Language Categorization
What is a threatened language?
Losing users, aging population of users
Where did languages originate? (current theory)
Western Africa
What is a universalising religions?
A religion that attempts to appeal to a variety of people/cultures.
How did Buddhism primarily spread?
Buddhist merchants - Through trade with China
What is the current status of the war in Ukraine?
It is a stalemate.
What is an isolated language?
A language unrelated to any other language or language family
What is English's family, branch, and group?
Indo-European, Germanic, West Germanic
What is agnosticism?
The belief that God/higher power cannot be proven or disproven.
How did Islam initially spread?
Through swift military conquest.
What are the Māori people protesting?
The new government
Rolling back use of the Maori language
What is a conlang?
What is the difference between a language family and a language branch?
A language family is older and came from before recorded history/written language.
What are the four largest religions?
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
What powerful individuals initially helped to spread Christianity?
Roman Emperors (Constantine and Theodosius)
What happened during the temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas?
Hamas traded Israeli hostages for palestinian prisoners.
What is a lingua franca?
A language of the international community
What are the two theories on how Indo-European spread?
Nomadic Warriors
Sedentary Farmers
What branch of Christianity is predominant in the US?
Protestantism
What branches of a major religion split in 1054, due to a power struggle?
Roman Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity
How is the Israel-Hamas War tied to religious conflict?
Israel is a Jewish state
Palestinians are muslim
Where do we see the majority of dying languages?
Western United States
What are the three groups of people who invaded England and changed the English language?
Germans (Saxons, Angles)
Vikings
French (Normans)
What two regions of the world do we see the majority of Muslims?
Northern Africa, Middle East/Central Asia
What was the cause of the split between Sunni and Shia Muslims?
Muhammad's successor
Sunni - no successor declared
Shia - Ali, Muhammad's cousin
What is Venezuela threatening to do?
Take a large portion of neighboring Guyana (Esequibo)