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Language
Religion
Pop vs. Folk Culture
Miscellaneous
100
A center of place of origin of a cultural tradition is called a:
Cultural Hearth
100
The most common FIRST LANGUAGE spoken in the world is:
Mandarin Chinese
100
This religion includes: Jesus, Abraham and Muhammad and is considered a "universalizing religion"
Islam
100
A large heterogeneous group in an urban area would be considered what kind of culture?
Popular Culture
100

What is a good example of cultural blending being successful found in Southeast Asia?

Singapore

200

The idea that a person’s beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that person’s own culture, rather than judged by another’s

Cultural Relativism

200

The language tree can be described in order as:

F – Family, B – Branch, G - Group, L – Language, D - Dialect

200
In what religion did the caste system originate?
Hinduism
200
A small homogeneous cultural group living in a rural area would be categorize as what type of culture?
Folk Culture
200

What is an example of an extinct language?

Latin (Answers may vary)

300

Where were MOST cultural hearths ORIGINALLY located?

River Valleys

300
The original ethnic term given to native-born descendants of Spanish conquerors in the Caribbean was:
Creole
300
The world's most widespread religion is:
Christianity
300
Folk culture usually spreads through what king of diffusion?
Relocation diffusion
300

What is the only government in the world that the majority of elected officials are women?

Rwanda

400
This term refers to how quickly innovations diffuse today and refers to how interlinked two places are.
Time-Space Compression
400
The largest language FAMILY in the world is:
Indo-European
400
The largest number of Muslims reside in what COUNTRY today?
Indonesia
400

An example of a modern form of Folk Culture in the United States would be:

The Amish/Hutterite communities 

400

Besides education and equality under the law (rights/pay), what is another way to help women achieve greater success in society?

Reproductive rights such as health care and maternity/paternity leave

500

When one ethnic group is forced to  integrate into a larger culture or to abandon their culture, it is called:

Placelessness

500
The language that people conduct GLOBAL business is a:
lingua franca
500
Which continent has the largest number of Jewish occupants?
North America
500

DAILY DOUBLE!!--Combination of physical and societal features that define a location

Cultural Landscapes

500

A real world example of Assimilation

Native Americans forced into American schools