Language & Religion Flashcards
Specially Diverse
Something that is spread out over a large area.
Spatially Concentrated
Something packed into a small area.
Language is primary means?
By which a person expresses his/her culture.
What language is spoken by more people on the world?
Mandarin-Chinese
What is the 2nd most spoken language on Earth?
English
What language is spoken in more places on earth?
English
Most mandarin-Chinese speakers live where?
China
Mandarin-Chinese is the most what language on Earth?
Spatially diverse.
What is the primary way by which language diffuses?
Spreads out from place to place.
If something spreads out from place to place.
Relocation Diffusion.
What are the two major categories for religion on Earth?
Universalizing & Ethnic Religions.
What are the characteristics of Universalizing Religions?
They are inclusive anyone can join.
Frequently send out missionaries.
Not bound to any specific location.
What are the characteristics of Ethnic Religion?
Exclusive-Attached to a single culture ; ethnicity.
Spatially Concentrated: The are typically bound to a single location.
What are the three major Universalizing Religions?
Christianity (Christians)
Islam (Muslims)
Buddhism (Buddhists)
What a re the three major branches of Christianity?
Catholicism (Catholic)
Protestant
Orthodox
What are the two major branches of Islam?
Sunni Muslims
Shiite Muslims
What is the largest ethnic religion?
Which is spatially concentrated around where?
Hinduism
Around India
What is the 2nd largest Ethnic religion?
Which is spatially concentrated where?
Judaism
Israel
Traditional religion can also be referred to as?
“Tribal”
What is Relocation Diffusion?
People move from one place to another.
What is Hierarchical Diffusion?
Religion expansion because of those who who influence of those in authority positions, often forced.
What is Contagious Diffusion?
Religious expansion because of the influence of a community.
Which way does Christianity diffuse?
ALL THREE
Which way does Islam Diffuse?
ALL THREE
Which way does Buddhism diffuse?
Relocation and Contagious.
Diffusion
The process by which something is spreading out.
