Human Geography ap FRQ
The differences between folk culture and popular culture are many things. Folk culture is usually within a single ethnicity, is in rural societies, and is within a smaller population. Popular culture on the other hand, is usually in urban societies and consists of many ethnic backgrounds over a large population. Folk culture preserves the past of the rural communities so it makes sure not to change to much while popular culture changes frequently.
The Amish is a group that has resisted popular culture to preserve their more traditional way of life. They do this through religious faith and peer pressure.
Globalization has not only affected popular culture but has also affected the way it spreads. It has made popular have the ability to spread a lot easier. It has made it that folk culture and restrictive governments having a hard time preventing people from being influenced by the popular culture.
The lack of isolation has greatly influenced the English language. Many countries have invaded, had a conflict, or had interaction with England and greatly influenced the language. Also when English first landed in North America, settlers were from a diversity of social classes and when they came back, the language was dispersed widely throughout England.
There are many differences between British and American English. The three main differences are pronunciation, vocabulary, and spelling. The main reason for these differences arose was due to the British having their empire over such a large area of land. It covered so many countries that they were bound to adopt some parts of the countries language. On the other hand, American English was only influenced by the Native Americans and other countries with North America.
The way that the dialects in the United States is that the isolation back before globalization and being able to easily