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Human Geography Quiz
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What are two environmental concerns of popular culture?
loss of traditional values and pollution
Uniform landscapes and gwaking tourists
Recycling options and depletion of natural gas
Pollution of the landscape and depletion of scares resources
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Which of the following is not a universalizing religion?
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
Sikhism
3
Lingua Franca is...
A language spoken by French people.
A common language shared among British and Australian people.
A Common language shared by people who do not share a native language.
referring to members of a global world that do not share a common language.
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Languages that have emerged and evolved within living or historic human communities are called
Lingua Franca
Artificial languages
Natural languages
Universal languages
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The spatial expression of popular culture can be seen in the
Popular landcapes
Traditional landscapes
Environmental landscape
Uniform landscapes
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These strucutres are most asscoiated with what religion?
Christianity
Bahai
Hinduism
Buddhism
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What type of religion includes sacred places / holidays tied to the life of a founder?
Ethnic
Universalizing
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Which of the following is an example of a syncretic religion?
Buddhism
Christianity
Sikhism
Sunni Islam
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Shinto and Shamanism are similar because
they mean the same thing
they originated in Japan
they are religions that emphasize spirits in nature
they believe in the same god
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Why did pilgrims travel to religious sites?
to show their devotion to God
to earn money
to escape boredom
to see new areas
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A language family is
A region where innovation begins
collection of languages that share common, distant ancestor
Traced through extensive and accurate written documents
A group of languages that have similar sounds
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Shiites make up a majority of the population in which country:
Iran
United States
India
China
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What religion produced this cultural landscape?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Jainism
Sikhism
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The belief that spirits or deities can be associated with natural features, like rocks & trees
Atheistic
Monotheistic
Polytheistic
Animistic
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A creole language is?
Language only used for trade
Mix of two languages that becomes first language
The official language of a country
Mix of two languages
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What religion produced this cultural landscape?
Confucianism
Buddhism
Taoism
Hinduism
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Which religion is the best example of an ethnic religion?
Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
18
A situation in which one language becomes comparatively more powerful than another language is
Linguistic dominance
Lingua franca
Official language
Universalizing language
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movement that encourages scientific thought, the expansion of knowledge, & belief in progress
Religious fundamentalism
Secularization
Modernism
Globalization
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Which of the following is
not
one of the 5 pillars of Islam?
Professing belief in Brahman as the divine creator
Charity
Praying 5 times daily
Pilgrimage to Mecca
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An official language is one that
Can never be changed or altered
formally used in: political, legal, & administrative affairs
Is only spoken by citizens in the United States
Is spoken all over the world
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A polytheistic religion refers to
A belief in or devotion to a single deity
Belief that there is no deity
The scattering of a people through forced migration
Belief in or devotion to multiple deities
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What religion can be found throughout East Asia, mixed with elements of Shintoism & Taoism?
Buddhism
Zoroastrianism
Hinduism
Confucianism
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In a region dominated by Christianity, which building would likely be found on the landscape
shrine
mosque
church
synagogue
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A polytheistic religion refers to
A belief in or devotion to a single deity
Belief that there is no deity
Belief in or devotion to multiple deities
The scattering of a people through forced migration
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Folk culture is transmitted through
Hierarchical Diffusion
Relocation Diffusion
Expansion Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
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What are distinctive regional differences in grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary called?
cultural norms
dialects
lingua franca
pidgin languages
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A pidgin language
is spread by folk culture
cannot exist for more than a generation
has no native speakers
cannot exist without globalization
29
Which of the following is the BEST example of a culture hearth?
an isolated region
the confluence of two rivers
the origin area of a religion
a shopping mall
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Christianity is the largest religion in the world with an estimated number of followers being
2.3 billion
100 million
40 million
4.5 billion
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What religion produced this cultural landscape?
Buddhism
Sikhism
Hinduism
Jainism
32
This Muslim mosque is one of three important religious sites in Jerusalem.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Dome of the Rock
Wailing Wall (Western Wall)
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Which of the following is not a universalizing religion?
Sikhism
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
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The smallest of the major universalizing religions is
Islam
Sikhism
Buddhism
Hinduism
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A pidgin language
cannot exist for more than a generation
has no native speakers
is spread by folk culture
cannot exist without globalization
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The spread of the flu is an example of what type of diffusion?
stimulus
contagious
migration
non-hierarchical
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The graphic below shows the distribution of what major world religion c. 1500 CE?
Islam
Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
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One of the goals of the movement ___ was to create a religious and political homeland for Jews:
Zionism
Secularization
Religious fundamentalism
Modernism
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a creolized language is
extinct
an isolated language family
a revived formerly extinct language
a mix of indigenous and colonial languages
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What religion produced this cultural landscape?
Islam
Christianity
Zoroastrianism
Hinduism
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A place or region where an innovation, idea, belief, or cultural practice begins is a
Physical landscape
Nodal Region
Hearth
Family tree
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“Little Havana,” “Chinatown” and “Little Saigon” are all examples of which of the following?
ethnic cleansing
ethnic neighborhoods
ethnic landscapes
ethnonationalism
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A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not only ones in a certain location
Hierarchal Religion
Ethnic Religion
Universalizing Religion
Autonomous Religion
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Which is the only country in which the majority of the population is Jewish?
Pakistan
United States
Egypt
Israel
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The rise of _______transformed the distribution of the world’s languages and language families.
Royalty
Feudalism
Agriculture
Globalization
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This map shows the distribution of what religion?
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
Judaism
47
What religion is represented by this symbol?
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
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you notice that many businesses have “kosher” and the Star of David. What can you determine?
a large Christian population
a large Hindu population
a large Islamic population
a large Jewish population
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What type of religion generally displays a more dispersed pattern of distribution?
Universalizing
Ethnic
50
Which of the following language families is dominant in the Americas?
Indo-European languages
Austronesian languages
Sino-Tibetan languages
Native American languages
51
In what way do the people of Quebec differ from those in other Canadian provinces?
they speak French
they are not Christian
they travel to the United States for work
they are recent immigrants
52
What religion is most asscoiated with this structure?
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Hindusim
53
The belief in no deity defines which of the following terms?
Animistic
Monotheistic
Polytheistic
Atheistic
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Which of the following pairs of religions have their hearth in modern-day India?
Islam and Buddhism
Hinduism and Buddhism
Judaism and Hinduism
Christianity and Judaism
55
Islam became a prominent religion in India because of
trade with Africa
an invasion by the Persians
the rule of the Mughals
alliances with Southwest Asia
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What type of religion would this site be associated with.
Universilizing
Ethnic
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Prohibiting prayer in public schools is an example of which of the following?
Traditionalism
Fundamentalism
Secularization
Sharia Law
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What are the three branches within Christianity?
Protestant, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox
Jainism, Catholic, Sikhism
Renewalism, Traditionalism, Protestant
Eastern Orthodox, Islam, Fundamentalism
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sign languages are based on
street signs
dialects
mutual intelligibility
body movements
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The wall in the picture is important to what religion?
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Bahai
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Which of the following lingua francas is the global lingua franca?
Hausa
Swahili
Russian
English
62
This Christian church is one of three important religious sites in Jerusalem.
Wailing (Western) Wall
Dome of the Rock
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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What religion produced this cultural landscape?
Hinduism
Sikhism
Buddhism
Shintoism
64
The fastest growing religion in the world is
Christianity
Islam
Buddhism
Hinduism
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Where is the hearth of the three monotheistic world religions?
the Pacific Rim
North America
Southeast Asia
Middle East (Semitic Hearth)
66
The world's largest universalizing religion in amount of followers is
Judaism
Islam
Christianity
Hinduism
67
What region of the world is home to the Ganges River, the holiest body of water for Hindus?
North America
South America
South Asia
East Asia
68
A pilgrimage to Mecca is an important religious duty.
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
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Which universalizing religion has the most clustered pattern of distribution?
Sikhism
Christianity
Islam
Baha'i
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Which of the following would NOT be an element of a religious cultural landscape?
a cathedral
a mosque
the Quran
a temple
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Acculturation is...
The absorption of a minority group by a dominant majority
the trend towards Americanization
The integration of diverse populations by the majority
When a minority group adopts some of the traits of the majority group.
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n accurate example of a Pidgin language is
Spanglish
English
German
French
73
A language that develops from a pidgin language and is taught as a first language is
Creole
Toponym
Lingua franca
Natural language
74
The fastest growing religion in the world is
Hinduism
Buddhism
Islam
Christianity
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What religion is represented by this symbol?
Islam
Judaism
Hinduism
Christianity
76
What is a Pidgin language?
A simplified language used for communication between people
A language that is used for trade and commerce
The most common language spoken in an area
An official language formed from two languages
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The Elvish languages featured in the The Lord of the Rings would be an example of an
Natural language
Lingua Franca
Artificial language
Universal language
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Scholars think that the Indo-European language family may have originated in a region in
Greece
England
Israel
Turkey
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Some languages are so similar that they have a high degree of
body language
dialect
sign language
mutual intelligibility
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One significant impact of popular culture is to
modify the physical environment
spread through relocation diffusion
promote the diffusion of folk culture
create a more varied and less uniform landscape
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Which religion built this structure?
Christianity
Buddhism
Judaism
Islam
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The YELLOW graphic below shows the distribution of what major world religion c. 1500 CE?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Islam
Christianity
83
Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism are all...
Monotheistic Religions
Ethnic Religions
Universalizing Religions
Animistic religions
84
Of the countries listed, which of the following has the highest LDI?
Brazil
Papua New Guinea
Malaysia
Australia
85
What type of religion generally displays more reverence for nature?
Ethnic
Universalizing
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A system of communication based on symbols that have agreed-upon meanings is known as:
lingua franca
dialect
language
mutual intelligibility
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In North America which of the following religions is most prevalent?
Christianity
Buddhism
Islam
Judaism
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What religion is NOT known to have strong food taboos?
Hindu
Buddhism
Judaism
Islam
89
Which religion replaces the question mark in the diagram?
Hinduism
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
90
This Jewish holy site is one of three important religious sites in Jerusalem.
Dome of the Rock
Wailing Wall (Western Wall)
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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What is Folk Culture?
Folk Culture is practiced by small groups, usually isolated
Folk Culture is spread by social media
Folk Culture is passed down from generation, to generation
Folk Culture is the creation of made up stories
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Almost half of the world’s people speak languages belonging to the ____________Language family.
Trans-New Guinea
Sino-Tibetan
Indo-European
Austronesian
93
The term for religion w/ a concentrated spatial distribution & often is based on area it exists
Folk Culture
Universalizing Religion
Ethnic Cleansing
Ethnic Religion
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What is the term for the spread of people, ideas, practices and goods?
globalization
hearth
culture
diffusion
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This strucutre is most associated with what religion?
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
Buddhism
96
This symbol is asscoiated with what religion.
Shintoism
Buddhism
Taoism
Confucianism
97
What is Assimilation?
The process of accepting and working with another culture.
The process of killing off a better culture.
The process of rejecting another culture.
The process of losing one culture and taking on another.
98
Which religion is the best example of an ethnic religion?
Hinduism
Christianity
Islam
Buddhism
99
The world's largest ethnic religion in amount of followers is
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Judaism
100
Christianity is the largest religion in the world with an estimated number of followers being
100 million
40 million
2.3 billion
4.5 billion
