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The process of the less dominant culture adopting the traits of the more dominant culture
transculturation
acculturation
cultural diffusion
syncretism
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Where is the cultural hearth of Buddhism located?
Palestine
China
Japan
India
3
New Zealand’s official language, which is only spoken by 5% of the population, is
Esperanto
Spanish
Maori
English
4
This country has over 850 languages, making it the most linguistically diverse on the planet.
India
China
Papua New Guinea
Indonesia
5
The Romance language family includes
German
French
Russian
English
6
The difference between British and American English is known as
language divergence
patois
lingua franca
language convergence
7
The language with the most native speakers in the world today is:
Spanish
Hindi
Mandarin
English
8
This New England style of vernacular architecture is known as
None of these
front wing and gable
Cape Cod
saltbox
9
Mecca, Jerusalem, and Bethlehem are examples of
isoglosses
cremation sites
sacred sites
lingua francas
10
One way to construct an individual or group identity is by
all of these can be used in constructing identities
identifying against
race
gender
11
In Maori society, tattoos are seen as
all of these
indicative of one’s personal achievements
indicative of one’s position in society
indicative of one’s genealogy
12
Most followers of this religion live in Punjab in India.
Hinduism
Sikhism
Islam
Baha’i
13
The presence of many fast food restaurants tends to make a cultural landscape more
heterogeneous
religious
cohesive
homogeneous
14
Which of these lists of religions best describes these religions from most to fewest followers?
Buddhism – Christianity – Islam – Hinduism - Sikhism
Christianity – Hinduism – Islam – Sikhism - Judaism
Islam – Christianity – Hinduism – Judaism – Confucianism
Christianity – Islam – Hinduism – Buddhism - Sikhism
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If ethnocentrism were associated with one word, it would most likely be:
voracious
judgmental
resonant
empathetic
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Poorly illustrated example demonstrates the diffusion of which language?
French
Spanish
English
Portuguese
17
A landscape that comes about through the use of people over time
vernacular landscape
toponymic landscape
designed landscape
commemorative landscape
18
Cultural Relativism could best be described as:
seeing a culture through the eyes of that culture
interpreting culture with empirical data like census numbers
interpreting culture by using topographic maps of an area
seeing a culture through one’s own way of life
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Which of the following is INCORRECT about culture?
One change in a trait can affect other parts of the culture.
No two cultures are exactly alike
Cultures are never static, but do change at different rates.
Culture is genetically inherited
20
English is a member of the ___________ subfamily of languages.
Slavic
Germanic
Celtic
Romance
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Hypothesis that Indo-European language spread through agricultural trade
None of These
Sedentary Farmer
Kurgan Migration
Mongol Migration
22
School of thought that posits social culture as entirely developed by a people’s surroundings
environmental determinism
cultural determinism
possibilism
environmental perception
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Marriage is an example of an independent invention. Independent inventions are
the spread of a trait from folk to popular culture
the spread of a trait from one place to another
trait that develops in hearths without outside interaction
trait that diffuses from homogeneous to heterogeneous areas
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Which supports the following: English will remain as the global lingua franca in 2100
Growth rates among English-speaking peoples are low.
Linguistic revival movements are occurring worldwide
English is the international language of business
Non-English languages diffuse more on the web
25
Beliefs on the origin of the universe are known as
hierarchical diffusion
cosmogony
ethnic religions
autonomous religion
26
The number of languages spoken in the world today
approximately 7,000
approximately 100
approximately 500
approximately 1,000
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The diffusion of ____culture may threaten the survival of __culture in many places.
eastern, western
popular, folk
folk, popular
western, eastern
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Christianity spread through
All of the above
Relocation diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
Contagious diffusion
29
Sunnis and Shiites are the two main branches of
Islam
Judaism
Roman Catholicism
Christianity
30
The most widely used Indo-European language below is:
German
French
Romanian
Spanish
31
Any common language spoken in an area with multiple languages is called a/an:
lingua franca
official language
pidgin language
monolingual language
32
What is the English language in the United States?
Pidgin language
Official language
Standard language
Creole language
33
This photograph is most expressive of which of the following?
diffusion of popular culture
diffusion of folk clothing
Elvis impersonators
globalization of 1950s fashion
34
The diffusion of fast-food restaurants
has been done without franchising of stores
is dependent upon large numbers of elderly customers
has caused homogenization of the landscape
is most prevalent in areas dominated by folk cultures
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Regional differences for names of soft drinks (e.g., soda, pop, cola, etc.) are a type of
syncretism
isogloss
creole
toponym
36
Buddhism is apatheistic, meaning
Buddhists do not place importance on a god or gods
Buddhists are monotheistic
Buddhists do not have any holidays or importance places
Buddhists worship multiple gods
37
Nigeria has a religious regionalism with Christianity in the south and _____ in the north
Hinduism
Islam
Judaism
Buddhism
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The precepts of Islam constituted, in many ways, a revision of ____________ beliefs
Christian and Judaic
None of these
Christian and Buddhist
Judaic and Muslim
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A single attribute of culture that is often not confined to a single area
culture trait
culture region
culture system
culture complex
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A language which has been simplified or modified
lingua franca
Esperanto
pidgin
isogloss
41
Which of the following represents a commemorative toponym?
Milwaukee
Palestine
Boulder
Chicago
42
These religions all worship the same God
Islam, Hinduism, Baha’i
Judaism, Islam, Christianity
Confucianism, Shintoism, Hinduism
Judaism, Christianity, Pantheism
43
Which of the following is FALSE regarding the Basques?
Basque language is spoken by app. 666,000 in the Pyrenees
Their separatist movement wanting independence from Spain
They are hoping to unite politically with Portugal soon
Their language is an isolated pre-Indo-European language