What is the main branch of Christianity in Central and South America?
Catholic
100
What is an example of popular culture?
answers may vary. Examples - celebrities, magazines, products (coca cola), music, video games, vines, etc.
100
Define language family
a collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed lang before recorded histoy
100
What language is the world’s lingua franca?
English
100
What is the most widely spoken Indo European language?
English
200
What is the world most practiced
A)Universalizing religion
B)Ethnic religion
A: Christianity
B) Hindu
200
How does folk culture spread?
relocation diffusion, migration
200
What language was spoken by Roman Soldiers?
Vulgar Latin
200
Name four Romance languages?
Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese
200
Where would you most likely find a Hindu worshiping?
At home
300
A) What region are Muslims clustered in?
B) What country has the largest Muslim population?
A) Middle East
B) Indonesia
300
Define a)material, and b) non material culture
A: material; all the physical objects that people create & give meaning to
B: nonmaterial; ideas, knowledge & beliefs that influence people's behavior
300
What are the 4 main branches of the Indo-European language family?
Germanic, Romance, Baltic-Slavic, Indo-Iranian
300
What are the two most widely spoken language families?
Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan
300
What religion follows a rigid caste system?
Hindu
400
A) What are the two branches of Islam
B) What are the three branches of Christianity
C) Which branch has the most followers for each religion.
A) Shia (Shiite) and Sunni
B) Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox
C) Sunni - Islam, Catholics - Christianity
400
A) Where will the hearth of popular culture always be?
B) What allows for the diffusion of popular culture?
A) in an MDC
B) expansion diffusion - media and internet
400
What three groups invaded England establishing English as a Germanic language?
Angles, Jutes, Saxons
400
English is a part of which language Family Branch
Germanic
400
What region of the world is the hearth for the three main monotheistic religions?
Southwest Asia
500
What do followers of
A)Confucianism value
B)Daoism value
C)Shinto
D)What religion coexist with all three
A) Public Service and Behaving Properly
B) harmony with nature
C) everything has a living spirit
D) Buddhism
500
How has the diffusion of popular culture affected the cultural landscape?
similar to globalization; many of the same products and materials can be seen all throughout the world
500
What are the 4 official languages of Switzerland?
French, German, Italian, Romansh
500
Explain A) Gimbutas and B) Renfrew’s theories?
A) Gimbuta: Kurgan Hearth Theory - Origins of the Indo-European language begin with the Kurgan tribe in 4000 BC
B) Renfrew: Anotolain Hearth Theory - Origins of the Indo-European language began 2,000 years earlier than the Kurgans, in Anatolia
500
What are the 5 ethnic and universalizing religions?