Culture
Cultural Landscape
Languages
Challenges with culture and language
Miscellaneous
100
Families are an example of what important element of culture? (Hint: one of the three main components of cultural traits)
Sociofacts
100
What does this picture show?
It is a Jewish synagogue.
100
You go and travel to India. You meet a group of people who speak their own language. There are 38,000 of all ages who speak the language, but there is no writing of the language. What kind of a language is this?
A vigorous language- in daily use by all ages, but no literary tradition.
100
What is a challenge or negative to having an official language?
Languages that are a minority die or just become less- cultural identity is ignored
100
Answer these 3 questions about US dialects:
1. How were they diffused across the US?
2. What are the 4 main dialect regions today? (not from colonists)
3. What is an isogloss?
1. Westward migration of colonists
2. North, Midland, South, and West
3. A word-use boundary with a degree of geographic extent
200
What US city is a great example of sequent occupancy? [Hint: It was a Spanish, French, and US city- and it was also talked about in class :) ]
New Orleans, Louisiana
200
Based on this picture and cultural landscape, where are we?
Mexico- sign in Spanish, Mexican flag hanging up, etc.
200
If I wanted to go to the country that speaks the main language in the Sino-Tibetan language family, where would I need to go?
China- Mandarin is the official language
200
What is the main challenge for folk culture?
To maintain unique local landscapes in an age of globalization
200
Creolized languages are an example of what?
Syncretism
300
Switzerland has 4 different languages, and therefore, different cultures. They all get along, so this is an example of what?
Multiculturalism- the idea that cultures can be separate and distanced from one another and still co-exist.
300
Cultural landscape can be shown in many ways. What is this picture an example of?
Sequent occupancy- the pyramids from the Egyptians and the modern city.
300
What are the different language groups in the Baltic-Slavic language branch? (Hint: There are 4 total, 3 main ones)
Eastern Slavic group, Western Slavic group, Southern Slavic group, and the East Baltic group.
300
What is a challenge or negative to not having an official language?
There are many different languages, so it would be harder to communicate across groups. People would have to learn many languages.
300
What is glocalization?
The practice of conducting business according to local and global considerations
400
You went to a different country. While there, you observed someone from your American tour group walking up to a food stand selling dog. Instead of making an odd face or saying how it was so weird, they just said how they supposed it would be a good idea to eat dog in this place. This is an example of...
cultural relativism
400
Based on this picture and the cultural landscape, where are we?
Italy- the mountains in the background, growing olive trees
400
You are on a world tour, which works perfectly since you speak many different languages. You decide to take an extra day, and you head down Kenya and Uganda. When you arrive, you are dismayed to find that you don't speak their language! What language family would you need to know some languages in if you were to go there?
Niger-Congo
400
What is the main challenge for pop culture?
The lack of sustainability of practices designed to promote urban landscapes
400
What is the difference between an official and working language?
An official language is used by the government and sometimes the only language in public schools. A working language is designated by an international organization as its main means of communication.
500
What is terroir?
A French term that is the sum of the effects on a particular food item based on the environment around it. (ex. lentils in France with volcanic soil)
500
One of the languages on this sign is French. There is one other language on here (and it's not English) that is also spoken frequently in this country. Where might we be?
Belgium- they are multilingual nation where the north speaks Flemish (like Dutch), and the southern part speaks French.
500
Give the hierarchy (language up to language family) of Persian.
Persian, Iranian language group, Indo-Iranian branch, Indo-European family
500
Why can distinguishing between a dialect and a language be a challenge? Give an example and why.
Sometimes dialects may become distinct languages over time. Some examples are Catalan, Galician, and Sicilian. Cultural identity and nationalism for the region instead of the country takes place. Ex. Saying "I'm Galician" instead of saying "I'm Spanish".
500
How many official languages does the UN have and what are they?
Bonus (just for fun not necessarily extra points): How many official languages does the EU recognize?
6- Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish
Bonus: 24