Unit 5-7 of Ap Human Geography Flashcards
Literary Tradition
System of writing communications
Institutional Language
Language used in education/work/mass media?government
What are the 2 largest language families?
Indo European & Sino Tibetan
Romance languages history
Language based on Vulgar Latin
Romance language examples
French, Spanish, Italian, Portugeuse, and Romanian
English is part of the ____language family
Indo-European
Standard VS Vulgar latin
Vulgar Latin is no the standard literary form, but its spoken by the masses
Nomadic Warrior Thesis
-Martin Gimbutus
-Kurgans
-Cattle
Sedentary Farmer Thesis
C. Renfrew proposed it, 2,000 years before Kurgans , mostly near Anatolia
Lingua Franca
Language mutually understood and commonly in trade by people who use different languages.
Formation of modern English
Celtic->Latin->Germanic->Norse->French
Why has English achieved unprecedented global acceptance?
its the lingua franca
British VS American English
-Different Dialects
-American Plants and Animals
-Different Inventions
-NOAH WEBSTER
Universalizing Religion
Religions that attempts to to appeal to all people not just certain ethnic groups
Example of Universalizing Religions
Buddism. Christianity, Islam, Sikhism
Religions branch
Large main division of a religion
Is Christianity a branch denomination or sect?
Branch
Religion Denomination
Unites local congregations into single, legal and administrative bodies
Is Methodist a branch, denomination, or sect?
Denomination
Religious Sects
small groups broken off from a denomination
Is BUMC an example of a branch, denomination, or sect?
Sect
What are the two main branches of Islam
Sunni & Shiite
What is the largest branch of Islam
Sunni
Which branch of Islam dominates Iran
Shiite
Is Buddhism a Universalizing religion or an ethnic religion
universalizing