Human Geo.: Culture and Language

Question 1

an ethnic enclave is a neighborhood where...

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a community where many Koreans live and practice Korean culture

Question 2

Why might a language change very little over time?

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Isolation from other places

Question 3

Pidgin is a grammatically simplified means of communication between groups without a language in common (lingua Franca)

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True

Question 4

An Ideogram (Chinese writing) expresses an idea or thing as opposed to a letter or sound

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True

Question 5

Cultural Landscape is landscape that represents the works of nature and man. Look across the landscape, you can see it

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True

Question 6

Why might Native Americans choose to preserve their folk culture despite being familiar with Pop Culture?

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Desire to preserve customs

Question 7

Theory that describes language changes in terms of genetically related languages developing in a parent language

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Language tree

Question 8

Culture is knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed down by a specific group of people

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True

Question 9

Although this is the 2nd most used language in the world, it is the native language of the greatest number of people

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Mandarin

Question 10

A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages.

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Lingua Franca

Question 11

What's the most common reason to preserve traditional languages?

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Language is central to cultural identity, preserving language helps

Question 12

A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history

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Language family

Question 13

Acculturation is when a society changes because it accepts or adopts innovation

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True

Question 14

All are "Romance" (Latin Based) language except for...

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Bulgarian

Question 15

How does folk culture spread?

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Mostly diffusion by relocating

Question 16

collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past

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Language group

Question 17

Best example of diffusion of language

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Spread of English language via internet

Question 18

Which of the following explains why things like European ideas, technology, religion, and moral behavior spread?

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Diffusion

Question 19

Relocation and Contagious Diffusion explains why Islam spread to East Africa and Southeast Asia

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True

Question 20

Arabic spread from its hearth through Conquest and its use in religion

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True

Question 21

Why would a country have several official languages over just one?

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Recognition to different groups in the country

Question 22

System of communication through the use of speech

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Language branch

Question 23

What might we call someone who is anti-immigrant, because they think immigrant culture will ruin their country's culture

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A Nativist

Question 24

Folk culture does NOT emphasize the value of traditions

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False

Question 25

A culture hearth is?

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place where cultural traitsemerged

Question 26

If a country has various cultural regions it can show

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Cultural regions can share some values yet remain distinct

Question 27

The Romans spoke Latin

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True

Question 28

A Creole Language is a mixed language of native indigenous and colonial languages

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True

Question 29

Form of language spoken in a local area is a dialect

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True

Question 30

Popular culture

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Human Geo.: Culture and Language

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