Language
List two languages within the Romance language branch.
French
Spanish
Italian
Romanian
Portuguese
What is a term for the "home base" of an idea or object?
Hearth
What language type is usually spoken by those who are in power or by a government entity?
The official language
Give an example of a universalizing religion.
Christianity, Islam, Buddhism
What is the journey to a sacred place for religious purposes called?
Pilgrimage
List two languages in the Balto-Slavic language branch.
Russian
Polish
Czech
Slovak
Ukrainian
Slovenian
Serbo-Croatian
Bulgarian
List one example of a formal region.
Certain language regions
Certain religious regions
Certain types of economic activity
List two examples of something that is considered a nonmaterial culture.
Values
Beliefs
Behaviors
Social Norms
Oral traditions (songs/stories)
Who was the founder of Buddhism?
Siddhartha Gautama
What language is the Torah written in?
Hebrew
What is the term for when a language between indigenous people and colonizers blend together?
Creole/Creolized language
What is the term for when minorities gradually adopt the patterns of the dominant culture?
What is the term for a language that has been untouched by their surrounding areas?
Isolated Language
What are the five pillars of faith in Islam?
Faith
Prayer
Charity
Fasting
Pilgrimage
What is one of the things that Confucius advocates for?
Love for humanity
Ancestor worship
Reverence for parents
Harmony in how we think and act
What is the term for when two groups of people with different languages meet, and a new language with some characteristics of each come about?
Pidgin language
Name one thing that material culture reflects.
Traditions, lifestyles, and technologies
What is the term for religious beliefs about how the universe originated?
Cosmogony
What is one characteristic of Sikhism?
Founded in Northern India in the 16th Century
Founded by Guru Nanak
Combines elements of Hinduism and Islam
What is the term for rejecting religion and their principles?
Secularism
What do the following countries have in common:
USA
Australia
Somalia
Eritrea
Costa Rica
They are countries WITHOUT an official language
What is "folk culture"?
A culture that is in relative isolation, is small, homogeneous, and rural.
The effects of the caste system in India is still apparent today. When was the caste system made illegal in India?
1950
What is one of the four noble truths in Buddhism?
Suffering
The cause of suffering
End of suffering
The path that leads to the end of suffering
List an example of a religion that is polytheistic.
Hinduism
Wicca
Taoism