Religion
Language
Diffusion
Vocab
Culture
Mixed Bag
The O.G.
2 Fast 2 Furious
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The world's three major monotheistic religions originated in what world region?
Southwest Asia / Middle East
25
What is the most widely used Indo-European language?
English
25
What type of diffusion is demonstrated below –
"Spain colonized the Philippines in the 16th century and spread the religion of Christianity across the country."
Relocation Diffusion
25
The spread of an idea or innovation from its source
Cultural Diffusion
25
Centrifugal or centripetal -
"All citizens of a country speak the same language"
Centripetal
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What is sequent occupance?
The idea/concept/fact that many places have been controlled or affected by a variety of groups over a period of time
25
What is a mental map?
A personal representation of a portion of the Earth's surface.
25
What are the world's four major population clusters?
South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe
50
In what world region did Hinduism originate?
South Asia (India)
50
What is the largest language family in the world by number of speakers?
Indo-European
50
What type of diffusion is demonstrated below –
"6-7"
Contagious diffusion
50
The belief that one's own culture is the best or better than other cultures
Ethnocentrism
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Centrifugal or centripetal -
"Different religions, languages, and ethnicities within one state"
Centrifugal
50
Aside from English, what language would you expect to hear spoken in the Southwestern US?
Spanish
50
What is the difference between site and situation?
A place's site is its physical location, while its situation is its relative and context-based location.
50
What is carrying capacity?
The number of people the Earth or a particular environment can sustainably support
75
What is the primary religion of Central and South America?
Roman Catholicism
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What is a lingua franca?
A language that is used as a common means of communication between speakers of different native languages
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What type of diffusion is demonstrated below –
"Malls see an increase in sales of a specific clothing brand due to a new celebrity endorsement."
Hierarchical diffusion
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A single attribute or characteristic of a culture, such as language, religion, customs, or food practices, that helps to define a group’s way of life
Cultural Trait
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Assimilation, Acculturation, or Syncretism?
American Indian children were forced to learn English in American-style boarding schools
Assimilation
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What is creolization?
The process through which languages combine and create new languages/means of communication
75
What is environmental possibilism?
The belief that while the physical environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment.
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How do you calculate the rate of natural increase (RNI)?
Crude birth rate minus the crude death rate
CBR - CDR
100
Classify all 5 religions into either universalizing or ethnic:
Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Roman Catholicism
Ethnic: Judaism, Hinduism
Universalizing: Islam, Buddhism, Roman Catholicism
100
Why is English the most widely spoken language in North America?
British colonists brought the language to the continent when they established colonies.
100
What type of diffusion is demonstrated below –
"German and English crafters developed new methods of making Chinese-like porcelain using local components"
Stimulus diffusion
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The forms superimposed on the physical environment by the activities of humans
Cultural landscape
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How is technology both good and bad for the existence of endangered languages?
Good: Preservation of language, space for conversation
Bad: Spread of global lingua franca
100
Origin is to hearth, as built environment is to what?
Cultural landscape
100
At what scale of analysis is this map?
National - It is comparing data from countries in one region.
100
In what stage of the DTM would you expect to find a high birth rate and a decreasing death rate?
Stage 2
125
How did Islam diffuse around the world? (provide both ways)
Through military conquest and trade
125
A sign in Ireland uses both English and Irish Gaelic to give directions. How is the sign contributing to the preservation of folk/local culture?
Irish Gaelic is a local/indigenous language to Ireland, therefore the sign promotes use of the local language.
125
What type of diffusion is demonstrated below –
"Residents of Southeast Asia adopt the use of chopsticks following their introduction by Chinese immigrants"
Relocation diffusion
125
A voluntary urban community where people of similar origin reside
Ethnic neighborhood / ethnic enclave
125
Name the four major ancient cultural hearths
Indus Valley, Mesopotamia, Nile Valley, and North China
125
Uluru is a reddish sandstone rock formation in central Australia. What religion would consider Uluru a sacred space?
Animism
125
What is time-space convergence?
A phenomenon that results from new technologies decreasing the amount of time it takes to travel between places
125
Who is most likely to migrate (age and gender) and where are they likely to migrate to (urban, suburban, or rural)?
Young men to large urban areas (cities)