Fall Exam Review

The faith that is most widely dispersed over the world is

The diaspora of the Jews resulted from

The world’s largest dominantly Islamic state is

Which of the following is not a Monolingual country

In terms of popular culture, cities like Paris, New York, and Milan are referred to as

Roman Catholic Christianity was spread to Middle and South America by

The only country in Africa with a building over 780 feet tall is:

The most widely distributed language family is ______________.

A group of people in a particular place who see themselves as a community are

Urban local cultures as in Brooklyn, NY and North End Boston, are seen as positive examples of

“Identity” is

Geographers interested in race, equity, and gender are ultimately interested in

Belgium is a ___________ speaking country

A geographic boundary within which a particular linguistic feature occurs is called

The largest constituency of Christianity is

When one group moves into another groups neighborhood and takes over is called what

The “lost city” located in Sun City, South Africa is a good example of:

Barrio is the Spanish term for

The Hajj, one of the “pillars of Islam,” is

Branson, Missouri capitalizes on local culture by presenting it as

Which development helped with the rise of national languages beginning in the 14 century

Hinduism arose in the _____________ River valley

Buying a Native American styled dream catcher at a Wal-Mart store in Ohio is an example of

The ________ of a group of people includes the things they construct

Hawaii is an example of state with

Cultural appropriation for purposes of profit is referred to as an example of

Globalized popular culture can be picked up and reproduced by other people. This is

The Chinese language and the _______ language have more speakers globally

By 2050, approximately ________ of Americans will consider themselves White only

culture is conceived as small, typically rural and cohesive in cultural traits

Little Sweden in Lindsborg, Kansas is a good example

Dialects are distinguished by differences in

The French government has _________ to protect French language and culture

The teachings of Lao-Tsu form the tenants of

About ____ of internet content is in English

In the Sub-Saharan realm, ________ remains the rule rather than the exception

The most widely used Indo-European language today is

A culture’s assumptions about the differences between men and women, are referred to as

The two theories of the Proto-Indo-European language dispersal are the conquest theory and

Persian, Pashto and Baluchi are all part of the __________ branch of the language tree

The fundamental doctrine of the Hindu faith is

Government efforts to discourage native practice and languages were attempts to _______ natives

South Korea is a hearth of global popular culture that influences surrounding regions

Buddhism has its source in

In India the breaking of a dowry contract may lead to

The naming of sports stadiums and other facilities for corporations is an example of

The African country where a major cluster of Eastern Orthodox churches survive is

What society typically calls a “race” is in fact

The former Soviet Union adopted _______________ as its official religious policy.

English is to lingua franca as _____________ is to pidgin language

The visible imprint of human activity on the landscape is known as:

Trends in popular culture proceed from large global centers on down to smaller cities

The language tree diagram of language divergence has some branches with dead ends

a word that has the same linguistic derivation as another word

The changes in local culture brought about by the onslaught of popular culture tend to disrupt.

a process of convergence which allows speakers of two or more languages to communicate is

The systematic study of the origin and meaning of place names is called

The most residentially segregated metropolitan area for African Americans is

The youngest major religion is

In technically advanced societies there is likely to be

Sikhism is a small compromise religion that arose from the confrontation between Hinduism and