Cultural Landscapes (College Board AP® Human Geography): Exam Questions

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11 mark
Skyline view of Jerusalem's Old City under a partly cloudy sky, featuring historic stone buildings, churches, and a prominent tower.
The city of Jerusalem, Israel.

Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/brown-concrete-mosquie-ozxwRFG4aD8

Refer to the image above. What cultural landscape phenomenon can be seen here?

  • Postmodernist eclectic architecture

  • Sequent occupancy, with imprints of Christianity, Judaism and Islam.

  • Industrialism

  • Linguistic landscape

  • A cultural realm

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21 mark

 Which of the following is not an example of an ethnic neighbourhood/enclave?

  • China Town in San Fransisco 

  • Little Italy in Manhattan

  • Korea Town in Los Angeles

  • German Christmas Market in Denver

  • Little Havana in Miami

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31 mark

Sequent occupancy is

  • The way that different cultural groups leave imprints on places.

  • The way that neighbourhoods are distinct from the surrounding area

  • The existence of groups of people that were the original people in a particular place

  • The clustering of people from one culture in a space

  • The loss of cultural identity as a group adopts the dominant cultural charactersitics

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41 mark

Why might indigenous languages be at risk of extinction?

  • Cultural relativism

  • Cultural preservation

  • Assimilation

  • Toponyms

  • Diffusion

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51 mark

When concentrations of people from the same culture exist in one space, these are known as

  • Ethnic neighborhoods

  • Indigenous communities

  • Melting pots

  • Cultural hearths

  • Ethnic enclaves

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