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What's a force that divides people and countries?
Centrifugal Force
What is the definition of a dialect?
a regional variety of language exemplified by several features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from other regional cultures.
The world's most widespread religion is
Christianity
Popular customs most frequently originate in
more developed countries
What is a working language?
A language that is designated by the international corporation for daily correspondence.
It’s a language created from a combination of two more language into a simplified form.
Pidgin Language
Language family spoken mainly in Africa.
Niger-Congo
What are two examples of ethnic religions?
Hinduism and Judaism.
People maintain their primary culture regardless of knowing the popular culture because
strong wish to preserve their cultural customs
The combination if elements of two groups into a new cultural religion
The spread of an idea by people moving
Relocation Diffusion
Why are many people around the world having to learn language as their second language?
English is the language that is used in government and public businesses so it is essential to learn the language so you can compete with today's world.
The hearth and spiritual center of Islam is at
Mecca
Many less developed countries fear the loss of traditional culture because
Western perspectives may become more dominant resulting in the loss of their unique traditions.
What are the most common Romance languages?
French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese
a regional variety of language exemplified by several features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from other regional cultures.
Dialect
What language family does English belong to?
Indo European
A polytheistic religion that originated in the Indian sub-continent
Hinduism
What is the difference between a habit and a custom?
A habit is a repetitive act that a person performs while a custom is a repetitive act of a group which is performed to the point it becomes the characteristic of the group.
What is Denglish?
A mix of German and English.
An array of languages that helps make up a language branch; the languages in the group share common origin and have similar vocabulary and grammar.
Language Group
Give 5 examples of Lingua Franca's.
Arabic, English, French, Chinese, Russian
An originally Indian religion with two main sub-sects.
Buddhism
How are pop and folk culture distributed?
Folk culture is distributed by relocation diffusion and pop is distributed by hierarchical diffusion.
How did English spread westward?
England got their first successful colonies in the U.S, and after a battle with France they took control of the North American colonies.