Chapter 4 and 5 Flashcards
True or False: Popular culture is defined by large homogenous cultural groups
False: Large heterogeneous cultural groups
What is the center or place of origin for a cultural tradition called?
Cultural hearth
A geographic barrier in which a language feature occurs is called a ___________________.
Isogloss
What major language family does English belong to?
Indo-European
By what method does folk culture tend to diffuse?
Relocation diffusion (migration)
What is a lingua franca?
A trade language, or a language used to aid communication between two people who don’t share a common language or background
Name 4 Romance languages
Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, Romansh, Sicilian, et.
What are two examples of monolinguistic cultures?
Japan and Denmark
What is considered the cultural hearth of country music?
Nashville, TN
What do you call a restriction on behavior imposed by social custom?
Taboo
What occurs when one ethnic group becomes integrated into a larger culture?
Assimilation
A regional variation on a language is called a __________.
Dialect
What causes the many different dialects of English?
Different regions that speak English but are isolated from one another
In which U.S. State is alcohol consumption the lowest?
Utah (Church of Latter Day Saints)
In what ways does popular culture threaten environmental stability?
Increased demand for animal products, depletion of resources, modification of the landscape
What is glocalization?
When globalized products are changed to meet local customs or laws
Lingusitic diffusion usually occurs from what?
Migration or conquest (relocation diffusion)
Which language is considered the worlds premier lingua franca?
English
In what ways do some countries put limitations on the internet (name 2)?
Block social content, political content, security content, or tools
Regionalization would best explain the characteristics of what?
Folk Culture: regionalization is how local topography, flora, and fauna affects a culture
What term explains how quickly innovations diffuse today and refers to how interlinked two places are?
Time-space compression
What language would be considered a lingua franca in East Africa?
Swahili
What language family dominates North Africa and the Middle East?
Afro-Asiatic
Most people in Sub-Saharan Africa speak languages from which language family?
Niger-Congo
What language would have been considered a lingua franca during the Roman Empire?
Latin, the precursor to the Romance Languages
