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1
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What is diffusion

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The spreading of information/ideas/behaviors of a culture over a wide area

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What is the most widely used language?

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English

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3
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What are 3 countries from Western Europe

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Denmark, Finland, France

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What is the ideal format for an FRQ?

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Labeling each question next to the answer

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What is the ethnic enclave?

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clusters of people of the same culture while being surrounded by people of a more dominant culture

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What is the Caste system

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rigid class system that shaped indian society

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What is Culture?

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Groups learned behaviors, actions, beliefs and objects

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What are Adages

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saying that attempt to express a truth about life

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what is multiculturalism

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coexistence of several cultures in one society

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What is cultural landscape

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visible reflection of a culture or built environment

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what is acculturation

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immigrants adopt the larger culture but they maintain major elements of their ownw

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hat is cultural hearth

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area in which unique cultures or traits develop

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13
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what is nativism

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anti immigrant attitudes

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What is assimilation

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ethnic group cant be distinguished from a larger culture

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What is an ethnic religion

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believe that tradition emphasize strong cultural characteristics among followers

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what is globalization

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intense interaction among people/gov./ company of different countries around the globe

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What religions are middle eastern religions

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Islam, Christianity, and judaism

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name 3 places of worship and the religion they go with

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Church (Christianity, Mosque (Islam) and Vihara (Buddhism)

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What is the Holy Land for Muslims

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mecca

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20
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religion is often linked to what

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ethnicity

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What are the 5 major religions

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Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, and Judaism

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What is the difference between monotheistic and polytheistic? Give an example for each.

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Monotheistic worships one god (Judaism, Islam, Christianity) polytheistic worships multiple gods (Hinduism)

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How did Christianity spread to America

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Dominate religion of Europe and as colonizers came over they brought their religion with them

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Name the holy books and which religion they go with

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Bible (Christianity, Torah (Judaism), Quaran (Islam), Vedas (Hinduism), Pali Canon and Dhammapada (Buddhism)

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What are the universal religions?

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Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity

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Do FRQs care about spelling or grammar? Why or why not?

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They are only looking for the correct answer.

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How many questions can be in an FRQ?

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3-7

28
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Do FRQs count against you if your answers are wrong?

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No

29
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What does define mean in an FRQ

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Provide specific meaning for a word/concept

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What does describe mean in an FRQ

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Provide relevant characteristic of a specified topic

31
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What does FRQ stand for?

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Free Response Question

32
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Can you answer only one part of an FRQ? Why or why not?

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No, you will lose out on the max amounts of points.

33
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What does explain mean in an FRQ?

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Provide information about how or why a relationship/pattern position/ outcome occurs using evidence/ reasoning

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Do FRQs have to be a certain length

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No as long as you can swerve the question it does not matter how long/short your answer is

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What does identify mean in an FRQ

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Indicate/provide information about a specified topic without elaboration/explanation

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What does compare mean in an FRQ

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Provide a description/ explanation of similarities or differences

37
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Give three examples of the difference between American English and British English

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Vocab differences (Elevator/Lift) spelling differences (Meter/ Metre) pronunciation differences (Aluminum)

38
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What is a lingua franca?

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common language used by people who do not share the same native language

39
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What is an official language? Can countries have no official language?

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Designated by law to be language for the gov. yes

40
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What is the difference between pidgin and creole languages

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pidgin take 2 language to combine together and simplifies it creole take 2 language to combine together and complicates it

41
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Ho can dead language return

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if studied and enough people being to speak it again

42
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What is a language tree

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Shows relationships between languages and further divides language families into various subgroups

43
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Explain dead languages

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Language that isn’t the native language of a community can still be studied

44
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What are isoglosses

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variation in pronunciation or word usage

45
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What is the organization that studies language?

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united nations education, scientific, and cultural organization (UNESCO)

46
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How many English speakers are there

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1.5 billion

47
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What are 3 countries from South Asia

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India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka Bangladesh

48
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What are 4 hemisheres

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norther southern eastern and western

49
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What are 3 countries from southwest Asia and northern africa

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Afghanistan, Iran, Israel

50
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What are 3 countries from sub-Saharan Africa

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Chad, Congo, Ethiopia

51
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What are 3 countries from Australia and the Pacific Islands?

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Australia, Fiji, New Zealand

52
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List all cultural realms

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U.S.? Canada, Middle/ South America , Western Europe, Eastern Europe/ Russia/ Central Eurasia, Southwest Asia/ Northern Africa, South Asia, East/ Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Australia/ Pacific Islands

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What are 3 countries from the U.S and Canada

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United States, Canada, Greenland

54
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What are the 7 coninents

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North America, South America, Africa Europe, Asia , Australia, and Antarctica

55
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What are cultural regions

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broad areas where groups share similarities but are not identical

56
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What are the types of diffusion

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relocation, expansion, contagious, hierarchical , reverse hierarchical , and stimulus

57
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Explain the difference between hierarchical and reverse hierarchical diffusion

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Hierarchical goes from the wealthy to the poor reverse hierarchical goes from the poor to the wealthy

58
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How many regions can the U.S. be divided into

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12

59
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What is taboo?

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Heavily discourage behaviors, not tipping or eating pork

60
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How many cultural realms are there

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9 what a

61
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re the 3 types of regions

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formal function and perceptual/ vernacular

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