Custom Repetitive act, characteristic of a group of people.
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The main effect of modern communication systems on social customs has been to
increase the similarity of social customs in different locations.
The current distribution of soccer demonstrates that
a folk custom can become part of popular culture.
Art in the Himalayas shows how folk cultures
are influenced by distinctive vegetation, climate and religion.
Concepts that contemporary geographers reject
physical environment causes people to adapt social customs and people ignore their physical environment
Geographer Vidal de la Blache regarded food supply as
Less subject to modification than the clothing and weapons, folk custom most closely tied to a particular climate, and the
best available example of a folk custom.
Why does China produce more pork than other countries in Southwestern Asia?
Moslems have a taboo against pork
Yuan and Shan people sleep with their heads facing the east
to avoid the direction of evil spirits and death.
What is not an important factor in distinguishing different types of folk housing in the United States?
size of the building
Materials used by settlers in the western territories of the U.S. to build houses indicates that building materials
were influenced by local resources
Today, house types in the United States are distinguished by
few regional distinctions, popular customs vary more in time than place, usually mass produced, and alternative
styles have diffused throughout the country.
In which of the following states would alcohol consumption be low?
New York, Utah, Nevada, California, and Kentucky
Utah
The distribution of alcohol consumption in the U.S. displays the following characteristics
level of income, rapid diffusion, and little regard of the physical environment.
distinctive characteristics of physical environment for wine production
types of wine reflect the presence of trace elements in the soil, quality depends on the weather, vines grow the best
in coarse well drained soil, and the need for moderate, wet winters and long, hot summers.
Clothing in Western countries is influenced by
knowledge of fashion, level of income, and occupation.
Less developed countries fear the loss of folk culture because
Western perspectives may become more dominant.
Depletion of scarce resources and pollution:
Results of the diffusion of popular customs and how it adversely impacts environmental quality.
Western countries supply a large percentage of the television news video, Western values permeate the
media, Western news organizations have the money to hire correspondents around the world, and Western radio
newscast can be heard in most countries.
These are reasons Western dominance of the news is feared in less developed countries.
Why do people maintain their folk culture despite the spreading of popular culture?
a strong desire to preserve the uniqueness of their folk culture
Popular and folk culture can both result in a higher level of
environmental degradation, consumption of animal products, demand for raw material, and extinction of
animal species.
Women gain more opportunities outside the home in less developed countries if
they have more contact with popular culture.
In the United States, the number of golf courses is highest in
the north central states, where there is long tradition of playing golf.
Inefficient use of the World’s grain supply is the result of
large-scale consumption of chicken in more developed countries.
six countries where television technology first developed
United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, and the Soviet Union
Which of these three countries would have the highest wine production per capita, France, Chile, or Brazil?
Which would have the lowest?
France (highest), Brazil (lowest)
What is one of the major differences in the origin of popular culture compared to folk culture?
Popular customs are invented; folk customs have anonymous source, unknown date, unknown originator
What is one major differences in the process of diffusion of popular culture, compared to folk culture?
Popular customs diffuse more rapidly, mode extensively through modern communication systems. Folk customs
diffuse more slowly, at a smaller scale, and through migration.
What television technology foils attempts by the governments to restrict television access?
Satellite dishes and antennas
Why do promoters of popular customs, such as fast food restaurants, seek to create a uniform landscape
appearance?
recognition generates more consumption
Why do leaders of lesser developed countries fear the loss of folk culture?
loss of traditional values, and Western dominance