Language & Religion Review

Question 1

What is the official language of the United States?

Accepted Answer

The U.S. does not have an official language

Question 2

How have the Japanese maintained their language despite being the only country to speak it?

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Isolation and teaching in schools

Question 3

This is universalizing and can be a philosophy or religion.

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Buddhism

Question 4

A relatively small group that does not affiliate itself with the mainstream

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Sect

Question 5

The ultimate goal of Buddhism is to achieve

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Nirvana

Question 6

Who can Islam, Judaism and Christianity all be traced back to?

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Abraham

Question 7

This religion allows for many manifestations or forms of the same god.

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Hinduism

Question 8

What does a pidgin language become as it solidifies and is passed to new generations?

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Creolized

Question 9

Why are they called Romance languages?

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They all have a Latin base

Question 10

The form of language that is recognized by the government, media, and public schools is...

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Standard Language

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a Universalizing religion?

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Judaism

Question 12

This religion was founded in the Punjab region of India and is known for what they wear.

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Sikhism

Question 13

The smaller branch of Islam who believed Ali to be Muhammad's successor.

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Shia

Question 14

This branch of Christianity is strong in Russia and Eastern Europe?

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Orthodoxy

Question 15

The study of place names is

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Toponymy

Question 16

This place of worship is found in what religion?

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Islam

Question 17

Muhammad can trace his line right up to this famous son of Abraham.

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Ishmael

Question 18

This sect of Buddhism takes in teachings from new teachers.

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Mahayana

Question 19

Approximately half of the world's people speak a language in which family?

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Indo European

Question 20

This is the term for the Jews being forceably removed from Israel

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Diaspora

Question 21

A collect of languages that are linked via a common ancestor are called?

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Language Families

Question 22

Religions that tend to be spatially concentrated are

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Ethnic

Question 23

The youngest of the WORLD religions would be

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Islam

Question 24

This philosophy provides a code of moral conduct and encourages keep traditions.

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Confucianism

Question 25

The language family in Northern Africa and Southwest Asia is called__________________

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Afro Asiatic

Question 26

Baptists, Presbyterians, and Lutherans are part of what type of Christianity?

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Protestantism

Question 27

An example of Linguistic Fragmentation would be

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The Caucasus region of Eastern Europe

Question 28

The English language was created by the mixing of

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Angle, Saxon, Jute and French

Question 29

A speaker of 10 or more languages would be considered a

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Polyglot

Question 30

This language has the largest number of speakers.

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Mandarin Chinese

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