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AP HuG Unit 3 Review - Language and Culture
AP HuG Unit 3 Review - Language and Culture
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AP Human Geography Review for Chapter 5 - Language
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What is an isogloss?
a form of a language spoken in a local area
a boundary between word usage regions
a collection of unique words
the transition zone between cultures
2
People in Melbourne, London, Vancaouver, Mumbai, and Chicago all speak
different dialects of English
different languages
different pidgin languages of English
different creolized languages of English
3
Things that spread quickly through a society, like memes and Covid 19 are spreading through
stimulus diffusion
contagious diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
relocation diffusion
4
Finding another's culture inferior to your own is an example of
a minaret
sequent occupance
ethnocentrism
cultural relativism
5
The line that divides where people from Wisconsin say "bubbler" and people from Illinois say "water fountain" is a(n)
Formal boundary
Creole language
Isogloss line
Minaret
6
Many countries around the world speak English with a British accent because
they are former British colonies
it just sounds cooler
7
Blending folk and popular culture, but still maintaining both is an example of
syncretism
assimilation
acculturation
appropriation
8
Which of the languages listed was spread globally as a result of religion?
English
Spanish
French
Arabic
9
Which language is the lingua franca of Eastern Europe?
Arabic
German
English
Russian
10
Which of these is NOT a Romance language
English
Spanish
Italian
French
11
What is the most widely spoken (not most commonly spoken) language in the world?
French
Portuguese
English
Mandarin
12
Where is the principal concentration of French speakers in North America?
Nova Scotia
Quebec
New Orleans
Maine
13
Which language is recognized as the world's primary lingua franca?
Hindi
English
Spanish
Mandarin
14
When two cultures mingle and mix to form a new culture you have
assimilation
appropriation
syncretism
acculturation
15
Which of these is the best example of folk culture?
Blue jeans
A business suit and tie
A hoody
A sari
16
A collection of languages within a language branch would be a
language sub-group
language group
proper language
language family
17
What language is the lingua franca of Eastern Africa?
English
Swahili
French
Spanish
18
______ is a pidgin language that has evolved to become a group's first language.
An official language
A isogloss
A creole language
A lingua franca
19
A regional variant of a language is known as a
language branch
language group
langauge family
dialect
20
Which language family do nearly half the world's people speak a language from?
Niger-Congo
Germanic
Indo-European
Japanese
21
The use of French as an official language in Senegal is an example of ____
The desire to imbrace all of the UNs official languages
The idea of a lingua franca
the power the French yielded over a former colony
22
Which culture uses an ideographic method of writing?
Indian
Russian
Arabic
Chinese
23
Which of these pop culture holidays started out as a religious/folk cultural holiday?
Memorial Day
Valentines Day
Labor Day
4th of July
24
When part of an idea spreads, but not the whole idea, you have an example of
contagious diffusion
relocation diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
stimulus diffusion
25
When something spreads from the powerful to the masses, like celebrity endorsements or language through colonization
your looking at relocation diffusion
your looking at hierarchical diffusion
your looking at contagious diffusion
your looking at stimulus diffusion
26
What is the problem with ideographic writing systems, like those of the Chinese?
Many symbols no longer have meaning
To be literate, one must memorize thousands of symbols
Each dialect has its own symbols for writing
27
Having a city where residents speak 100 different languages is mostly considered to be a(n)
example of sequent occupance
example of ethnocentrism
centrifugal force
centripetal force
28
Which of the following is NOT true of folk culture?
It spreads slowly (relocation diffusion)
It is practiced by a heterogenous groups
It has a tendency to change over time
It tends to change across space
29
Which of the following is NOT an example of a lingua franca?
English
Swahili
Russian
Celtic
30
When a smaller culture encounters and is then overrun by a more dominant culture that is
syncretism
appropriation
assimilation
acculturation
31
__________ are used by the government for its daily business.
Official languages
Pidgen languages
Creole languages
Trade languages
32
Which of these is the "simpliest" form of a language (and has no native speakers)
lingua franca
creole language
pidgin language
33
Which of the following is NOT true of popular culture?
It has a tendency to change over time
It tends to remain similar across space
It spreads rapid (expansionary diffusion)
It is practiced by a homogenous group