Culture and Language Quiz

Which is NOT a part of material culture?

• Language

• Food

• Clothing

• Shelter

Quick and widespread diffusion like a disease is known as

• Stimulus diffusion

• Hierarchical diffusoin

• Relocation diffusion

• Contagious diffusion

The diminished importance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin is

• Relocation Diffusion

• Demographic Diffusion

• Distance Decay

• Formal Region

How is folk culture most commonly spread?

• Relocation diffusion

• Television

• Missionaries

• contagious diffusion

Why is English the most widely spoken language in Canada and the U.S.?

• The Norman Conquest

• Viking Explorations of the New World

• British Colonialism

• The Internet

What language family is French a member of?

• Sino-Tibetan

• Austronesian

• Indo-European

• Altaic

Which of the following is NOT a Romance language?

• Italian

• Portuguese

• Romanian

• Greek

What is the second largest language family?

• Indo-European

• Afro-Asiatic

• Sino-Tibetan

• Austronesian

This chart is evidence that English is a

• pidgin language

• official language

• dialect

• lingua franca

Which of the following was an extinct language but has since been revived?

• Greek

• Gothic

• Hebrew

• Gaelic