World Religions
Language Definitions
"I" Believe
Ends in "Migration"
Potpourri
100
The most popular and widely dispersed religion in the world today
What is Christianity?
100
A language that is published, widely distributed, and purposefully taught
What is a standard language?
100
Hinduism
What is India?
100
The movement across national borders
What is international migration?
100
The name for a place name
What is a toponym?
200
The world's second-largest religion is known for its five pillars and is found primarily in North Africa, Southwest Asia, South Asia and Indonesia
What is Islam?
200
A variant of a standard language along a regional or cultural line
What is a dialect?
200
Judaism
What is Israel?
200
Movement involving the imposition of authority or power; movers have no choice to relocate
What is forced migration?
200
The systematic killing of an entire people
What is ethnic cleansing?
300
This religion sprung from its hearth in Nepal and the Ganges River Valley after Siddhartha, a wealthy prince, spoke out against the misery around him
What is Buddhism?
300
A language used among speakers of different languages for the purposes of trade and commerce
What is a lingua franca?
300
Roman Catholicism
What is Italy?
300
Movement within one country's borders
What is internal migration?
300
The official language of the United States
What is none?
400
The oldest major religion in the world today, this polytheistic religion began in the Indus River Valley
What is Hinduism?
400
DAILY DOUBLE
What is a pidgin language?
400
Sunni Islam
What is Iraq or Indonesia?
400
Movement that occurs after a migrant weighs choices and options, even if the choice is not rational
What is voluntary migration?
400
The breakup of a language into dialects and then new languages due to lack of interaction among speakers
What is language divergence?
500
The local ethnic religion of Japan focuses on nature and ancestral worship
What is Shintoism?
500
A pidgin language that has developed a more complex structure and vocabulary and has become the native language of a group of people
What is a Creole language?
500
Shia Islam
What is Iran?
500
The movement of millions of African-Americans from the U.S. South to the Northeast and Midwest between 1916-1970
What is the Great Migration?
500
DAILY DOUBLE
What is transhumance?
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