test 3

Question 1

what is an assembly of people brought together for religion

Answer 1

congregation

Question 2

what is a division in a religion

Answer 2

branch

Question 3

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

Answer 3

fundamentalism

Question 4

what is a class within a religion

Answer 4

caste

Question 5

what is the blending of religions

Answer 5

syncretism

Question 6

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

Answer 6

ethic religion

Question 7

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

Answer 7

a missionary

Question 8

what is the belief that objects have a spirit

Answer 8

animism

Question 9

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

Answer 9

agnosticism

Question 10

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

Answer 10

vulgar latin

Question 11

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

Answer 11

standard language

Question 12

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

Answer 12

lingua franca

Question 13

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

Answer 13

language group

Question 14

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

Answer 14

langauge branch

Question 15

a system of communication

Answer 15

langauge

Question 16

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

Answer 16

language

Question 17

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

Answer 17

ebonics

Question 18

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

Answer 18

dialect

Question 19

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

Answer 19

recieved pronunciation

Question 20

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

Answer 20

hierechial diffusion

Question 21

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

Answer 21

diffusion

Question 22

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

Answer 22

cyber espionage

Question 23

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

Answer 23

terrior

Question 24

a gesture forbidden or not accepted in ones society

Answer 24

taboo

Question 25

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

Answer 25

poplular culture

Question 26

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

Answer 26

globalization

Question 27

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

Answer 27

custom

Question 28

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

Answer 28

folk culture

Question 29

a statement that can be proven to be false

Answer 29

alternative fact

Question 30

three major monotheistic religions

Answer 30

christianity judiasm and islam

Question 31

cultural identity through shared traits such as language or religion

Answer 31

ethnicity

Question 32

80% of indias people follow this religion

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hinduism

Question 33

at what hearth did buddhism originate from

Answer 33

india

Question 34

what is polytheism

Answer 34

belief in more than one god

Question 35

what is the major symbol in christianity

Answer 35

a cross, fish, or martyr

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Judaism and islam

Question 37

what is monotheism

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the belief of the existence of only one god

Question 38

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

Answer 38

toponym

Question 39

why is the extinction of languages a problem

Answer 39

when a language dies, part of its culture does too

Question 40

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

Answer 40

hebrew

Question 41

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

Answer 41

pigeon language

Question 42

what is the second largest language family

Answer 42

sino-tibetan language

Question 43

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

Answer 43

transculturation

Question 44

hierarchial diffusion means that

Answer 44

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

Question 45

models in geography deal with what?

Answer 45

relation of things in physical space

Question 46

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

Answer 46

a uniform landscape

Question 47

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

Answer 47

mutual interlligability

Question 48

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

Answer 48

to better understand how religion impacts society

Question 49

how is shamanisn connected to animism

Answer 49

shamans are often part of animist cultures

Question 50

the center of a culture

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hearth

Question 51

these differences in pronunciation are called

Answer 51

accents

Question 52

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

Answer 52

popular culture

Question 53

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

Answer 53

culture

Question 54

a state is an example of what kind of region

Answer 54

a formal

Question 55

the study of how the environment and humans affect each other____geography

Answer 55

cultural

Question 56

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

Answer 56

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

Question 57

what is geography

Answer 57

the study of physical figures in related to humans

Question 58

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

Answer 58

culture

Question 59

spatial analysis is also called

Answer 59

area analysis and locational analysis