UNIT III Cultural Patterns and Processes TEST

A developing language has _____.

a literary tradition and is spoken daily

According to biologist, Quintin Atkinson, the world's languages originated in _____.

Africa

In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is more likely to vary _____. 2

from heterogeneous groups

In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is more likely to vary _____. 1

from time to time at a given place

Unlike other universalizing religions, Buddhism _____.

remained concentrated in one region of the world

Most of the religions with at least one million adherents originated on which continent?

Asia

What are the three largest language families in southeast Asia?

Austronesian, Austro-Asiatic, and Tai-Kadai

The world's largest universalizing religion is _____.

Christianity

_____ prescribed a series of ethical principles for daily life based on the meaning propriety.

Confucius

TRUE/FALSE: Buddhism is an ethnic Asian religion.

FALSE

TRUE/FALSE: Celtic is one of the four most frequent spoken branch of Indo-European.

FALSE

TRUE/FALSE: Proximity to highly competitive environment for a small number of jobs is an example of a pull factor for musicians to cluster in a particular music center.

FALSE

TRUE/FALSE: Saudi Arabia is one of the four largest countries in which 40 percent of the world's Muslim population lives.

FALSE

The two largest language families in the world are _____.

Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan

The most widely spoken language in the world today is _____.

Mandarin

The two most important languages in south America are _____.

Portuguese and Spanish

The dominant branch of Islam in Iran is _____.

Shiite

_____ is the founder of Buddhism.

Siddhartha Gautama

The language family encompassing the languages of the People's Republic of China is _____.

Sino-Tibetan

The dominant branch of Islam is _____.

Sunni

TRUE/FALSE: A more uniform cultural landscape is more typical of popular culture than folk culture.

TRUE

TRUE/FALSE: Jainism is the youngest religion.

TRUE

The body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that constitute a group's distinct traditions would best describe a specific population's _____.

culture

We can deduce from the examples of popular music, fashionable clothing, and electronic applications around us that the rapid diffusion of popular culture _____.

depends on modern communication systems

In which part of the world will one find over 50 percent of the population described as unaffiliated with the remainder of the population either Buddhist or affiliated with a folk religion?

east Asia

Typically, popular culture _____.

experiences frequent changes through time and space

France's large Muslim population is largely a result of _____.

immigration from former French colonies

Like hip hop music, music from the border region between the southwestern United States and northern Mexico might be expected to _____.

incorporate local, national, and global themes as it demonstrates an interplay between globalization and localism

When languages are depicted as leaves on trees, the trunks of the trees represent _____.

language families

A group of languages that share a common ancestor before recorded history is a _____.

language family

The contemporary distribution of languages around the globe is largely a result of _____.

migration

In recent decades, popular customs have most frequently originated in _____.

more developed countries

The spatial distribution of soccer during the twentieth century is an example of _____.

popular culture

When languages are depicted as leaves on trees, the roots of the trees below the surface represent _____.

possible prehistoric superfamilies

Sunni and Shiite represents branches of Islam based on _____.

profession

Baseball's increasing global popularity may be attributed to _____.

relocation diffusion

Folk cultures are spread primarily by _____.

relocation diffusion

A large percentage of Muslims living in the United States are from which region?

south Asia

In which part of the world will one find an unevenly distributed population of over 66 percent Hindu?

south Asia

Folk songs are more likely than popular songs to _____.

tell a story about life-cycle events, work, or natural disasters

The widespread distribution of soccer globally may be attributed in large part to _____.

the colonial reach of the British empire

The best example of a literary tradition is _____.

the historical documents and religious texts of the ancient Maya that were partly destroyed by Spanish conquerors

The geographic study of the distribution of languages provides a good example of _____.

the interplay between globalization and local diversity

An institutional language describes _____.

the language used in education, work, mass media, and government

A religion that is spatially widespread and philosophically inclusive of all potential adherents is described as a(n) _____ religion.

universalizing