Language and Religion

Question 1

Christianity has expanded through repeated patterns of relocation diffusion to spread to the Americas. What explains the impacts of this diffusion on Christianity in the Americas?

Answer 1

The repeated relocations have resulted in a wide diversity of Christian religious beliefs and practices.

Question 2

As Buddhism diffused through East Asia, Buddhist traditions blended with local cultural customs to create distinct religious practices, such as Daoism in China and Shinto in Japan. What terms best describes this blending of cultural traditions?

Answer 2

Syncretism

Question 3

What correctly pairs a global religion described with its hearth region of origin?

Answer 3

Hinduism and South Asia

Question 4

Based on the two images, which of the following statements best explains the geographic process that took place as Islam diffused from its hearth?

Answer 4

Islam diffused hierarchically to the west through conquest and to the east through relocation via missionaries along trade routes.

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of an ethnic religion?

Answer 5

Judaism

Question 6

Which of the following correctly lists the four major ancient culture hearths?

Answer 6

Indus Valley, Mesopotamia, Nile Valley, North China

Question 7

Which of the following best explains how immigration affects the cultural landscape of religion?

Answer 7

Immigrants often retain their religion during the process of acculturation, contributing to religious diversity within the cultural landscape of the receiving country.

Question 8

Which of the following correctly sequences the continuum from language family to dialect?

Answer 8

Indo-European, Germanic, English, Midland-Northern

Question 9

If four languages have similar words for numbers and the names of fish, but different names for a certain disease, what might be concluded about the time at which the disease first diffused?

Answer 9

The population divided and evolved into the four different languages, and then the disease spread.

Question 10

The world’s three major monotheistic religions originated in which of the following regions?

Answer 10

Southwest Asia

Question 11

Which of the following best explains the practice of placing indigenous children in boarding schools in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

Answer 11

The schools were intended to diffuse Christianity and assimilate indigenous youth into European culture.

Question 12

How does the map illustrate global diffusion of the French language from its cultural hearth in Paris?

Answer 12

The map shows how in many areas of the former French empire the language persists despite the independence of former colonies.

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Hinduism?

Answer 13

It is a universalizing religion.

Question 14

A pilgrim to Varanasi (Benares) in India is most likely to be a

Answer 14

Hindu

Question 15

Which of the following religions is predominant in the states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota?

Answer 15

Lutheran

Question 16

Which of the following religions is appropriately matched with its region of origin?

Answer 16

Buddhism . . India

Question 17

In which of the following countries has the diffusion of Christianity met the most resistance?

Answer 17

China

Question 18

Which of the following originated in South Asia and subsequently spread throughout much of Southeast and East Asia?

Answer 18

Buddhism

Question 19

Which of the following is a term used in the study of place names?

Answer 19

Toponyms

Question 20

The Indo-European language family includes the major languages of Europe and those dominant in all the following regions EXCEPT

Answer 20

Central Asia

Question 21

Toponyms in southern California reflect which of the following?

Answer 21

Cultural heritage of the settlers

Question 22

Hinduism and Buddhism have their origins in South Asia. Much of Hinduism’s population is concentrated in South Asia, whereas much of Buddhism’s population has diffused to other parts of Asia. Which of the following best explains this difference in the cultural diffusion of Hinduism and Buddhism?

Answer 22

Hinduism is an ethnic religion concentrated in the region near its cultural hearth, and Buddhism is a universalizing religion that has spread to regions where the religion has been adopted.