Unit 3 HuG

In South Africa there are 11 official languages, which has resulted in the country having a difficult time unifying. This is an example of

• centrifugal force

• assimilation

• distance decay

• cultural relativism

• acculturation

Which of the following best explains the practice of placing indigenous children in boarding schools in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

• The schools were intended to promote multiculturalism by introducing European culture to indigenous youth

• Many schools appropriated indigenous culture by using tribal names for sports teams

• The schools were intended to blend indigenous and European cultures through syncretism

• The schools were intended to diffuse Christianity and assimilate indigenous youth into European culture

• The schools represented a traditional cultural trait of many indigenous societies

In Ghana, buildings still stand that were used during the slave trade. This is an example of

• relocation diffusion

• stimulus diffusion

• sequent occupancy

• syncretism

• centripetal force

If a country pushes education amongst their female population, what would happen to the population rate?

• Birth rates would increase

• There would be no change in the population

• Birth rates would decrease

• Death rates with increase

• Death rates would decrease

The map shows the distribution of the language family that has the largest number of speakers in the world. Which statement correctly identifies the language family shown and the method of diffusion that best explains the pattern?

• The map shows the distribution of the Amerindian language family, which diffused from its hearth in Canada and spread southward into South America through contagious diffusion and into Europe and Asia through trade and hierarchal diffusion.

• The map shows the distribution of the Sino-Tibetan language family, which diffused from its hearth in China and spread into Europe by contagious diffusion and to the Americas through stimulus diffusion.

• The map shows the distribution of the Uralic language family, which diffused from its hearth in Iceland and spread into northern Europe through contagious diffusion by Norse trading groups.

• The map shows the distribution of the Indo-European language family, which diffused from its hearth in the Caucasus Mountains and spread throughout Eurasia through contagious diffusion and into the Americas, Africa, and Australia through colonialism and relocation diffusion.

• The map shows the distribution of the Afro-Asiatic language family, which diffused from it hearth in Egypt and spread throughout the Arabian Peninsula and into Eurasia through contagious diffusion and into the Americas through colonialism and relocation diffusion.

Swahili in East Africa and English in global commerce are examples of

• Pidgin Language

• Lingua Franca

• Standard Language

• Creole Language

• Official Language

Which of the following elements of the cultural landscape are shown in the image from Granada, Spain?

• Spanish conquistadores’ fortifications, architecture, and forestry

• Classical Roman fortifications, infrastructure, and art

• Buddhist monasteries, gardens, and religious text

• Moorish Islamic art, architecture, and script

• Portuguese universities, design, and gardens

The map shown was published in the United States in the early twentieth century. The title of the map is an example of

• assimilation

• cultural relativism

• acculturation

• cultural diffusion

• ethnocentrism

Many people living in west and central African countries such as Niger, Chad, and the Central African Republic speak French. Which of the following best explains this pattern?

• The French language originated in west-central Africa and diffused to Europe.

• Muslims brought the French language into Africa from France.

• Slaves freed from France in the late 1800s relocated to the region that is now Niger and the Central African Republic.

• France acquired several countries in Africa as a result of decisions made during the Berlin Conference of 1884.

• French diffused hierarchically into the largest cities of Africa after the Second World War.

Which of the following concepts best explains the driving forces of contemporary cultural diffusion?

• Cultural convergence

• Space-time compression

• Syncretism

• Cultural divergence

• Creolization