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Unit 3 Vocab Quiz - 10 Points

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NAME

Matt
Baxter

19 Written questions
1. The code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed.

2. All the natural and human-created objects to which people have attached meaning.

3. A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate

4. a country that grants legal equality to two or more languages

5. A religious proclamation of rule or order.

6. A state that contains more than one ethnicity.

7. An urban area in a Spanish-speaking country

8. The part of the physical landscape that represents material culture.

9. The positive reaction where by the foreigner readily accepts the new culture as part of his life and practice.

10. Pictures that symbolized an idea or action

11. Stories passed down through time and from many cultures.

12. 85% of people in India's religion.

13. Houses that reflect the environment and cultural tradition.

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14. A language of international communication.

15. the variety of language spoken by a non-standard speaker of a language

16. Ones belief in belonging to a group or certain cultural aspect

17. First Amendment

18. The notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, each contributing to the cumulative
cultural landscape

19. A government controlled by religious leaders.

18 Matching questions
1.

Sino-Tibetan

2.

Cultural shatter-belt

3.

Mentifacts

a
Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of
people.

b
The certain areas where people have commonly been
buried.
4.

Afro-Asiatic

5.

Ethnocentrism

c
Aspects of a culture linking between individuals and groups

d
6.

Folk food

a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and

Africa

7.

Ethnic group

8.

Animism

The ideas, beliefs, and values of a culture

f
The religion of Muslims collectively which governs their
civilization and way of life.
9.

Cultural core

Belief that all living things have power.

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10.

11.

Folk culture

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The second-largest language family.

Culture practiced by a small group.

Blending of two or more cultures

Sociofact

12.

Culture

13.

Balkanization

14.

Pidgin

k
Food that is traditionally made by the common people of a
region and forms part of their culture.

l
Territorial nucleus from which a country grows in area and
over time.
15.

Landscapes of the dead

m
16.

Islam

17.

Acculturation

a zone of great cultural complexity containing many small

cultural groups

n
A group of people who share a common culture and
ancestry.

18.

Indo-European language

o
A simplified form of speech developed from two or more
languages

Division of a country into several small units

q
Languages that stem from the 4 indo-European branches
ex. Spanish, French, Russian, Hindi, English.

Belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group.

18 Multiple choice questions

1. A religion celebrated by the Hebrews.
a. Buddhism
b. Animism
c. Judaism
d. Hinduism

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2. language without any native speakers

a. Cultural landscape
b. Extinct language
c. Language
d. Ethnic group
3. A systematic elimination of people based upon their ethnicity.
a. Ethnic cleansing
b. Ethnic religion
c. Ethnic enclave
d. Ethnic homeland
4. A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha.
a. Madrasa
b. Buddhism
c. Barrio
d. Hinduism
5. American-born descendants of Europeans
a. Toponym
b. Culture
c. Creole
d. Folklore
6. A society composed of numerous ethnic groups.
a. Placelessness
b. Plural society
c. Cultural ecology
d. Cultural core
7. Decline in influence in religion.
a. Assimilation
b. Secularization
c. Afro-Asiatic
d. Sharia Law

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8. Objects created and used by humans.

a. Fatwa
b. Mentifacts
c. Sociofact
d. Artifacts
9. Loss of uniqueness of place in the cultural landscape; one place looks like the next
a. Culture
b. Creole
c. Plural society
d. Placelessness
10. Identity with a group of people that share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular place as a result
of being born there
a. Nationality
b. Artifacts
c. Sociofact
d. Nationalism
11. Ideas, knowledge and beliefs that influence people's behavior.
a. Folk culture
b. Popular culture
c. Nonmaterial culture
d. Material culture
12. An area in which people have many shared culture traits.
a. Cultural realm
b. Acculturation
c. Cultural core
d. Culture region
13. A blending of two or more religious traditions
a. Buddhism
b. Segregation
c. Syncretism
d. Ethnocentrism

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14. A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family
a. Language
b. Extinct language
c. Isolated language
d. Cultural landscape
15. Interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas.
a. Animism
b. Segregation
c. Acculturation
d. Assimilation
16. A segregated ethnic area within a city.
a. Pidgin
b. Fatwa
c. Creole
d. Ghetto
17. Name given to a place on Earth
a. Toponym
b. Ideogram
c. Creole
d. Judaism
18. a small area occupied by a distinctive minority culture
a. Ethnocentrism
b. Ethnic enclave
c. Ethnic religion
d. Ethnic homeland

18 True/False questions
1. Fundamentalism Conservative beliefs in the Bible and that it should be literally believed and applied.
True

False

2. Segregation Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences

True

False

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3. Christianity Identity with a group of people that share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular
place as a result of being born there
True

False

4. Universalizing religion A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location
True

False

5. Nationalism Identity with a group of people that share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular
place as a result of being born there
True

False

6. Language A system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group
of people to have the same meaning.
True

False

7. Cultural realm Territorial nucleus from which a country grows in area and over time.
True

False

8. Popular culture All the natural and human-created objects to which people have attached meaning.
True

False

9. Apartheid a formal system of racial segregation

True

False

10. Development of English As places were invaded and conquered they brought new words to the language
True

False

11. Ethnolinguistic group a religion identified with a particular ethnic group and largely exclusive to it
True

False

12. Ethnic religion a small area occupied by a distinctive minority culture

True

False

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13. Multi-national state every state is this; having more than one nation within its borders
True

False

14. Cultural landscape Territorial nucleus from which a country grows in area and over time.
True

False

15. Cultural ecology Geographic study of human-environment relationships.

True

False

16. Folk song Food that is traditionally made by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture.
True

False

17. Ethnic homeland The hearth of an ethnic group, where their ancestry came from.
True

False

18. Madrasa A school for the study of Muslim law and religious science
True

False

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