Culture 1
What is the goal of popular music?
To spread/to make money.
The origin of a cultural trait.
A fireplace.
What does 'wicked pissah' mean?
AWESOME
What is one theory on where languages originated?
Africa
What famous location was the site of a recent heist?
The Louvre!
What lead to soccer's global popularity?
Easy to set up a game.
The British brought it through colonization.
What is the difference between a habit and a custom?
Habit: regular act of an individual.
Custom: regular act of a group/community.
What are the three parts of a dialect?
Pronunciation (accent), spelling, and vocabulary.
What is the difference between a language family and a language branch?
A language family is older (the root language) and came from before recorded history/written language. A language branch is a split from a language family.
A horse chestnut on a string.
Name three aspects of non-material culture.
Language, religion, governmental systems, educational systems, customs and traditions, norms, values, beliefs, taboos, etc.
Define 'norm' and 'taboo'.
Norm: Rules and expectations of behavior
Taboo: A restriction on a behavior imposed by a culture
What is a Lingua Franca, and provide an example.
A language of the international community, or, an international second language. English, Russian, Mandarin, French, Spanish, Swahili, etc.
What is English's family, branch, and group?
Indo European, Germanic, West Germanic
What has the US government been doing in the Caribbean?
Attacking alleged drug-smuggling ships.
Building up naval presence.
How can folk culture be better for the environment?
Developed in that environment.
Popular culture is often more resource intensive/leads to more pollution.
What is relocation diffusion?
People migrate and take their cultural traits with them.
What type of language is Esperanto, and what makes it easy to learn?
Esperanto is a conlang (constructed language) and it is complete phonetic.
What are the two theories on how Indo-European spread?
Nomadic Warriors
Sedentary Farmers
When did the previous record-holding government shutdown take place?
During Trump's first term (2018-2019)
What is the difference between a value and a belief?
Value - what is good/right
Belief - what is true
Define cultural homogenization.
The reduction in cultural diversity due to the diffusion of popular culture.
Name two hot spots for dying languages.
Pacific NW, Australia, Central South America, Siberia
What are the three groups of people who invaded England and changed the English language?
Germans (Saxons, Angles)
Vikings (Norse)
French (Normans)
Why did Prince Harry apologize to Canada? (his action AND the reason why he should support Canada)
He was wearing an LA Dodgers hat and Canada is a part of the British Commonwealth/view King Charles as head of state.