Unit 3 check
Unit 3 check: Cultural Patterns and Processes
10 questions from 8 lessons in Unit 3. Answer each one, and if you miss, follow the link back to where it is taught, then try again. Your score counts first tries.
Question 1 · from 3.1 · Sort it
A geographer records these observations in hypothetical Town F, a fishing town. Tap a card, then the bin it belongs in.
Part of the town's culture
Not part of its culture
Question 2 · from 3.2 · Fill the statement
Complete the description of a hypothetical lakeside town.
The town's oldest street still carries a name in the language of its first settlers, while a later group's factories now hold apartments, an example of . Its farmhouses of local clay, with thick walls built the way the region has always built, are architecture. Its new city hall, a glass building with a giant pink arch copied from an old temple, is architecture.
Question 3 · from 3.3 · Sort it
Each card describes a hypothetical country. Tap a card, then the kind of force it shows.
Centripetal force
Centrifugal force
Question 4 · from 3.4 · Fill the statement
Complete the description of a custom reaching a hypothetical island.
Families on a mainland carve lanterns from large gourds each autumn. A hypothetical island nearby grows no gourds, so after hearing of the custom, its families carve lanterns from coconut shells. The of the custom reached the island, but the trait itself was , so this is diffusion.
Question 5 · from 3.5 · Match
Hypothetical Country H was a colony of hypothetical Country P, and its coast lies on an old sea trade route. Match each cultural pattern in Country H today to the history that shaped it.
Question 6 · from 3.6 · Decide and justify
Hypothetical District D is a mountain district that kept the same festival songs for centuries while it took a week to reach the nearest city. In one year, a highway and a fast internet connection reach it, and its people stay put. Over the next decade, will the district's festival songs most likely change faster or more slowly than in the centuries before?
Which reason supports your answer?
Setup for question 7
Three hypothetical religions, R, S and T, began in different hearth regions of hypothetical Continent W, which has nine regions. A survey counted each religion's followers and asked those living outside the hearth region how they came to follow it. All the numbers are invented.
| Religion | Total followers | Followers living in the hearth region | Regions with followers | How most followers outside the hearth region came to follow it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 8,000,000 | 7,360,000 | 3 | Their families moved from the hearth to two distant port cities |
| S | 5,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 8 | They joined it in the places where they already lived |
| T | 2,000,000 | 900,000 | 4 | They joined it in towns along one trade route |
Question 7 · from 3.7 · Multiple choice
Based on the table, which religion is best classified as an ethnic religion?
Setup for question 8
Hypothetical Country M surveyed the grandchildren of three migrant groups. When each group arrived, about 60 years ago, its members spoke only their group's home language and held only their own festivals. The figures are invented for this lesson.
| Group | Speak Country M's language | Speak the group's home language | Hold the group's own festivals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group F | 99% | 91% | 87% |
| Group G | 100% | 3% | 5% |
| Group H | 40% | 97% | 95% |
Question 8 · from 3.8 · Rank it
Using the table's columns for the home language and the group's festivals, rank the three groups by how much of their original culture their grandchildren still keep.
Keeps the most of its original culture first
Give each one a place, 1 for first. Give two the same place if they are equal.
Your ranking: none yet
Question 9 · from 3.1 · Fill the statement
A sketch of a hypothetical lakeside village shows three numbered features: (1) houses built on wooden stilts over the water, (2) reeds planted in rows along the shore, and (3) a stall selling smoked fish wrapped in leaves. Complete the geographer's notes on the sketch.
Feature 1, the stilt houses, is a trait of . Feature 2, the rows of reeds, is a trait of . Feature 3, the smoked fish, is a trait of .
Question 10 · from 3.2 · Select all
In hypothetical City H, which two observations show attitudes toward gender shaping the use of space? Select two.
Select 2 answers, then check.
0 of 10 answered.