Ch 4-6 Albert and Quizzes

What is the best definition of a religion

A belief system especially with a supernatural being or God like figure

Which statement best describes what will happen to the global diversity of languages within the next century

A significant decrease in the number of languages due to globalization

Which statement best describes the distribution of the Jewish population in the world

About half of all Jews live in Israel the rest are concentrated in urban areas of Europe and North America

The Hongi is a traditional Maori greeting and us and example of which of the following concepts

Acculturation

Gumbo and jazz are terms that originated in the English dialects of

African Americans

What do the following elements of culture have common; Indian Hannah tattoos ;Theravada Buddhism beliefs; the idea that women take care of kids instead of men; the basque language

All diffused from a heartj

Which of the following images is not a reflection of the cultural landscape

All reflect the cultural landscape

Which of the following is crucial to defining a societies culture

All the above; believes and values; forms of behavior social organizations; tools, structures, and artifacts

British and American English differ in all of the following but

Alphabet

Christianity Islam and Buddhism are all alike in that they are

Are examples of universal religions

Which universalizing religion is portrayed in the diffusion map above

Buddhism

Which of the following is not a Romance language

Bulgarian

According to the map of the US which of the following is a dominant religion in the state of Texas

Catholic

The four most frequently spoken branches of Indo-European include all but

Celtic

Which of the following religions is not a highly represented in India

Christianity

Wine production would most likely be found in a region where which religion predominantly practice

Christianity

The following religions are monotheistic

Christianity, Islam, Judaism

Blue laws; which of the following best explains the reason why these laws were so prevalent throughout the US for much of the country's history

Early American laws economic and social activities were strongly influenced by protestant religious beliefs

On the map above which region has the lowest percentage of English speakers by region

East Asia

What statement about universalizing religions is correct

Easy to join; seeks converts; B and C only

Which of the following language concepts is depicted on the map above

English dialect in the United States

Signs like the one above at a cathedral in Dallas, Texas can be found on the cultural landscape throughout much of Southwest and United states for all the following reasons except

English in Spanish belong to the same language branch

Which of the following best explains the reason the English is included on the signs

English is the lingua Franca in the country

___Is there a religion in particular to distinguish a group which does not seek converts

Ethnic religion

Which of the following best describes a shaded areas on the map above

Formal regions

By definition which of these applies to ethnic religions

Found near their hearths

Which of the following is the best example of a cultural complex

French nationalism

___is to Canada as ___ is the the United States

French; Spanish

The concept where a religious group believes their way is the only right way and can enforce their beliefs justify conflict and possibly violence is called

Fundamentalism

Which of the following statements is true regarding religion

Fundamentalism is a literal translation and strict adherence to religious principles

English is part of which language branch

Germanic

food taboo to not eat beef

Hindu culture

Jerusalem is a sacred city for all of the following religions except

Hinduism

Which religion is practice by people who make pilgrimages to sacred sites shown in the images

Hinduism

Which pair are both considered ethnic religions?

Hinduism and Judaism

Despite being the worlds oldest religion Hinduism has fewer followers and a much smaller spatial distribution then both Christianity and Islam which of the following accurately explains why this is so

Hinduism is an ethnic religion that does not seek converts and spreads via relocation diffusion

How are Buddhism and Hinduism different?

Hindus have a rigid caste system, Buddhist reject the caste system

Which of the following choices the best example of a literary tradition is

Historical documents and religious texts over and shit in my head that are partly destroyed by Spanish conquerors

The Icelandic language ha changed less than any other Germanic language because of

Iceland's relative isolation from other places

Which of the following countries most likely has the highest percentage of people practicing an ethnic rather than a universalizing religion

India

Colonization during the industrial revolution distributed to the global diffusion of languages from which language family

Indo European

Which of the following language families is the largest in terms of the total number of speakers

Indo-European

Which county would be a good example of theocracy

Iran

The Shia (Shi'ite) Muslim population is concentrated in

Iran and part of Iraq

Which of the following religions is currently the most important religion in its area of origin

Islam

Which of the following depicts the spacial arrangement of language across space

Isoglosses

All of the following would describe the English language except

It is an icogloss

All of the following statements are true regarding universalizing religions except

It is typically a very difficult to convert to a universalizing religion

Europe's Roman Catholic population is largely concentrated in the southern part of the continent. This is due to

It's proximity to Rome

The above images are all elements from the___faith

Jewish

Many ethnic religions have large populations exclusively near the hearth which religion is not typical of this pattern

Judaism

Which of the following is considered an ethnic religion

Judaism

Identify one element of a non-material culture

Language

After the Roman empire collapse which of the following happened

Language divergence, as a result of isolation, created the Romance languages

According to the Indo-European language tree map which languages are most similar

Latvian and Lithuanian

Groups living in close proximity to one another yet practicing uniquely different social customs suggest

Limited connections due to topographic, linguistic, or ethnic barriers

___Is the term for a common language between speakers of different languages for the purpose of trade and commerce

Lingua Franca

The language spoken by the greatest number of native speakers in the world is

Mandarin

Which of the following does not match the religion that is appropriate architecture/place of worship

Minaret-Taoism

Food taboo to not eat pork

Muslim culture

Creole languages are most likely to be spoken in which city

New Orleans Louisiana

Marija Gimbutas has contributed to the ________ theory

Nomadic warrior

In which regions of the world where folk culture is dominant would clothing like women wearing hijabs and burqas be found

North Africa and the Middle East

The religious taboo regarding the consumption of alcohol can be a geographically associated with which region

North Africa and the Middle East

The largest concentration of Protestants in the world is

Northern Europe

The first Baptist meeting house in Providence Rhode Island is the oldest Baptist Church in the United States it serves as an example of all the fall and concepts below except

Placelessness

The most widely spoken language in Brazil is

Portuguese

The___is the holy book in Islam; where ___is the holy book in Judaism

Quarn; Torah

The main difference between languages in the same family, branch, or a group is how

Recently in time the languages were once the same

They can be both material and nonmaterial representations of culture which of the following is a non-material representation of culture

The smell of burning incense

Which of the following would be considered a sacred site in Judaism

The western wall in Jerusalem

Americans in the north use the term pale and Americans in the south use term bucket which of the following concepts is illustrated by the example provided above

Dialect

The original worldwide diffusion of Christianity took place during which of the following time periods

During the era of colonialism and 16 century

What terms do geographers used to refer to place names

Toponyms

Building materials used to build both houses rely heavily on the environmental resources available in the region

True

Religiously turkey differs from Saudi Arabia in which of the following ways

Turkey is more westernized and secular than Saudi Arabia

___Is a belief system that promotes one truth and seeks teach this to around the world to anyone who will listen

Universalizing religion

Which statement below is the most accurate by describing a universalizing religion

Universalizing religions are practiced in many regions of the world

Islam diffused across the Eastern Hemisphere through

War, trade, missionaries, migration; all of the above

The above image features pilgrims performing the Tawaf during the Hajj. All of the following cultural concepts are featured except

acculturation

Ethnic religions

are made up of homogeneous populations and do not seek converts; A and B only

Religions influence on the cultural landscape can be seen in all following ways except

commercial districts

Dialects developed within England primarily because

different Germanic invaders settled in different regions

A pidgin language

has no native speakers

Basque is a good example of a(n)

isolated language

When people who speak a given language migrate to a different location and become isolated from other members of their group

isolation usually results in the differentiation of one language into dialects, followed eventually by two distinct languages.

A group of languages that share a common origin but have since evolved into individual languages is a

language family

In Europe many Catholics are less likely to attend church or to be active in their religious community this is due to the rise

secularism

The survival of any language relies on

the spread of its speakers' material culture

According to Colin Renfrew's research, Indo-European languages diffused across Europe

with the diffusion of agriculture

For example the following their religious beliefs, Hindu cultures don't eat___whereas Muslim cultures don't eat___

Beef;pork

Which of the following is not an example of material culture

Beliefs

Which of the following explains the main reason why Mormonism is dominant in the state of Utah

Believers migrated west to Utah to flee from religious persecution on the East Coast

Capitalizing on aspects of culture is he create value for a group is it example of what concept

Commodification

What language theory explains the spread of language from the South of the Caucasus airing the southern Caspain Sea into Iran and India and into Europe

Conquest theory

Buddhism diffysed through which process

Contagious diffusion due to missionaries traveling from India to other countries

Which of the following would best be identified as a cultural trait of a person

Cross necklace

The Columbian exchange the World Cup in soccer and the increased use of English as a common second language are examples of what concept

Cultural convergence

Which letter on the map corresponds to the region where the Austronesian language is most spoken

D (southeast Asia)

The Christian adoption of certain pagan customs is an example of

Religious acculturation

Which of the following cultural concepts does Santeria best exemplify

Religious syncretism

Christianity is a universalizing religion that emerged from its hearth in present day Israel and was first spread throughout the Roman empire by missionaries this is an example of

Relocation diffusion

Hebrew is an example of

Revived language

Food preparation in Asia

Rice meals due to mild moist climates

Food preparation in northern Europe

Roasting in slow stewing over fires and colder climates

Numerically speaking which of the following Christian groups is the largest

Roman Catholic

Which pair of religions are both considered hierarchical religions

Roman Catholicism and Mormonism

The two largest language families in the world are

Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European

What role did social media play in creating these political changes

Social media Allowed for ideas to be diffused quickly in the region

Sequoya's alphabet is an example of what type of diffusion

Stimulus diffusion

What is the most common lingua franca within the Niger-Congo language family

Swahili

The Chinese language is broken into several dialect spoken around the country what is the primary reason linguists would be especially interested in Chinese dialects

The different dialects cannot understand each other making the, different languages instead of dialects

Spanish is an important language in the United States primarily because of:

The diffusion of Spanish colonies and subsequent migration patterns

Which statement best describes the Muslim population of the world

The largest number of Muslims is in South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Which statement is not supported by the above world religions map

The map illustrates that 25% of Christian Africans and 30% of Muslim Africans the practice ancestor worship