AP HUG Unit III Review

Compared to popular cultures, folk cultures tend to be:

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

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

Arabic, which spread westward with the diffusion of Islam, is part of which of the following language families:

• Sino Tibetan
• Afro-Asiatic
• Indo European
• Nigher-Congo

The concept of nirvana is most closely associated with which of the following religions?

• Judaism
• Animism
• Confucianism
• Buddhism

All of the following are traits common to Muslim regions of the world except:

• fasting
• pilgrimage
• polytheism
• daily ritual prayers

A language from which we believe a number of related, modern languages all derive is known as a(n):

• artifact
• creole language
• pidgin language
• protolanguage

In Islam the religious practice of "sacred struggle" is known as:

• hajj
• Ramadan
• jihad
• Shabbat