3.7 Diffusion of Language and Religion

A word-usage boundary is known as an _______________, 

Think of all the names for soft-drink in the USA

• standard language
• dialect
• isogloss
• language family

Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism are religions that spread all over the world making them  ____________________________?

• monotheistic religion

• ethnic

• universal religion / universalizing

• polytheistic religion

A religion that is particular to ONE group of people is known as?

• monotheistic religion

• ethnic religion

• universal religion

• polytheistic religion

English, Swedish, Spanish, and Russian are all part of what language family?

• Indo-European

• dialect

• language tree

• Romance languages

A dialect is

• two similar languages

• the creation of a new language family

• the branching off of a language

• a regional variation in a language

Languages that are descended from the Roman Empire

• Romance Languages

• Indo-European Langugages

• Universal Languages

• Lingua Franca

Which of the following religions did NOT have India as its hearth?

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Judaism

• Sikhism

A Sikh place of worship is called a

• temple

• gurdwara

• mosque

• caliph

Which of the following is NOT an Abrahamic religion?

• Zoroastrianism

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Islam

When the cultural characteristics of a region are similar throughout

• heterogeneous

• ethnocentric

• homogeneous

• xenophobic