Vocabulary
Concepts
Examples 1
Examples 2
100

A collection of languages relate to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history.

What is a language family?

100

Culture found in a large heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics.

What is Popular Culture?

100

What are 3 languages that are included in the romance branch?

Portuguese, Spanish, French, Romanian, Italian

100
What are 3 of the UN official languages?

Arabic, English, Spanish, Russian, French, Mandarin

200

A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family.

What is an isolated language?

200

Culture traditionally practiced by a small homogenous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups.

What is Folk Culture?

200

Name a country that has English as its official language?

Ireland, New Zealand, Nigeria

200

What is a taboo for muslims?

Eating pork and consuming alcohol

300

A language that is written as well as spoken.

What is a literary tradition?

300

A system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning.

What is language?

300

What are the names of the 4 language branches?

Indo-Iranian, Germanic, Balto-Slavic, Romance

300

What is a popular language from the Indo-Iranian language branch?

Hindu, Urdu, Persian

400

The contribution of a location's distinctive physical features to the way food tastes.

What is terrior?

400

The reduction in cultural diversity through the popularization and diffusion of a wide array of cultural symbols-not only physical objects, but customs, ideas, and values 

What is Cultural Homogenization?

400

What is the name of one of the two largest language families?

Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, 

400

What is the official language of the US?

The US does not have an official language.

500

A form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents.

What is Vulgar Latin?

500

A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago. Differences are not as extensive or old as in language families. The relationship between the languages can be confirmed. 

What is a language branch?

500

What is the name of the 3 main language families in Africa?

Afro-Asiatic, Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan

500

What is a country that has more than one official languages?

India, Belgium, Switzerland, Singapore, Luxembourg, South Africa, Bolivia