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In North America which of the following religions is most prevalent?
Buddhism
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
2
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)
3
What religion produced this cultural landscape?
Islam
Zoroastrianism
Christianity
Hinduism
4
What religion produced this cultural landscape?
Sikhism
Buddhism
Jainism
Hinduism
5
The rise of _______transformed the distribution of the world’s languages and language families.
Feudalism
Agriculture
Globalization
Royalty
6
Christianity is the largest religion in the world with an estimated number of followers being
4.5 billion
2.3 billion
100 million
40 million
7
The smallest of the major universalizing religions is
Buddhism
Sikhism
Hinduism
Islam
8
Acculturation is...
When a minority group adopts some of the traits of the majority group.
The absorption of a minority group by a dominant majority
the trend towards Americanization
The integration of diverse populations by the majority
9
Some languages are so similar that they have a high degree of
mutual intelligibility
body language
dialect
sign language
10
Why did pilgrims travel to religious sites?
to escape boredom
to see new areas
to show their devotion to God
to earn money
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A pidgin language
has no native speakers
cannot exist for more than a generation
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?
migration
stimulus
non-hierarchical
contagious
13
This strucutre is most associated with what religion?
Buddhism
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
14
What religion is represented by this symbol?
Islam
Buddhism
Hinduism
Christianity
15
The world's largest universalizing religion in amount of followers is
Islam
Hinduism
Judaism
Christianity
16
The belief in no deity defines which of the following terms?
Atheistic
Polytheistic
Animistic
Monotheistic
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What are the three branches within Christianity?
Eastern Orthodox, Islam, Fundamentalism
Jainism, Catholic, Sikhism
Renewalism, Traditionalism, Protestant
Protestant, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox
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A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not only ones in a certain location
Autonomous Religion
Ethnic Religion
Hierarchal Religion
Universalizing Religion
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A polytheistic religion refers to
Belief in or devotion to multiple deities
A belief in or devotion to a single deity
Belief that there is no deity
The scattering of a people through forced migration
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A polytheistic religion refers to
Belief that there is no deity
Belief in or devotion to multiple deities
A belief in or devotion to a single deity
The scattering of a people through forced migration
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Which is the only country in which the majority of the population is Jewish?
Pakistan
United States
Israel
Egypt
22
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
23
Which of the following would NOT be an element of a religious cultural landscape?
a mosque
the Quran
a cathedral
a temple
24
Lingua Franca is...
A Common language shared by people who do not share a native language.
A language spoken by French people.
A common language shared among British and Australian people.
referring to members of a global world that do not share a common language.
25
Which of the following is
not
one of the 5 pillars of Islam?
Praying 5 times daily
Pilgrimage to Mecca
Professing belief in Brahman as the divine creator
Charity
26
Where is the hearth of the three monotheistic world religions?
North America
Middle East (Semitic Hearth)
the Pacific Rim
Southeast Asia
27
What type of religion includes sacred places / holidays tied to the life of a founder?
Universalizing
Ethnic
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Which of the following is not a universalizing religion?
Sikhism
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
29
sign languages are based on
street signs
mutual intelligibility
body movements
dialects
30
Of the countries listed, which of the following has the highest LDI?
Malaysia
Brazil
Papua New Guinea
Australia
31
The Elvish languages featured in the The Lord of the Rings would be an example of an
Artificial language
Natural language
Lingua Franca
Universal language
32
Shinto and Shamanism are similar because
they originated in Japan
they mean the same thing
they believe in the same god
they are religions that emphasize spirits in nature
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Which of the following lingua francas is the global lingua franca?
Swahili
Russian
English
Hausa
34
A place or region where an innovation, idea, belief, or cultural practice begins is a
Physical landscape
Hearth
Family tree
Nodal Region
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A language family is
Traced through extensive and accurate written documents
collection of languages that share common, distant ancestor
A group of languages that have similar sounds
A region where innovation begins
36
Prohibiting prayer in public schools is an example of which of the following?
Fundamentalism
Sharia Law
Traditionalism
Secularization
37
The graphic below shows the distribution of what major world religion c. 1500 CE?
Islam
Buddhism
Hinduism
Christianity
38
What religion is most asscoiated with this structure?
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Hindusim
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The world's largest ethnic religion in amount of followers is
Islam
Judaism
Hinduism
Christianity
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a creolized language is
an isolated language family
extinct
a revived formerly extinct language
a mix of indigenous and colonial languages
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Which universalizing religion has the most clustered pattern of distribution?
Christianity
Sikhism
Islam
Baha'i
42
Which of the following is not a universalizing religion?
Sikhism
Judaism
Islam
Christianity
43
Which religion is the best example of an ethnic religion?
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
Buddhism
44
The wall in the picture is important to what religion?
Bahai
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
45
Shiites make up a majority of the population in which country:
United States
Iran
India
China
46
This symbol is asscoiated with what religion.
Confucianism
Taoism
Buddhism
Shintoism
47
movement that encourages scientific thought, the expansion of knowledge, & belief in progress
Globalization
Religious fundamentalism
Modernism
Secularization
48
Which religion built this structure?
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
Buddhism
49
Folk culture is transmitted through
Relocation Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Expansion Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
50
A situation in which one language becomes comparatively more powerful than another language is
Official language
Lingua franca
Universalizing language
Linguistic dominance
51
This Jewish holy site is one of three important religious sites in Jerusalem.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Wailing Wall (Western Wall)
Dome of the Rock
52
What type of religion generally displays a more dispersed pattern of distribution?
Ethnic
Universalizing
53
One significant impact of popular culture is to
promote the diffusion of folk culture
create a more varied and less uniform landscape
spread through relocation diffusion
modify the physical environment
54
you notice that many businesses have “kosher” and the Star of David. What can you determine?
a large Islamic population
a large Jewish population
a large Christian population
a large Hindu population
55
Almost half of the world’s people speak languages belonging to the ____________Language family.
Austronesian
Indo-European
Sino-Tibetan
Trans-New Guinea
56
This Christian church is one of three important religious sites in Jerusalem.
Dome of the Rock
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Wailing (Western) Wall
57
“Little Havana,” “Chinatown” and “Little Saigon” are all examples of which of the following?
ethnic landscapes
ethnic neighborhoods
ethnonationalism
ethnic cleansing
58
Christianity is the largest religion in the world with an estimated number of followers being
40 million
2.3 billion
100 million
4.5 billion
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What is a Pidgin language?
An official language formed from two languages
A language that is used for trade and commerce
The most common language spoken in an area
A simplified language used for communication between people
60
n accurate example of a Pidgin language is
German
French
English
Spanglish
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The term for religion w/ a concentrated spatial distribution & often is based on area it exists
Folk Culture
Ethnic Cleansing
Ethnic Religion
Universalizing Religion
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In a region dominated by Christianity, which building would likely be found on the landscape
mosque
church
shrine
synagogue
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What type of religion would this site be associated with.
Universilizing
Ethnic
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These strucutres are most asscoiated with what religion?
Christianity
Buddhism
Bahai
Hinduism
65
What religion can be found throughout East Asia, mixed with elements of Shintoism & Taoism?
Buddhism
Confucianism
Zoroastrianism
Hinduism
66
The fastest growing religion in the world is
Islam
Hinduism
Christianity
Buddhism
67
A pilgrimage to Mecca is an important religious duty.
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
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What are distinctive regional differences in grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary called?
pidgin languages
dialects
lingua franca
cultural norms
69
One of the goals of the movement ___ was to create a religious and political homeland for Jews:
Zionism
Secularization
Modernism
Religious fundamentalism
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What is Folk Culture?
Folk Culture is spread by social media
Folk Culture is practiced by small groups, usually isolated
Folk Culture is passed down from generation, to generation
Folk Culture is the creation of made up stories
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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
72
The fastest growing religion in the world is
Islam
Buddhism
Hinduism
Christianity
73
Which of the following is the BEST example of a culture hearth?
an isolated region
the confluence of two rivers
a shopping mall
the origin area of a religion
74
Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism are all...
Animistic religions
Universalizing Religions
Monotheistic Religions
Ethnic Religions
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An official language is one that
Is spoken all over the world
formally used in: political, legal, & administrative affairs
Can never be changed or altered
Is only spoken by citizens in the United States
76
What region of the world is home to the Ganges River, the holiest body of water for Hindus?
East Asia
South America
South Asia
North America
77
Scholars think that the Indo-European language family may have originated in a region in
England
Greece
Israel
Turkey
78
Islam became a prominent religion in India because of
the rule of the Mughals
alliances with Southwest Asia
trade with Africa
an invasion by the Persians
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A creole language is?
Mix of two languages that becomes first language
Mix of two languages
The official language of a country
Language only used for trade
80
The spatial expression of popular culture can be seen in the
Popular landcapes
Traditional landscapes
Uniform landscapes
Environmental landscape
81
A language that develops from a pidgin language and is taught as a first language is
Natural language
Lingua franca
Creole
Toponym
82
Which of the following pairs of religions have their hearth in modern-day India?
Islam and Buddhism
Christianity and Judaism
Hinduism and Buddhism
Judaism and Hinduism
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Which religion is the best example of an ethnic religion?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Christianity
Islam
84
What religion is NOT known to have strong food taboos?
Hindu
Buddhism
Islam
Judaism
85
What is Assimilation?
The process of killing off a better culture.
The process of accepting and working with another culture.
The process of losing one culture and taking on another.
The process of rejecting another culture.
86
Which of the following language families is dominant in the Americas?
Native American languages
Austronesian languages
Indo-European languages
Sino-Tibetan languages
87
This map shows the distribution of what religion?
Islam
Hinduism
Judaism
Christianity
88
Which religion replaces the question mark in the diagram?
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Hinduism
89
What is the term for the spread of people, ideas, practices and goods?
globalization
culture
diffusion
hearth
90
What religion produced this cultural landscape?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Shintoism
Sikhism
91
The YELLOW graphic below shows the distribution of what major world religion c. 1500 CE?
Hinduism
Islam
Buddhism
Christianity
92
A system of communication based on symbols that have agreed-upon meanings is known as:
language
dialect
lingua franca
mutual intelligibility
93
In what way do the people of Quebec differ from those in other Canadian provinces?
they are not Christian
they speak French
they are recent immigrants
they travel to the United States for work
94
What religion is represented by this symbol?
Islam
Judaism
Hinduism
Christianity
95
A pidgin language
cannot exist without globalization
is spread by folk culture
cannot exist for more than a generation
has no native speakers
96
What religion produced this cultural landscape?
Buddhism
Jainism
Hinduism
Sikhism
97
Which of the following is an example of a syncretic religion?
Sikhism
Buddhism
Christianity
Sunni Islam
98
What type of religion generally displays more reverence for nature?
Ethnic
Universalizing
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The belief that spirits or deities can be associated with natural features, like rocks & trees
Animistic
Polytheistic
Monotheistic
Atheistic
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What religion produced this cultural landscape?
Hinduism
Confucianism
Taoism
Buddhism
