Across
- 2. Developed in New York to provide songs for vaudeville shows.
- 7. A repetitive act of a group that becomes characteristic of the group.
- 9. The two most common building materials in the world.
- 10. Carolina, Memphis, Kansas City, Kentucky, and Texas are the 5 types of this folk food custom.
- 12. The world's largest industry due to travel.
- 13. A sport must be practiced in 75 countries and 4 continents for it to be a part of this.
- 14. The primary way that popular culture is distributed around the world today.
- 16. One of the leading factors in determining a culture's social, religious, and ethnic membership.
- 17. First nation to license professional esport players.
- 20. Country that has had the most cyber espionage attacks.
- 23. A restriction on behavior imposed by religious law or social custom.
- 25. Usually practiced by small, homogenous groups living in relative isolation from other groups.
- 26. Popular clothing is more than likely to reflect occupation and this.
- 29. This sport is an example of popular culture affecting the environment because nearly 200 acres are needed to accommodate it.
- 31. What is a city in Europe that has actually fell victim to "overtourism" so much that it has forbidden large cruise ships and reduced Airbnb lodging?
- 33. The two types of this, relocation and expansion, usually has to do with housing in the United States.
- 36. The world's most important electronic media format.
- 38. African nation that has the least amount of access to electricity.
- 40. The body of material possessions, customary beliefs, and social norms that become traditions of a group of people.
- 41. This company removed 94,000 apps from the products they sold in China in 2020.
- 42. Which continent has the most restrictions on Internet freedom?
- 43. Country where Instagram is most popular.
Down
- 1. Found in large heterogenous societies that share certain customs despite some differences.
- 3. This offers people the best opportunity to learn about other cultures firsthand.
- 4. Most popular messaging application in the world.
- 5. Largest social media platform in the world.
- 6. Many leaders in developing countries look at the United States control of the world's television programming as a form of economic and cultural __________.
- 8. In America, ownership of this was 35% in 2011 and is now above 90%.
- 11. While it took about 60 years for the television to reach 900 users for every 1000 people, it only took 30 years to reach 900 for this.
- 15. This "variety show" was created in the United States around 1900 and started the popular culture music industry.
- 18. For a society to enjoy changes in popular culture, this often has to change dramatically by land being cleared, waterways being occupied, and natural resources being extracted. An example is Ski Dubai.
- 19. This international event led to the diffusion of American popular music worldwide.
- 21. Amount of U.S. states where Amish folk culture is still apparent.
- 22. Country that started soccer.
- 24. Most popular sport in the world.
- 27. Country where WeChat is most prevalent.
- 28. Around 39,000 franchises in over 100 countries, it has become a symbol of American popular food culture worldwide.
- 30. The most popular video streaming service in the United States.
- 32. This musical genre is most popular in the United States' midwest.
- 34. Largest music streaming service in the world.
- 35. The contribution of a location's distinctive physical features to the way food tastes is known as this.
- 37. Every culture in human history has some tradition of this.
- 39. At one time, this Kansas-based company was forced to shut down all its services worldwide due to cyberattacks.