Review Questions: Unit 3 (Culture- Ch 4.5.6.7)

Which of the following terms best describes the geographical boundary of a particular language feature?

• linguistic hearth
• toponym
• isogloss
• language border

Historically, cultural diffusion patterns in the United States have tended to flow in which general direction?

• East to West
• West to East
• North to South
• South to North

A Hindu temple located in Texas is most likely the result of which kind of diffusion?

• expansion
• hierarchical
• contagious
• relocation

Compared to popular cultures, folk cultures tend to be:

• more cosmopolitan
• more homogenous
• more diffuse
• more contagious

A dialect is best classified as which of the following:

• cultural complex
• cultural trait
• language branch
• language family

A Mormon church located in a rural area of northwestern Colorado is most likely the result of which kind of diffusion:

• expansion
• relocation
• hierarchical
• maladaptive

A highly simplified language developed between linguistically heterogenous groups for the purpose of basic intergroup communication is called:

• creole
• pidgin
• lingua franca
• standard dialect

All of the following belong to the Indo-European language family except:

• Hindi
• Bengali
• Farsi
• Mandarin

An immigrant who selectively adopts certain customs of the dominant  host society in order to advance socioeconomically, while still retaining much of his or her native customs, practices & beliefs, best illustrates the concept of:

• acculturation
• maladaptive behavior
• assimilation
• ethnocentrism

A new fashion trend originating in New York City that diffuses to Los Angeles, Paris, Tokyo before reaching rural areas of New York state would be an example of which type of diffusion:

• contagious
• hierarchical
• uniform
• relocation