1. 100 World Religions 100 Culture Vocabulary Popular vs. Folk 100 More Culture Vocabulary 200 300 400 500 400 300 200 500 400 300 400 300 500 400 300 500 400 300 200 100 ? World Languages

2. Question: One of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that determines one's occupation and position in society. Answer: Caste Return

3. Question: Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life. Answer: Animism Return

4. Question: A language variant marked by vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation differences from other variants of the same common language. Answer: Dialect Return

5. Question: The system of writing used in China and other East Asian countries in which each symbol represents an idea or concept rather than a specific sound, as is the case with letters in English. Answer: Ideograms Return

6. Question: The tangible, physical items produced and used by members of a specific culture group and reflective of their traditions, lifestyles, and technologies. Answer: Material Culture Return

7. Question: A religion in which there is a belief in many gods. Answer: Polytheistic Religion Return

8. Question: A religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated. Answer: Ethnic Religion Return

9. Question: Religious conflict in Northern Ireland is between which two groups? Answer: Protestants and Catholics Return

10. Question: A religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control. Answer: Hierarchical Religion Return

11. Question: What are the three main universalizing religions? Answer: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism Return

12. Question: An area where a distinctive set of cultural traits develops, such as the Fertile Crescent and the Nile River Valley. Answer: Culture Hearth Return

13. Question: An inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion. Answer: Taboo Return

14. Question: A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago. Differences are not as extensive or old as with language families, and archaeological evidence can confirm that these derived from the same family. Answer: Language Branch Return

15. Question: Any of various auxiliary languages used as common tongues among people of an area where several languages are spoken. Answer: Lingua Franca Return

16. Question: A mapped boundary line marking the limits of a particular linguistic feature. Answer: Isogloss Return

17. Question: A repetitive act that a particular individual performs. Answer: Habit Return

18. Question: A repetitive act that a group performs over time. Answer: Custom Return

19. Question: Which form of culture is more likely to vary from place to place at a given time. Answer: Folk Culture Return

20. Question: Hip Hop music is an example of how popular culture tends to spread through which form of diffusion? Answer: Hierarchical Diffusion Return

21. Question: What can this map tell you about folk culture in the Middle East? Answer: Annual hog production is influenced by religious taboos against pork consumption in Islamic states. Return

22. Question: What language is most widely spoken in China? Answer: Mandarin Return

23. Question: What is the second largest language family in the world, and what region of the world is it primarily found? Answer: Sino-Tibetan, East Asia Return

24. Question: These maps represent two different theories on the origins of which language family? Answer: Indo-European Return

25. Question: English is a member of which language family and branch? Answer: Indo-European, Germanic Return

26. Question: If the English language was greatly influenced by the invasion of the Jutes, Angles, and Saxons, then why is English different from German? Answer: The Normans later conquered England which caused the mixing of the established Germanic language with French, creating English. Return

27. Question: A religious journey to the Holy Land. Answer: Pilgrimage Return

28. Question: As illustrated by this map, Switzerland is an excellent example of this. Answer: Multilingual State Return

29. Question: A form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca, used for communications among speakers of two different languages. Answer: Pidgin Language Return

30. Question: After what major world event did the diffusion of American popular music begin? Answer: World War II Return

31. Question: A Chinese value system and ethnic religion emphasizing ethics, social morality, tradition, and ancestor worship. Answer: Confusianism Return