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A review for Chapters 4 and 5 in APHUG: Culture & Language
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What is this?
British Pronunciation
Phonetic
Ideogram
Vulgur Latin
2
The two official languages of Canada include
French; Spanish
Alaska; Greenland
French; English
English; French
3
Diffusion of pop culture can adversely impact environmental quality in what two ways?
depletion of scarce resources and pollution
using renewable materials and recycled designs
diversity of products and slow change
increased diversity and decreased demand
4
The trend of Globalization has treatened
popular culture and folk culture relatively equally.
the folk customs of only a few isolated communities.
folk culture more than popular culture.
the spread of the international banking system.
5
A Creole language is
a revived formerly extinct language
a possible prehistoric superfamily
a mix of indigenous and colonial languages
extinct
6
What is a custom?
something that you make personally
the holidays a culture observes
repetitive act of a group
a habit
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Pop Culture
has unknown sources
is the result of isolation
is characteristic of homogeneous, small groups
is characteristic of large heterogeneous groups
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A literary tradition is
the written form of a language
a collection of languages related to one other
specific only to Shakespearian English
A printed language in official government documents
9
The Flemings and Walloons live in
South Africa
Belgium
France
Switzerland
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________ is the lingua franca of the Muslim world.
Aramaic
Farsi
Arabic
Hebrew
11
The language family encompassing the languages of the People's Republic of China is
Austro-Asiatic
Mandarin
Sino-Tibetan
Indo-European
12
Modern English has evolved from languages spoken by except
Saxons
Juntes
French
Italians
13
The current estimate of the number of languages spoken across the planet is approximately
between 250 and 1,000 languages
between 3,500 and 7,000 languages
less than 100
over 10,000
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A simplified form of a language that is used between speakers of two other Languages
official
dialect
standard
pidgin
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Material culture falls under what two categories?
what you can see and what you can feel
folk and popular
popular and unpopular
traditional and nontraditional
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A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom
Preferences
Custom
Habit
Taboo
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The spread of pop culture follows what process
hierarchical diffusion from hearths or nodes of innovation
the process of advertisement
by trickling down from higher to lower social classes
the route of transportation that spreads pop culture with it
18
Which language is NOT a romance language?
Greek
Italian
French
Romanian
19
Haitian Creole represents a creolized language of
French and Indigenous languages
Spanish and Indigenous languages
English and Indigenous languages
Dutch and Indigenous languages
20
A lingua franca
an extinct language that has been revived.
a language used by French colonial administrations.
language understood by people with different native tongues
an English word that has entered the French language.
21
The spatial distribution of soccer during the twentieth century is an example of
habit
folk culture
relocation diffusion
popular culture
22
The line which shows the different dialects in the pronunciation of "about" and "a-boot" on a map is called an
isopleth
isoline
isogloss
isodapane
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What is a habit?
an action that everyone in a community performs separately
brushing your teeth
a ritual that society has instilled in us
a repetitive act that an individual performs
24
The choice of clothing in Western countries is strongly influenced by
folk customs
fashion only
religious norms
occupation and income
25
Jeans are an example of material culture making it a
white-collar culture
folk culture
punk culture
popular culture
26
The three countries that are most aggressive in their punishments for using internet are
Iraq, Japan, and Syria
Iran, Syria, and China
Myanmar, Indonesia, and South Sudan
Russia, Venezuela, and Vietnam
27
Folk Culture
is often widespread
has professional musicians and writers
if often the result of isolation
has known sources
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What language family is this?
Austronesian
Afro-Asiatic
Indo-European
Sino-Tibetan
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Basque is spoken primarily in
Switzerland
Eastern Germany
Northern France
Northern Spain
30
Catalán is most closely associated with which Spanish city?
Madrid
Barcelona
Valencia
Toledo
31
Folk culture is transmitted ...
through relocation diffusion (slowly, through migration)
from folk to pop culture
from culture to culture
over time
32
Linguistic differences in Nigeria, which has over 500 languages has led to
Establishment of English as a lingua franca
Christian Extremism
The adoption of many languages by the government
Islamic Extremism
33
Why is the English spoken in America different from that spoken in the UK?
Assimilation
Isolation
Native language influence
Education differences
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Rapid diffusion of popular culture
is an example of relocation diffusion
conserves natural resources.
depends on modern communication systems
Encourages people to be more substainable
35
An isogloss is ....
a form of a language spoken in a local area.
All of the above
a collection of unique words
a boundary between language regions
36
A language that is unrelated to any other is a(n)
vulgar language
isolated language
scheduled language
developing language
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Which is the most recent and has the least amount of variation
None of the above
Language Branch
Language Family
Language Group
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A repetitive act performed by a group is a
custom
habit
taboo
popular culture
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Which is a revived language
Greek
American
Hebrew
Celtic
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What is hierarchical diffusion
the spread of an idea from popular to traditional culture
the spread of an idea from the upper to lower social class
the spread of an idea through the internet
the spread of an idea through propaganda
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The disappearance of local folk culture reduces....
popular culture
local diversity
other customs
folk culture
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In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of large and
groups of specialists
heterogeneous groups
groups living in isolated rural areas
homogeneous groups
43
The Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan language families make up ____ of the world's population
33
66
50
90
44
British and American English differ in all but which of the following?
pronunciation
spelling
vocabulary
alphabet
45
Folk customs change.....
relatively little over time
independent of time
according to time
a lot over time
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Cultural diversity is promoted by
the movement of goods and services across borders
globalization
the relative isolation of a group from others
expansion diffusion
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Popular culture tends to originate in
MDCs
LDCs
Former communist countries
Latin America & Africa
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The two most important languages in South America are
Dutch and English
French and Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish
English and Spanish
