Chapters 4 and 5 Review

A geographical boundary of a language feature such as where Coke becomes soda or pop.

• isoline
• lingua franca
• language family
• isogloss

The country of Canada recognizes two official languages, English and...

• German
• French
• Spanish
• Japanese

A regional variety of a language that is distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.

• denglish
• lingua franca
• literary tradition
• dialect

The country of Nigeria recognizes which language as an official language?

• English
• Spanish
• Swahili
• French

The body of customary beliefs and material traits that constitute a people's tradition.

• culture
• habit
• assimilation
• culture trait

Which language has become the world's primary lingua franca?

• Spanish
• Mandarin Chinese
• German
• English

Which of the provinces of Canada threatened to secede due to its use of a different language?

• Quebec
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta

Folk cultures are spread primarily by

• Hierarchical diffusion
• contagious diffusion
• Relocation diffusion
• epidemic diffusion

What is the definition of folk culture?

• Customs practiced in large heterogeneous groups
• Customs practiced by small homogeneous groups
• Southern people culture
• Culture in the middle east

What is the definition of Pop Culture ?

• Oral transmission of a culture
• Practices and beliefs that have national or global acceptance
• shared experiences that are transferred from generation to generation
• Writing books to share a culture