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1
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what is an assembly of people brought together for religion

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congregation

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what is a division in a religion

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branch

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what refers to a strict adherence of scripture or principles in a religion

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fundamentalism

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what is a class within a religion

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caste

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what is the blending of religions

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syncretism

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this type of religion would typically mimic the culture and religion surrounding it, emphasizing the typical physical features in its area. this would be what

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ethic religion

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what is an individual who helps spread a religion in a land not native to their own

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a missionary

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what is the belief that objects have a spirit

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animism

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what is the belief that the existence of God cannot be proven

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agnosticism

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what is a form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents

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vulgar latin

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a form of language used for official government buisness, education, and mass communications

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standard language

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a language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages

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lingua franca

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a collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocab

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language group

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within a language family the collection of languages that are related through a common ancestral langauge that existed several thousand years ago

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langauge branch

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a system of communication

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langauge

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a langauge unrelated to any other and therefore not attached to any langauge family

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language

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_____ is a regianal varitaiton of a langauge distinguished by disincitve vocab spelling and pronunciation

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ebonics

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a ______is a regianal varitaiton of a langauge distinguished by disincitve vocab spelling and pronunciation

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dialect

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the dialect of english associated with upper class britons living in the london and now considered standard in the US

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recieved pronunciation

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the spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places

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hierechial diffusion

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the process by which a feautre spreads from one place to another over time

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diffusion

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the unauthorized and clandestine deployment of a virus to observe or destroy data in the computer systems of government agencies and large corporations

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cyber espionage

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23
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the contributuion of a locations distinctive physical features to the way food tastes

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terrior

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a gesture forbidden or not accepted in ones society

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taboo

25
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type of culture that spread to multiple locations and is shared by different cultural groups

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poplular culture

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a phenomenon describes the interconnectedness between countries and the emergence of one common culture

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globalization

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the repetitive act of a group preformed to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group

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custom

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a small homogenous population that is typically rural and cohesive in cultural traits that are passed down from generation to genereation

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folk culture

29
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a statement that can be proven to be false

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alternative fact

30
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three major monotheistic religions

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christianity judiasm and islam

31
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cultural identity through shared traits such as language or religion

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ethnicity

32
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80% of indias people follow this religion

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hinduism

33
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at what hearth did buddhism originate from

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india

34
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what is polytheism

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belief in more than one god

35
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what is the major symbol in christianity

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a cross, fish, or martyr

36
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what are the names of two religions who have a taboo against pork

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Judaism and islam

37
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what is monotheism

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the belief of the existence of only one god

38
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what is a place name that reveals what is important to people and what the land is like

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toponym

39
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why is the extinction of languages a problem

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when a language dies, part of its culture does too

40
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which of the following was an extinct language but has since been revived

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hebrew

41
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the french creole is a what combined two simplified languages to form a lingua franca

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pigeon language

42
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what is the second largest language family

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sino-tibetan language

43
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the sharing of ideas or cultural across borders, like the us and mexico is called what

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transculturation

44
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hierarchial diffusion means that

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spread of an idea from persons of authority or power to other person

45
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models in geography deal with what?

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relation of things in physical space

46
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this similar use of beaches that one can enjoy around the world is known as

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a uniform landscape

47
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if i can understand you and you can understand me, this is called

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mutual interlligability

48
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why do geographers study the distribution of various religions in the world

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to better understand how religion impacts society

49
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how is shamanisn connected to animism

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shamans are often part of animist cultures

50
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the center of a culture

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hearth

51
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these differences in pronunciation are called

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accents

52
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what do we call aspects of a large, diverse culture that can bind various subcultures within it together?

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popular culture

53
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what do we call the beliefs and traditions of a group of people

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culture

54
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a state is an example of what kind of region

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a formal

55
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the study of how the environment and humans affect each other____geography

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cultural

56
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why do fewer people in the US speak different languages as compared to people in europe?

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In the US ones much more likely to be surrounded by large areas where most people speak english than in europe where there are many small countries with different languages

57
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what is geography

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the study of physical figures in related to humans

58
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what do we call the traditions and beliefs of a group of people

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culture

59
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spatial analysis is also called

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area analysis and locational analysis

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