Culture/Terms
Language
Religion
Pop vs. Folk Culture
100
A center of place of origin of a cultural tradition is called a:
Cultural Hearth
100
The most common FIRST LANGUAGE spoken in the world is:
Mandarin Chinese
100
This religion includes: Jesus, Abraham and Muhammad and is considered a "universalizing religion"
Islam
100
A large heterogeneous group in an urban area would be considered what kind of culture?
Popular Culture
200
What term describes a group of people with a common ethnic identity spread out over a large geographic area? (Hint: Think Jewish History Example)
Diaspora
200
The theory that languages spread by "horseback" westward or through conquest is known as:
the conquest theory
200
In what religion did the caste system originate?
Hinduism
200
A small homogeneous cultural group living in a rural area would be categorize as what type of culture?
Folk Culture
300
Where were MOST cultural hearths ORIGINALLY located?
River Valleys
300
The original ethnic term given to native-born descendants of Spanish conquerors in the Caribbean was:
Creole
300
The world's most widespread religion is:
Christianity
300
Folk culture usually spreads through what king of diffusion?
Relocation diffusion
400
This term refers to how quickly innovations diffuse today and refers to how interlinked two places are.
Time-Space Compression
400
The largest language FAMILY in the world is:
Indo-European
400
The largest number of Muslims reside in what COUNTRY today?
Indonesia
400
An example of a modern form of Folk Culture in the United States would be:
The Amish communities (answers may vary)
500
When one ethnic group becomes integrated into a larger culture it is called:
Assimilation
500
The language that people conduct GLOBAL business is a:
lingua franca
500
Which continent has the largest number of Jewish occupants?
North America
500
When one ethnic group becomes integrated into a larger culture it is called:
Assimilation
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