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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which most accurately describes a relationship shown on the language tree above?
Polish grew out of Balto-Slavic
Celtic is based on Welsh
Greek is a Romance language
French and Spanish are creole languages
Hindi is an older language than Indo-Iranian
- 2. Multiple Choice
One distinctive feature of the Indo-European family is that is
Has a smaller spatial distribution than other language families
Is the only language family with just one major lingua franca
Includes most of the world’s oldest languages
Is spoken by nearly half the world’s population
Is the only one that is spoken in Europe today
- 3. Multiple Choice
Some countries have several official languages because they want to
Make international diplomacy easier
Foster political cooperation with neighboring countries
Make government operate more efficiently
Prepare students to participate in the global economy
Give recognition to different groups within the country
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes the most common reason groups with to preserve their traditional languages?
Language is central to cultural identity, so preserving a language helps preserve a culture
Language is used in religious services, so preserving a language is primarily a religious obligation.
Language is used for trade, so preserving language is one way to keep a group economically prosperous.
Language change is a politically disruptive force, so preserving a language is 0one way to keep stability
Language preservation passes on a group’s history, so preserving a language is the only way to record history accurately.
- 5. Multiple Choice
The Arabic language spread from its hearth and became one of the major global languages mainly through
Increased use of communication technology in Arab nations
Spread of Middle Eastern multinational oil corporations
World wide colonization beginning around 600 C.E.
Conquest and its use as a standard religious language
Resisting colonization by European nations and the United States
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which phrase does NOT help explain the language distribution shown on the map?
The ease of trade between Great Britain and the United States
With widespread use of the internet
The differences between American and British English
The impact of British colonization in Africa and Asia
The increase in the power of U.S.-based corporations
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which resulted from the mixing of two languages to create a new one so that people who spoke different languages could trade more easily?
Indo-European
Amerindian
American English
Arabic
Swahili
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which is the best example of the diffusion of a language?
The decline in use of the Navajo language
The spread of English via the Internet
The creation of a new language in Haiti
The designation of one official language for a country
The use of bilingual signs in a country with two official languages.
- 9. Multiple Choice
The map shows the spread of
Hinduism
Buddhism
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which general conclusion about the expansion diffusion of the religion does the map most strongly support?
It requires mass migrations of people over long distances
It usually moves in an eastward direction.
It is aided by the presence of a major trade route.
It occurs more in Asia than on other continents
Is experiences strong fundamentalism at its hearth.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are alike in that they all
Began as universal religious
Are examples of ethnic religions
Evolved into polytheistic religions
Trace their heritage to Abraham
Started in a region that is now part of Europe.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which best describes the main difference between ethnicity and nationality?
Nationality is connected to a state while ethnicity is connected to culture.
Nationality is connected to culture while ethnicity is connected to a state.
Nationality is connected to a language while ethnicity is connected to religion
Nationality is connected to cities with ethnicity is connected to rural areas.
Nationality is connected to religion while ethnicity is connected to urban enclaves.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Based on its architecture, the worship site in the picture is probably used by people of which religious tradition?
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which was the most common religious change among Africans as a result of contact with people from Europe and the Middle East?
From animism to a universalizing religion
From an ethnic religion to animism
From a universalizing religion to an ethnic religion
From monotheism to polytheism
From polytheism to an ethnic religion
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which type of influence has been most significant in shaping the distribution of religious groups in the United States?
Climate and landforms
Immigration patterns
Federal government policies
Economic development
Shifts in agriculture
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which is an example of sequent occupance?
The forced movement of Native Americans from their homelands to reservations
The Diaspora of the Jews after being banished from their homeland by the Romans
The decision by Amish immigrants to settle in rural areas rather than in urban enclaves
An ethnic groups that is completely surrounded by another ethnic group
The shift in a neighborhood population from Germans to Poles to Koreans
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