What does C.E. stand for? (as in 650 CE)
Current Era
Belonging to the same religion can bring people together. This is called a _________ Force.
Centripetal
Structures and organizations that influence social behavior are known as _____.
Sociofacts
The smallest language categorization, marked by different pronunciation, spelling, speed, and word choice
dialect
When a language is at risk of disappearing.
Endangered Language
What is an adherent?
A follower of a religion
What is it called when followers of a religion travel to sacred sites for spiritual reasons?
Pilgrimage
What is the most populous region on Earth?
East Asia
This theory states that Indo-European originated near the present day Kazakstan/Russian border
Kurgan Hearth Theory
Dead
What is the term for the origin or starting point of a cultural trait?
True or False: If you are born into a Universalizing Religion, it is extremely difficult to choose to leave it.
False; you cannot be born into a Universalizing Religion, and adherents are free to change their belief system
The number of people supported by a unit of arable land is known as the _____.
Physiological Density
Languages which are no longer used because they have evolved are called what?
Ancestral Languages
True or False: Before Middle English, there was Early English.
False: Old English, not Early English
Religion and language are important parts of how a cultural group defines itself. Also known as their _____.
Identity
This religion is the oldest universalizing religion in the world.
Buddhism
This group argues that overpopulation is going to be a more serious problem than this population theorist predicted in the late 1700's.
Neo-Malthusians
Korean is an example of this type of language
Isolate
This type of religion's diffusion tends to be limited, because they do not actively seek new members.
Ethnic Religions
Define Ethnicity
a group with common cultural characteristics
This religion originated in the Punjab region of India, and it hasn't diffused far.
Sikhism
This set of 10 laws includes that most migrants are adults, and rural dwellers are more migratory than urban dwellers.
Ravenstein's Laws of Migration
How many living languages are there in the Indo-European Language Family?
445
There is speculation about one ancestral language for all of Indo-European, called _____.
Proto-Indo-European