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Which of the following statements reflects the environmental impact of culture?

Folk culture never causes environmental impacts while popular culture does.

Solid waste is the least visible of wastes generated from culture.

Popular culture may cause a rapid increase in demand for certain natural resources.

Environments are not affected by the level of pollution generated by human activity.

Folk culture does not affect the environment but popular culture does.

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Which of the following characteristics is more typical of popular culture than folk culture?

It has an anonymous origin.

It diffuses slowly from its point of origin.

It results in a more uniform cultural landscape.

It is likely to be derived from physical conditions.

Communication is more limited.

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Diffusion of popular customs can adversely impact environmental quality in two ways:

reducing demand for foreign products and promoting local crafts.

increased diversity and decreased demand.

depletion of scarce resources and pollution.

diversity of products and depletion of change.

using renewable materials and recycled designs.

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As they have more contact with popular culture, women in less developed countries are more likely to

bear more children.

obtain food for the family.

gain more opportunities outside the home.

reduce the practice of prostitution.

be subservient to men.

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People maintain their folk culture despite familiarity with popular culture primarily because of

the high cost of popular customs.

a concern for the physical environment.

a strong desire to preserve unique customs.

a lack of exposure to the media.

a fear of foreign influence.

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Some features of U.S. material culture such as gas stations, supermarkets, and motels

promote a uniform landscape.

reflect the preservation of folk culture.

provide diversity on the U.S. landscape.

promote diffusion of folk culture.

show high regional variation.

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Many less developed countries fear the loss of folk culture because

they do not want to preserve traditional values.

Western perspectives may become more dominant.

popular culture devalues women.

they want to avoid political disputes.

Western clothing styles are less comfortable.

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One impact of large-scale consumption of chicken in more developed countries is to

cause chickens to become an endangered species.

make inefficient use of the world's grain supplies.

diffuse agricultural products into the physical environment.

encourage the development of a new food taboo.

displace pork producers.

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The use of a horse and buggy by the Amish in the United States is an example of one element of

folk culture.

habit.

popular culture.

taboo.

technological innovation.

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Marriage dowries in India reflect

a traditional folk custom.

that some families value male children more.

a popular fad.

the value of women as mothers and wives.

that most families value female children more.

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Popular culture and folk culture can both result in a higher level of

extinction of animal species.

demand for raw materials.

consumption of animal products.

environmental degradation.

All of these answers are correct.

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Which of the following statements are FALSE?

International prostitution is encouraged in some Asian countries as a source of foreign currency.

In general, folk culture is more likely to cause greater uniformity on the landscape than popular culture.

Hotels, fast-food restaurants, and other franchises encourage a uniform appearance on the landscape to promote customer recognition.

Leaders of many developing countries fear that the spread of U.S. popular culture will destroy traditional social behavior.

Adoption of Western popular culture often results in the elimination of traditional folk culture.

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