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How is language distributed?
where do most Buddhists live
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where do most Buddhists live
Japan and Mongolia
India and Sri Lanka
Tibet and Nepal
China and Southeast Asia
2
How is language distributed?
Migration, trade, colonialism, printing press, interaction
by things
by cultural rtiuals
Through tourism
3
What is the main focus of development in Geo
expanding religious influence
Improving material condition through knowledge and technology
Improving health care
population growth
4
What is animism?
belief that all things are animated or possess spirit and a conscious life
worship of saints
belief in one god
belief in a lot of god
5
Sacred sites in Hinduism?
Mountains
Forrest
Coastlines and Riverbanks
Temples
6
Which group is more productive
LDCs
MDCs
7
What kind of religion is Hinduism?
Rooted in
Universalizing
Monotheistic
Ethnic with beliefs in reincarnation, karma, and yoga
8
Characteristics of universal religions
practice in secret
focused on land and water
Appeal to all have founder holidays from founder's life
only in one place
9
What is the set of beliefs for religion?
Belief in natural phenomena
Worship of ancestors only
Science-based understanding of life
Higher power, origin explanation, rituals, festivals, and space
10
Which sector includes farming,Fishing and mining
Tertiary
Secondary
Informal
Primary
11
when were Jews forced out of Israel
530 BC
600 AD
70 AD
1948
12
What are the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism?
Commands from the gods
Life is suffering, caused by desire can escape via Eightfold Path
Moral rules for monks
Guidelines for temples
13
What is a toponym
A type of map
A language family
A place name
A native word
14
what does GDI stand for
General demographic indicator
Gross Domestic Inequality
Gender- related Development index
Global development index
15
what is a linga franca
language used for trade between speakers of different languages
a made up language
a mother tongue
a language of religion
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What is secularization
Becoming more religious
Process of people calming no religious allegiance
Mixing politics with religions
Strict religious interpretation
17
what is denomination
a holy city
a division within a religious branch
religious coinage
a ritual name
18
what is cosmogony
religious belief about the origin of the universe
Belief in reincarnation
river and mountain is spirit
belief in only one god
19
where did Christianity originate
Jerusalem and Bethlehem
Rome
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
20
Which language has the most native speakers?
Hindi
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Bengali
Mandarin
21
what does GEM do
tracks migration
Rates school system
Measures religious
Measures gender income and power differences
22
What is Karma
a type of prayer
past action determine reincarnation progress
the circle of medication
a god in Buddism
23
Reasons for changing toponyms?
To memorialize or brand
After revolutions
After decolonization
All of the above
24
What is a language family
A regional group of dialects
a group of languages descended from a single, earlier tongue
a slang variation
a language used only by one country
25
Largest Indo-European language?
Hindi
English
Bengali
Spanish
26
which are universalizing religions
Christianity, Islam,Buddhism
Islam, Shinto, Sikhism
Hinduism,Judasim, Animism
Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism
27
How did Christianity spread?
by music
Missionaries and Rome Empire
Caravans
art
28
What is the Diaspora?
Spread of Christianity
Scattering of Jews outside Israel
A type of worship
Hindu migration
29
Describe languages of Africa.
Few dialects, mostly English
Only official languages used
B. 1,000 spoken languages, many unwritten
Primarily Indo-European
30
Who proposed the hearth theory near the Fertile Crescent?
Walter Christaller
Colin Renfrew
Albert Einstein
Jared Diamond
31
Which American country has more than one official language?
Canada
Mexico
US
Brazil
32
U.S. region with most streets named after MLK?
Midwest
Southeast
West Coast
Northeast
33
What does a high literacy rate show
low GDP
Strong agriculture
High population
Good education
34
indicator of GEM
marriage age
education level of men only
Birthrate and Death rate
Technical jobs held by women, political office, income
35
what is a religious branch
a split from a political group
a religious practiced in one country
a minor group with different customs
a large and fundamental division within a religion
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what is polytheism
belief many gods
belief very thing have sprits
belief in spirit only
belief in one god
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which are ethnic religions
Christianity, Islam
Buddism,Sikhism
Hinduism, Judaism, Animism
Jainism, Buddhism
38
what index is used to measure development
GDP
GEM
HDI
CPI
39
What is language divergence?
the differentiation that takes place over time and distance.
When two languages merge
When a language becomes extinct
The simplification of grammar
40
What is the 2nd most practiced religion today?
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Hinduism
41
what is a sect
a type of worship
a group of prests
an ancient tradition
A relatively small denominate group broken away from an established church.
42
What is the definition of language
a set of sounds combination of sounds,and sybols used for communication
a religious symbol
a group of dialects
a group of cultural practices
43
What is the mother tongue?
The language of the oldest known civilization
Tongue-the first language spoken by Homo sapiens about 200,000 years ago.
A written form of ancient language
The language of one’s mother
44
what are the 2 major division of islam
Sunni and Sufi
Orthodox and Reform
rfjfk and fjf
Sunni and Shia
45
where are MDCs mostly found
South America
Asia
Africa
North America and Europe
46
What kind of Job is in the tertiary sector
Factory work
Farming
mining
Education
47
WHat is another name for MDCs
Hi
Developed countries
Third world
Modern economies
48
Who plays a role in standardizing language?
Authors
Students
Teachers
Government
49
Give an example of an LDC
High HDI
tertiary jobs
Urbanized
Low HDI
50
What is monotheism?
Belief in one god
Belief in spirits
Belief in no god
Belief in many gods
51
Who consumes more clories
MDCs
LDCs
don't matter
equally
52
What is the most practiced religion in the world today?
Buddhism
Islam
Hinduism
Christianity
53
when did the UN partition Palestine
48392
1898
1747
1947
54
What happens when a language goes extinct?
It is reconstructed using sound shifts
It can never be recovered
It becomes the base of another language
It change into dialect
55
What is a Ghetto
A rueal village
City area restricted to Jews in middle ages
A jewish plae of worship
Modern housing community
56
What is the main difference between Pidgin and Creole?
Pidgin is older
No difference
Pidgin is for trade, Creole is a native complex language
Creole is less structured
57
what determines HDI
GDP, literacy, education, Life expectancy
Religious value
Military streanth
only income
58
Why does Texas have the most non-English speakers in the U.S.?
in near Canada
its border with Mexico and high immigration
it is highly populated
large cities
59
what is the holy text of Islam
Vedas
Bible
Koran
Torah
60
Who claims Palestine/ Israel as ancestral homeland
Egyptian and Kurds
Chritian and Muslims
Turks and Stains
Jews and Arabs
61
Describe languages of China.
few people
Few native speakers
Mostly European
Ancient and spoken by the largest contiguous population
62
what is a standard language
a regional slang
official language sustained by state in form state examination for teachers
A hybrid of two language
A spoken dialect with no writing
63
What is the definition of a dialect?
A formal version of a language
A type of alphabet
. A variant of a standard language by region or ethnicit
A language spoken by ancient people
64
what does GEM stand for
General Education Module
Gender Equality Metric
Gender empowerment Measure
Global economic Measure
65
who controlled Palestine after WW1
British
Ottoman Empire
Africa
France
66
Which are Indo-European language branches?
Bantu, Germanic, Romance, Arabic
Romance, Celtic, Indo-Turkic
Semitic, Afro-Asiatic, Slavic
Germanic, Romance, Balto-Slavic, Indo-Iranian
67
Where did Islam originate
Egypt
Iran
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
68
what is GDP per capita
GDP divided by population
total population
Income of the richest
imports per person
69
what is considered a consumer good
livestock
cars,phones,TV
Factory machines
wheat
70
what is an isogloss
a patteren
A geographic boundary within which a particular linguistic feature is found
a map showing language routes
a religious symbol
71
what does productivity measure
energy use
workers per factory
total number of employees
value added per capita
72
That is a language subfamily
language without alphabets
language without grammar rules
a further division of language groups.
ancient languages no longer spoken
73
Why do people change toponyms?
to confuses outsiders
for better pronunciation
for fun
to erase the past and reflect new identity
74
Where are southern accents fading?
Cities like Atlanta and Austin
Rural Alabama
Charleston
Mississippi Delta
75
name the indicator of health and welfare development
diet and healthcare access
climate
acces to shopping
religion
76
Which region likely has the lowest motor vehicles per 1000 persons
Southeast Asia
Eastern Europe
South America
Sub Saharan Africa
77
Who controlled the region before WW1 for 1000 years
French
Roman Empire
Ottoman Empire
British
78
Characteristics of ethnic religions?
universal appeal
Unknown source, local focus, based on climate/agriculture
spread by missionaries
Founder is a prophet
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what is more effective development approach for LDCs
International trade
traditional economy
Self sufficiency
a
80
which sector includes Manufacturing
Secondary
Primary
Quaternary
Tertiary
81
What are the 5 pillars of Islam
Faith, prayer, charity, fasting, pilgrimage
five dietary rules
meditation,service,silence,worship
only prayer and pilgrimage
82
What does the secondary sector involve
teaching
minging
farming
manufactutring
83
Which of the following is NOT a factor of HDI
life expectancy
Religion
Education
GDP
84
When and where did Buddhism begin?
China, 600 AD
India, 2000 BC
Near modern Nepal, around 530 BC
Japan, 1200 AD
85
2 type of Buddism
Vendic and Sikh
Mahayana and Shinto
Taoist and Zen
Theravada and Mahayana
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What is Fundamentalism
Strict belief in one interpretation of worship
No religious beliefs
Multiple interpretation of religion
Belief in science
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Where are LDCs also called
Emerging markets
Developing countries
MDCs
Growing states
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When Islam begin
530 BC
100 BC
1947
600 AD
89
Which Canadian province has the most French speakers?
Manitoba
Quebec
Ontario
Alberta
90
what are the 4 MOST common language families
Germanic,Romance,INdo-Afro,Slavic
Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, Austronesian, Afro-Asiatic
Arabic, Mandarin,Hindi, Spanish
Indo-European, Celtic, Latin, Greek
