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Unit 2 - Cultural Geography Test - Language & Religion
Unit 2 - Cultural Geography Test - Language & Religion
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1
Which includes ONLY MONOTHEISTIC religions?
Islam, Christianity, Judaism
Greek Pantheon, Norse Pantheon, and Hinduism.
Judaism, Islam, Hinduism
Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism
2
Which religion is dominant in the countries marked by Yellow?
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
3
What makes Confucianism different from religions like Islam, Judaism, and Hinduism?
It has no beliefs
It has a moral code
It does not believe in a God or spirits
It was invented less than 50 years ago
4
Which religion is dominant in the countries marked by Dark Green?
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
5
All of the following are examples of universalizing religions except
Buddhism
Islam
Hinduism
Christianity
6
What is the official language of The United States?
We have no official language
English
Spanish
American
7
Which of the following is not an element of cultural landscape?
Architecture
Religion
Food
All of the above are key elements of the cultural landscape
8
Ethnic religions diffuse through _________________ diffusion.
Relocation
Expansion
Hierarchical
Stimulus
9
Buddhism is the most dominant religion in India.
True
False
10
Which is
NOT
a region where there is an independence movement due to different language?
Rhineland, Germany
Quebec, Canada
Basque, Spain
Catalonia, Spain
11
According to the Quinten-Atkinson Theory, where do most geographers think language started?
Australia
Southern Asia
North America
Western Africa
12
Which describes a behavior often discouraged by a culture?
Rite of Passage
Sect
Taboo
Creed
13
What is best described as “a trial or event marking a period of change in a person’s life”?
Sect
Dialect
Rite of Passage
Taboo
14
Which best describes a dialect:
A division within a religion
A regional variation of a language
A discouraged behavior in a culture
A commonly spoken secondary language
15
Culture is learned.
False
True
16
"communication through speech; collection of sounds/signals that group of people understand to have same meaning"
Isogloss
Language
Religion
Ethnicity
17
Which language branch does English belong to?
Sino-Tibetan
Romance
Balto-Slavic
Germanic
18
What is the predominant language spoken in the southern half of Africa?
Afroasiatic
Bantu
Nilo-Saharan
Benue
19
Which of the following describes universalizing religions?
Found in small, isolated communities in remote areas around the world.
Very complex and difficult to learn
Tied to a specific ethnic group.
Easy to join and marketed to everyone.
20
Which provides the BEST example of language being a dividing force?
Speaking French in France
Speaking French in Quebec
Speaking English in the United States
Speaking English in England
21
What is animism?
It doesn’t mean anything. I made it up.
Belief that animals, plants, and objects have spirits.
Belief in many gods
Belief that there is one God
22
What are the most sacred beliefs of Islam called?
Five Pillars
Ten Commandments
Four Noble Truths
Eightfold Path
23
Which three major religions all have their Hearth in the Middle East?
Christianity, Shintoism, Buddhism
Islam, Judaism, Shintoism
Judaism, Hinduism, Shintoism
Islam, Judaism, Christianity
24
What is described as “the spreading out of culture”?
Sects
Cultural Diffusion
Lingua Franca
Centripetal Force
25
Which religion is dominant in the countries marked by Reddish-Orange?
Christianity
Buddhism
Hinduism
Islam
