NAME:_______________________________________________________CLASS:______DUE:______________
AP HUMAN GEO UNIT 3 STUDY GUIDE – CULTURE & LANGUAGE
In order to properly prepare for the test, go back over your in-class notes, vocabulary, and reading questions. This
study guide is meant to help you review the BIG ideas and concepts, but remember, anything we have studied in this
unit is fair game.
FORMAT: Multiple-choice, Short Answer, Asia/Middle East Map
CULTURE
1. How is culture defined? What are the important things to remember about culture and its role around the world?
2. What is folk culture? Examples?
3. What is popular culture? Examples?
4. What is pop culture? Examples?
5. What role(s) do taboos have in culture?
6. What is a cultural trait? Complex? Region? Realm? Provide examples.
7. What is a cultural hearth? Where are the typical cultural hearths today? Why?
8. What are some common barriers to cultural diffusion?
9. What is the difference between relocation and expansion diffusion?
10. Describe the different ways in which culture can diffuse through the expansion process.
LANGUAGE
11. What is the importance of language? What does it do?
12. What is the difference between an official language and a standard language?
13. How/why has English become a global language?
14. What are the origins of English?
15. What is a dialect? What can we learn from a dialect?
16. What are the parts of the language family tree?
17. What are the two main theories of the origins of the Indo-European language family? What are the main
differences between the two theories?
ASIA/MIDDLE EAST MAP
1. Be able to locate and label all countries in each region.
2. Be able to locate and label the following physical features:
-Aral Sea
-Arabian Sea
-Yellow Sea
-Sea of Japan
-Indian Ocean
-Bay of Bengal
-South China Sea
-East China Sea
-Pacific Ocean
-Yellow River
-Yangtze River
-Indus River
-Ganges River
-Mekong River
-Himalaya Mts.
-Ural Mts.
-Gobi Desert
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Nile River
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Arabian Sea
Persian Gulf
Gulf of Aden