Unit III Reading Guide - Cultural Patterns and ___________________________ Chapter 4: Folk and Popular Culture Key Issue 1: Where are folk and popular leisure activities distributed? 1. Compare and contrast the origins of folk and popular culture. 2. Compare and contrast the diffusion of folk and popular culture. 3. Compare and contrast the distribution of folk and popular culture. 4. How does soccer represent both folk and popular culture? Key Issue 2: Where are folk and popular material culture distributed? 1. Give two examples of how the physical environment has affected clothing styles. 2. Give two examples of how occupation affects clothing styles. 3. Give two examples of food taboos. 4. Give two examples of how the physical environment affects housing construction. Key Issue 3: Why is access to folk and popular culture unequal? 1. Compare the amount of time it took TV to diffuse worldwide to the amount of time it took the Internet to diffuse worldwide. 2. Give three examples of how media can threaten traditional life in developing countries. 3. Study the maps on page 131. What patterns do you notice regarding countries that have “pervasive filtering” of the internet? Key Issue 4: Why do folk and popular culture face sustainability challenges? 1. Why are some Amish leaving Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, for other parts of the United States? 2. What are some negative impacts of the diffusion of popular culture on Indian women? 3. Why are companies like McDonald’s in favor of creating uniform landscapes? Chapter 5: Language Key Issue 1: Where are folk languages distributed? 1. Why might a country have English or French as its official language even if it is not the language spoken by its people on a daily basis? 2. Study the tree on pages 144-145. What three languages are spoken by the most people in the world? 3. Study the map on pages 146-147. How can you explain the worldwide distribution of the language family? 4. What is unique about Swahili? Key Issue 2: Why is English related to other languages? 1. What are two official languages? 2. When did English first diffuse to the Americas? 3. How did the Romance language branch get its name?
Unit III Reading Guide - Cultural Patterns and ___________________________ Chapter 4: Folk and Popular Culture Key Issue 1: Where are folk and popular leisure activities distributed? 1. Compare and contrast the origins of folk and popular culture. 2. Compare and contrast the diffusion of folk and popular culture. 3. Compare and contrast the distribution of folk and popular culture. 4. How does soccer represent both folk and popular culture? Key Issue 2: Where are folk and popular material culture distributed? 1. Give two examples of how the physical environment has affected clothing styles. 2. Give two examples of how occupation affects clothing styles. 3. Give two examples of food taboos. 4. Give two examples of how the physical environment affects housing construction. Key Issue 3: Why is access to folk and popular culture unequal? 1. Compare the amount of time it took TV to diffuse worldwide to the amount of time it took the Internet to diffuse worldwide. 2. Give three examples of how media can threaten traditional life in developing countries. 3. Study the maps on page 131. What patterns do you notice regarding countries that have “pervasive filtering” of the internet? Key Issue 4: Why do folk and popular culture face sustainability challenges? 1. Why are some Amish leaving Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, for other parts of the United States? 2. What are some negative impacts of the diffusion of popular culture on Indian women? 3. Why are companies like McDonald’s in favor of creating uniform landscapes? Chapter 5: Language Key Issue 1: Where are folk languages distributed? 1. Why might a country have English or French as its official language even if it is not the language spoken by its people on a daily basis? 2. Study the tree on pages 144-145. What three languages are spoken by the most people in the world? 3. Study the map on pages 146-147. How can you explain the worldwide distribution of the language family? 4. What is unique about Swahili? Key Issue 2: Why is English related to other languages? 1. What are two official languages? 2. When did English first diffuse to the Americas? 3. How did the Romance language branch get its name?
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