In a mountain village, lullabies are learned from grandparents and have no known composer. Which characteristic does this evidence best show?

Two fishing towns on the same coast tie nets and name boat parts differently, even though they speak the same language. What feature of small-scale culture is being shown?

A farming community still plants by the same seasonal signs its elders used, changing only when repeated harvests prove a better method. What trait is emphasized?

A desert community builds thick-walled homes with small windows and shaded courtyards using nearby clay. Which characteristic is most directly shown?

Families in a rural district weave baskets for weddings and storage, not for export, using patterns taught at home. What feature does this show?

A dance is learned by watching neighbors during annual harvest gatherings, with no written manual or paid instructor. Which process maintains the practice?

A First Nations community teaches canoe-building, place stories, and seasonal fishing rules as part of its inherited identity. Which description best fits?

In one valley, house form, marriage songs, foodways, and festival rules work together as a shared local way of life. What is this set of related traits?

Amish families moving from Pennsylvania to Ohio establish farms where they keep their dialect, plain dress, and barn-raising customs. How did the practices reach Ohio?

After a regional market day, neighboring villages begin using the same harvest chant because traders and visitors heard it and repeated it nearby. What type of spread is this?

A city designer sees a Navajo rug pattern, then creates a new tile design inspired by it without copying the rug's ritual meanings. What diffusion type best fits?

A ritual calendar used at a main shrine is adopted first by district shrines led by senior priests, then by smaller village shrines. What pattern is described?

Before radio and recordings, Cajun dance tunes were shared mostly at local gatherings, so they were common near south Louisiana and rare farther away. What concept describes this pattern?

A distinct pottery style first developed in one village and later spread to the surrounding villages. What term names the village where the style began?

Conservative Mennonite colonies in Belize, such as Barton Creek, speak Low German, farm with horses, and live apart from nearby towns. What most helps their folk culture survive?

A fashion company prints a highland village's sacred weaving motif on mass-market clothes without the village's permission or credit. What is this called?

Across the Upper South, one-room-deep farmhouses with gable-end chimneys reappear along migration routes. What does this repetition indicate?

Long, narrow farms line a river so each household has water access and road frontage. What cultural landscape pattern is described?

A village's older homes are built of stone from nearby hills, while newer houses use concrete blocks trucked in from the city. What concept helps read this landscape?

A traveler sees the same steep-roofed timber house plan in villages across one snowy mountain region but rarely beyond it. What type of region does this house type mark?

Farmhouses are scattered across individual fields rather than clustered in one village center. Which rural settlement pattern is described?

A compact village is surrounded by farmland divided into long, narrow parcels that families cultivate. Which landscape pattern is shown?

Barn shapes, fence styles, and field layouts in one rural region visibly reflect the customs of its early settlers. What do these features form?

A valley that once wove wool cloth now buys cheap machine-knit imports, and only a few elders still weave. What pressure is illustrated?

A boarding school requires indigenous children to stop using their home language and ceremonies. Which process is the school promoting?

A sacred dance is shortened and performed several times a day for tour groups, with tickets and souvenir sales. What outcome is most directly shown?

A local harvest festival continues but adds saints' images and a church procession introduced by missionaries. Which outcome best fits?

Young people replace a local dialect with the national media language because school, television, and jobs reward it. What pressure is shown?

An indigenous community opens a language nest where elders teach children songs, stories, and place names that had nearly disappeared. What response is this?

After a paved road brings wage work and outside goods, artisans keep weaving ceremonial cloth but alter colors for new buyers. Which outcome is best described?