Unlike other universalizing religions, Buddhism

remained primarily concentrated in one region of the world.

the sum of the effects of the local enviro. on a food item.

a language understood by people with different languages.

Which of these penalties were imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan?

All of these answers are correct.

a boundary between language regions

Judaism is classified as an ethnic rather than a universalizing religion, partly because

its rituals derive from the agricultural cycle in Israel.

Examples of ethnic religions include

Daoism, Confucianism, and Judaism.

Protestants in Ireland are

highly clustered in one part of the island.

Cultural diversity is promoted by

the relative isolation of a group from others.

A universalizing religion

appeals to people living in a wide variety of locations.

What was Communist Russia's /USSR policy of the government towards religion?

Churches remained open but played a limited role.

What policy did the British follow in India?

They encouraged the abolition of the caste system.

Animists believe that

inanimate objects and natural events have spirits.

Hinduism's caste system

assigns everyone to a distinct class.

Both universalizing and ethnic religions

can diffuse to different populations around the world.

Especially important in Daoism is to

reflect on the mystical and magical aspects of life.

An ethnic religion is

appealingmostly to one group of people in one place.

A literary tradition is

the written form of a language.

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1
The belief in the existence of only one god is
cosmogony.
monotheism.
animism.
polytheism
2
The four most frequently spoken branches of Indo-European include all but
Balto-Slavic.
Indo-Iranian.
Romance
Celtic.
3
A group of languages that share a common ancestor before recorded history is a
language branch.
language family
language group.
dialect.
4
Unlike other universalizing religions, Buddhism
remained primarily concentrated in one region of the world.
was founded in China.
was not begun by an indiv founder & then diffused elsewhere.
worships more than one god.
5
The distribution of alcohol use in the U.S. displays which characteristic of popular culture?
barriers owing to the physical environment
uniform distribution across the landscape
rapid diffusion
the lack of a correlation to level of income
6
Cremation is more important than burial in which religion?
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
7
Terroir refers to
a group's food taboos.
a group's sense of place.
the relationship between the physical environment & culture.
the sum of the effects of the local enviro. on a food item.
8
Somefeatures of U.S. material culture such as gas stations, supermarkets, andmotels
promotea uniform landscape.
providediversity on the U.S. landscape
showhigh regional variation
reflectthe preservation of folk culture.
9
A lingua franca is
a language used by French colonial administrations
an English word that has entered the French language.
a language understood by people with different languages.
an extinct language that has been revived.
10
Palestinians include all but which of the following groups?
citizens of other states calling themselves Palestinians
Jewish citizens of Israel
residents of refugee camps
residents of territories occupied by Israel
11
Which is a branch of Christianity?
Druze
Shiite
Eastern Orthodox
Judaism
12
The language spoken by soldiers stationed throughout the Roman Empire was knownas
Vulgar Latin
Official Latin.
Catalan Latin.
Romance language.
13
The world's largest ethnic religion is
Daoism.
Confucianism.
Islam.
Hinduism.
14
For most of the past 2,000 years, most Jews have been
forced to live in ghettos.
concentrated in the United States.
highly clustered in present-day Israel.
dispersed around the world.
15
Which of these penalties were imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan?
Homosexuals were buried alive.
Prostitutes were hanged in public
Men were beaten for shaving their beards.
All of these answers are correct.
16
An isogloss is
a boundary between language regions
a blending of two language families.
a collection of unique words.
a form of a language spoken in a local area
17
Judaism is classified as an ethnic rather than a universalizing religion, partly because
it uses standard solar calendar rather than lunar calendar.
it commemorates the Exodus from Egypt.
its main holidays relate to events in the life of founder.
its rituals derive from the agricultural cycle in Israel.
18
The language spoken by the greatest number of native speakers in the world is
Mandarin.
Hindi.
Cantonese.
English.
19
Examples of ethnic religions include
Daoism, Confucianism, and Judaism.
Daoism and Christianity.
Confucianism, Islam, and Buddhism.
Buddhism, Judaism, and Hinduism.
20
Protestants in Ireland are
recent immigrants from Great Britain.
dispersed throughout the island.
highly clustered in one part of the island.
ethnically English and not ethnically Irish.
21
Cultural diversity is promoted by
the relative isolation of a group from others.
the rapid movement of goods and services across borders.
globalization.
expansion diffusion.
22
The Flemings and Walloons speak languages belonging to different
dialects.
language families
language branches.
language groups
23
Which of the following is currently the most important religion in the founder's homeland?
Christianity
Hinduism
Buddhism
Islam
24
Especially important in Confucianism is to
reflect on the mystical and magical aspects of life.
respect forces of nature as divine.
believei n one all-powerful God.
perform public service.
25
A universalizing religion
is rarely transmitted through missionaries.
appeals to people living in a wide variety of locations.
has celebrations almost entirely based seasonal changes
is based on physical char. of a particular location.
26
Israel has controlled all of Jerusalem since
the Six-Day War in 1967.
the withdrawal of British rule in 1948.
the Arab-Israeli armistice of 1949.
partition of Palestine by the United Nations in 1947.
27
The exiled spiritual leader of Tibet is the
Dalai Lama.
Panchen Buddha.
Dalai Buddha.
Kublai Khan.
28
Followers of which religious branch do not trace their origin to Abraham?
Sunni
Eastern Orthodox
Mahayana
Shiite
29
What was Communist Russia's /USSR policy of the government towards religion?
The old church was replaced by Eastern Orthodoxy.
Churches remained open but played a limited role.
All churches were closed.
Nearly all marriages were performed by clergy.
30
_____________controlled much of present-day Spain until 1492, but not since then?
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
Druze
31
Folk cultures are spread primarily by
contagious diffusion
relocation diffusion
stimulus diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
32
Christianity first diffused from its hearth through
hierarchical diffusion.
military conquest.
relocation diffusion.
contagious diffusion
33
The dominant branch of Islam is
Sunni.
Eastern Orthodoxy
Sikh.
Shiite
34
What policy did the British follow in India?
They forced all of the Hindus to migrate
They encouraged the abolition of the caste system.
They divided India into three countries.
They required all education to be conducted in English.
35
A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom is a
habit.
popular culture
taboo.
folk culture.
36
The most widely spoken language in Brazil is
Spanish.
French.
Portuguese.
Creole.
37
Animists believe that
enlightenment can be achieved by all people.
people should complete God's creation of the Earth.
people should make complete use of the Earth's resources.
inanimate objects and natural events have spirits.
38
Hinduism's caste system
decrees the pilgrimages which should be taken.
assigns everyone to a distinct class.
identifies a family's important deities.
is a substitute for the lack of a holy book.
39
Which is not an ethnic Asian religion?
Buddhism
Shintoism
Confucianism
Daoism
40
A relatively small group that has broken away from an established church is a
sect.
branch
denomination.
family.
41
Both universalizing and ethnic religions
attempt to be global and appeal to all people.
appea lprimarily to one group of people living in one place.
can diffuse to different populations around the world.
can be expressed as Christianity and Islam.
42
Especially important in Daoism is to
reflect on the mystical and magical aspects of life.
go to service every sunday
perform public service.
respect forces of nature as divine.
43
English is part of which language branch?
Northern
Indo-European
Germanic
Northern
44
An ethnic religion is
basedon only one language.
appealingmostly to one group of people in one place.
basedon belief in one particular spiritual leader.
youngerthan a universalizing religion.
45
The agricultural calendar is relatively unimportant to which type of religions?
animist
ethnic
universalizing
traditional
46
In recent decades, popular customs have most frequently originated in
countries with large rural populations.
more developed countries.
less developed countries
Latin America and Africa
47
Which of the following is not a Romance language?
Romanian
Italian
Portuguese
Bulgarian
48
Beliefs concerning the origin of the universe are
cosmogony.
astronomy.
polytheism.
animism.
49
Gumbo and jazz are terms that originated in the English dialects of
Jewish immigrants to the United States.
African Americans.
NewEnglanders.
Irish Americans.
50
A literary tradition is
the written form of a language.
a language spoken in an area.
the variety of dialects in a language
a collection of languages related to one other

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