This term, which means similar, refers to the groups of people that practice folk culture
What is homogenous
100
An single behavior that is shared by a group of people is known as this
What is a custom
100
A language is said to have this if it is both spoken and written.
What is a literary tradition
100
This religion subscribes to nature worship and may use shamans
What is animism
100
What is the dominant religious branch of Latin America
What is Roman Catholic
200
This American geographer is noted for his study of folk housing, and hypothesis that there are 3 major folk housing hearths in the US: New England, Mid-Atlantic and Chesapeake
Who is Fred Kniffen. We added the Southern-style shotgun house in class.
200
In many religions there are dietary restrictions, or in cultures there are behaviors that are forbidden. What is the term for this
What is taboo
200
Which language was spread across North Africa and Southwest Asia by the diffusion of a new religion starting in the mid-7th century
What is Arabic (part of the Afro-Asiatic family, spread as the official language of the Koran, the holy book of Islam
200
Which ethnic religion has a lunar calendar and celebrations based on the natural events of the eastern Mediterranean
What is Judaism. (Islam also has a lunar cal, but is universalizing)
200
In what states would you be most likely to find members of the Amish
What is Pennsylvania, Ohio, Ketucky
300
Unlike popular culture which originates in More Developed Countries such as US, UK and Japan, folk cultures are more likely to be found in _______ areas
What is isolated. Rural is also acceptable.
300
Globalization is a force that spreads _________ culture.
What is popular
300
Which language family is dominant in South Africa
What is Indo-European
300
What makes a religion hierarchical, and give an example
What is that it divides territory up into administrative units. examples would be the Latter day Saints and Catholicism
300
This country has the largest population of Shiite Muslims
What is Iran
400
You would most likely be in this region of the US if you were finding many saltbox and two-chimney style houses
What is New England. The style will later spread to the Great Lakes region as Americans from New England migrate west.
400
Identify two types of diffusion that are most common for spreading popular culture today
What are hierarchical and contagious. (relocation is mostly for folk, and stimulus is less common as societies become more interconnected)
400
English originated from which 3 languages?
What is Celtic, Anglo-Saxon (Germanic), French
400
Based on religious taboos, which world region would have the lowest production of pigs
What is the Middle East. (Both Judaism and Islam prohibit the consumption of pork)
400
This is a type a map that might show where people might use certain dialects
What is an isogloss
500
Name two characteristics of folk housing.
What is build without blueprints, utilizes materials from the landscape, the architecture is related to the climate, and it spreads slowly through relocation diffusion
500
Because English is the most widely used language for business and commerce today it is part of global popular culture, but it is also a(n)________.
What is lingua france
500
Mandarin is the most commonly spoken language of this family and in this country.
What is Sino-Tibetan and China
500
Name 3 ethnic religions and 1 universalizing religion that have their hearths in South or East Asia
Ethnic: Daoism, Confucianism, Shinto, Hinduism
Universalizing: Buddhism ( Islam and Christianity originated in Western Asia)
500
Which branch of Christianity is most likely to be found in Utah