. 
B)  Following its increased political visibility, there is a growing global interest in US culture. 
C)  American transnational corporations economically and culturally globalize other states. 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  American cultural products are already produced for a heterogeneous experience. 
B)  Following its increased political visibility, there is a growing global interest in US culture. 
C)  American transnational corporations economically and culturally globalize other states. 
D)  All of the above.

Question 16

What is NOT one of the dynamically linked sources of cultural production?

Accepted Answer

A)  connection with the local 
B)  relationship with the national 
C)  interaction with the global 
D)  affiliation with the static past 
A)  connection with the local 
B)  relationship with the national 
C)  interaction with the global 
D)  affiliation with the static past

Question 17

What is a paracme?

Accepted Answer

A)  rapid adoption and slow rejection of a practice 
B)  rejection of a former innovation, idea, or practice 
C)  slow adoption, then followed by slow rejection of an idea 
D)  quick diffusion of a practice, followed by a long, slow decline 
A)  rapid adoption and slow rejection of a practice 
B)  rejection of a former innovation, idea, or practice 
C)  slow adoption, then followed by slow rejection of an idea 
D)  quick diffusion of a practice, followed by a long, slow decline

Question 18

How do scholars today describe how knowledge and mapping of the world occurred?

Accepted Answer

A)  Europeans used technical advances to explore and map the rest of the world. 
B)  New knowledge was created through interactions of explorers and locals. 
C)  European's found existing indigenous cartographies to be unscientific and flawed. 
D)  New colonies of Europe were all mapped using only indigenous local knowledge. 
A)  Europeans used technical advances to explore and map the rest of the world. 
B)  New knowledge was created through interactions of explorers and locals. 
C)  European's found existing indigenous cartographies to be unscientific and flawed. 
D)  New colonies of Europe were all mapped using only indigenous local knowledge.

Question 19

What economic context do specific cultural industries and forms of practice emerge within?

Accepted Answer

A)  mature capitalist economies 
B)  most developed countries 
C)  affluent urban areas 
D)  all of these 
A)  mature capitalist economies 
B)  most developed countries 
C)  affluent urban areas 
D)  all of these

Question 20

What is the process by which the commodification of some local cultures gets dispersed worldwide?

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural economy 
B)  ornamentalism 
C)  cultural globalization 
D)  glocalization 
A)  cultural economy 
B)  ornamentalism 
C)  cultural globalization 
D)  glocalization

What is the best description of the homogenization thesis?

The connection between culture and specific places is signified as the _ of culture. Also important is the process of _, in which cultures are lifted from particular places.

What term describes the business strategy that companies like Coca-Cola employ by marketing and selling both global Coca-Cola brands alongside brands that appeal to unique tastes and ingredients?

What is most responsible for the deterritorialization of culture, representing important networks of information and capital flows that are particularly culturally embedded?

As the access and choices associated mass tourism increase, what becomes the most in-demand destination experience?

What region was at the top of the hierarchy of geographical knowledge production, as a function of its economic and military power at the time?

What specifically has made mass tourism possible and opened up access to the market?

What is NOT an example of a cultural region?

What is an example of Occidentalism?

Why do cultural geographers critique the homogenization thesis and instead argue for the existence of a variety of global cultures?

What architectural form makes use of local resources and traditions in design and construction?

What is culture?

What term best describes a cultural region's boundaries?

What is NOT an example of a transnational architectural style?

Why have American cultural products been so particularly successful at global dispersal?

What is NOT one of the dynamically linked sources of cultural production?

What is a paracme?

How do scholars today describe how knowledge and mapping of the world occurred?

What economic context do specific cultural industries and forms of practice emerge within?

What is the process by which the commodification of some local cultures gets dispersed worldwide?

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The Nature of Geography

Population Dynamics

Population and Food

Population and Resources

People and the Environment

The Geography of Three Economic Sectors

The Economic Geography of Uneven Development

The Geography of Population

The Geography of Religion

The Geography of Language

Creating a Global Economy

World Orders

The Nation-State

The Urban Transformation

Networks of Cities

The Internal Structure of the City

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Exam 13: The Global Geography of Culture

What is the best description of the homogenization thesis?

The connection between culture and specific places is signified as the _____ of culture. Also important is the process of _____, in which cultures are lifted from particular places.

What term describes the business strategy that companies like Coca-Cola employ by marketing and selling both global Coca-Cola brands alongside brands that appeal to unique tastes and ingredients?

What is most responsible for the deterritorialization of culture, representing important networks of information and capital flows that are particularly culturally embedded?

As the access and choices associated mass tourism increase, what becomes the most in-demand destination experience?

What region was at the top of the hierarchy of geographical knowledge production, as a function of its economic and military power at the time?

What specifically has made mass tourism possible and opened up access to the market?

What is NOT an example of a cultural region?

What is an example of Occidentalism?

Why do cultural geographers critique the homogenization thesis and instead argue for the existence of a variety of global cultures?

What architectural form makes use of local resources and traditions in design and construction?

What is culture?

What term best describes a cultural region's boundaries?

What is NOT an example of a transnational architectural style?

Why have American cultural products been so particularly successful at global dispersal?

What is NOT one of the dynamically linked sources of cultural production?

What is a paracme?

How do scholars today describe how knowledge and mapping of the world occurred?

What economic context do specific cultural industries and forms of practice emerge within?

What is the process by which the commodification of some local cultures gets dispersed worldwide?

The Home Planet

The Nature of Geography

Population Dynamics

Population and Food

Population and Resources

People and the Environment

The Geography of Three Economic Sectors

The Economic Geography of Uneven Development

The Geography of Population

The Geography of Religion

The Geography of Language

Creating a Global Economy

World Orders

The Nation-State

The Urban Transformation

Networks of Cities

The Internal Structure of the City

Filters

The connection between culture and specific places is signified as the _ of culture. Also important is the process of _, in which cultures are lifted from particular places.