Unit 4 Lang/Religion Review

In which of the following countries is one most likely to find speakers whose native language belongs to the Uralic language family?

• Libya
• Cambodia
• Kazakhstan
• Portugal

Which of the following terms best describes the geographical boundary of one particular linguistic feature?

• language border
• toponym
• isogloss
• linguistic hearth

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

• expansion
• relocation
• contagious
• stimulus

The religious doctrine of ahimsa, which discourages violence against other living beings, is best associated with which of the following regions?

• North Africa
• Western Europe
• Andes Mountains
• Indian Subcontinent

A dialect is best classified as which of the following?

• cultural trait
• language branch
• language group
• language family

A highly simplified language developed between linguistically heterogeneous groups for the purposes of basic intergroup communication is known as which of the following?

• Creole
• Pidgin
• Lingua Franca
• Bilingualism

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

• Hindi
• Bengali
• Farsi
• Mandarin

A minaret is an architectural feature common to places of worship in which of the following religions?

• Buddhism
• Hinduism
• Judaism
• Islam

1.  All of the following are examples of iconic, secular landscapes except 

• the Eiffel Tower
• the Great Wall of China
• the Lincoln Memorial
• the Dome of the Rock

Which of the following religions did not originate in the Indian subcontinent?

• Buddhism
• Jainism
• Sikhism
• Zoroastrianism