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Gov't efforts to discourage native practice & languages in the US & Canada were attempts to
protect native groups
eradicate native groups
assimilate native groups
segregate native groups
2
The pagoda is the style of building most often associated with
Hinduism
Buddhism
Shikism
Shintoism
3
The ________ culture of a group of people includes the things they construct.
material
pop
non-material
folk
4
One of the unique characteristics of Hinduism is that it
is a very simple religion
emerged without a prophet, scriptures, or a bureaucracy
is so young
has so few followers
5
The language tree diagram of language divergence has branches with dead ends. These represent
extinct languages
isolated languages
standardized or non-changing languages
anguage subfamilies
6
The largest constituency of Christianity is
Eastern Orthodox
Roman Catholic
Protestant
Coptic
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“Little Sweden” in Lindsborg, Kansas is a good example of
globalization
neolocalism
placelessness
tribalism
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Latin
octo
(8) became Italian
otto,
Spanish
ocho,
and French
huit.
This is an example of a
sound shift
dialect development
isogloss shift
deterioration
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Buddhist pilgrimages to Bodh Gaya are focused on
a Bhodi tree under which the Buddha taught
a Shrine to Krishna
the grave of the Buddha
the birthplace of Sidharta Gautama
10
Jerusalem is a sacred place for
Jews
Muslims
Christians
all of the above
11
The youngest major religion is
Judaism
Islam
Hinduism
Christianity
12
Many former African colonies have taken as their official language
the most widely-spoken indigenous language
an invented language with no historical connections
an Austronesian and therefore neutral language
the language of the former colonial power
13
The most residentially segregated metropolitan area for African Americans is
Birmingham, Alabama
Seattle, Washington
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Atlanta, Georgia
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The fact that popular culture proceeds from large urban centers to progressively smaller cities
independent invention
relocation diffusion
contagious diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
15
Cultural appropriation profit (e.g., naming a beer for a Lakota chief) is referred to as
ethnic insensitivity
product branding
commodification
cultural imperialism
16
Over 425 Hutterite communities exist in each of the following states and provinces
except
:
North Dakota
Alberta
Arkansas
Saskatchewan
17
Sikhism is a small compromise religion that arose from the confrontation between Hinduism and
Christianity
Islam
British colonial officials
Buddhism
18
Dialects are most often marked by actual differences in
accents
vocabulary
pronunciation
syntax
19
In terms of popular culture, cities like Paris, New York, and Milan are referred to as
capitals
trend-setters
hearths
world cities
20
Nigeria chose __________ as its official language upon independence.
southeastern Ibo
northern Hausa
English
southwestern Yoruba
21
The French government has _________ to protect French language and culture.
all of the above
established the Académie Française to standardize language
passed a law levying fines on those using foreign terms
banned foreign words in advertising on radio & television
22
The systematic study of the origin and meaning of place names is called
namology
lexicography
deep reconstruction
toponymy
23
The founder of Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama, was perhaps the 1st Indian religious leader to
accept Karma
reject the eating of meat.
acknowledge sacred animals, such as cattle
speak out against the Hindu caste system
24
The term which describes the American landscape & is related to the spread of pop culture is
blight
cultural landscape
placelessness
popular landscape
25
Which country is divided with Flemish speakers in the north & Walloon speakers in the south?
Belgium
Luxembourg
the Netherlands
Denmark
26
Pop culture can be reproduced by people in the context of their local culture. This is called:
cultural appropriation
reterritorialization
global homogenization
the MTV effect
27
A geographic boundary within which a particular linguistic feature occurs is called
a sound shift
an isogloss
cultural boundary
an international border
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_____ culture is conceived as small, incorporating a homogeneous population, & typically rural
folk
popular
local
material
29
Hinduism arose in the _____________ River valley
Ganges
Indus
Krishna
Brahmaputra
30
Buying a Native American styled dream catcher at a Wal-Mart store in Ohio is an example of
cultural appropriation
cultural persistence
neolocalism
assimilation
31
Which development helped with the rise of national languages beginning in the 14th century?
Celtic migrations
invention of the printing press
all of the Roman Empire
agricultural revolution
32
The linguistic map of Nigeria reflects extreme fragmentation with nearly ____ languages spoken.
15
25
400
200
33
The visible imprint of human activity on the landscape is known as:
the cultural landscape
the hand of man
sprawl
urban renewal
34
David Harvey refers to the increasing speed by which innovations in popular culture diffuse as
time-space compression
space-adjusting techniques
distance decay
cultural diffusion
35
Which is an example of an intrafaith (boundary) conflict?
Israel—Palestine
Nigeria
Former Yugoslavia
Northern Ireland
36
Leopoldville, Congo becomes Kinshasa & Salisbury, Zimbabwe becomes Harare These are examples of
migration effects
descriptive toponym
post-colonial toponym
colonial toponyms
37
The rise of secularism and decline of religious membership are found in
Africa south of the Sahara
Southwest Asia
Southeast Asia
Europe
38
The world’s largest dominantly Islamic state is
Pakistan
Egypt
Iran
Indonesia
39
The
diaspora
of the Jews resulted from
Moses decision to leave Egypt
the European holocaust of the Nazis
he Arab-Israeli conflict
the Roman destruction of Jerusalem
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A language that allows speakers of two or more languages to communicate is a
creolization
common language
standardized language
lingua franca