APHUG Unit 3

In which of the following countries is one most likely to find speakers whose native language belongs to the Uralic language family?

• Libya

• Cambodia

• Kazakhstan

• Portugal

• Germany

Which of the following terms best describes the geographical boundary of one particular linguistic feature?

• Language border

• Toponym

• Choropleth interval

• Linguistic hearth

• Isogloss

Which of the following sacred places is most closely associated with animism?

• Hagia Sophia

• Ayers Rock

• Sistine Chapel

• Mecca

• The Western Wall

Historically, cultural diffusion patterns in the United States have tended to flow in which general direction?

• East to west

• West to east

• North to south

• South to north

• Northwest to southeast

A Hindu temple located in Texas is most likely the result of which kind of diffusion?

• Expansion

• Hierarchical

• Contagious

• Relocation

• Stimulus

The religious doctrine of ahimsa, which discourages violence against other living beings, is best associated with which of the following regions?

• North Africa

• Western Europe

• Arabian Peninsula

• Andes Mountains

• Indian Subcontinent

The persistence of ethnic urban enclaves in major American cities could be cited as evidence to support all of the following phenomena EXCEPT

• chain migration

• residential segregation

• structural assimilation

• multiculturalism

• multinucleated urban structure

Which of the following folk architecture styles is ideally suited for a diurnal climate?

• New York Dutch house

• Iroquois longhouse

• Garrison house

• Adobe house

• Log cabin

Compared to popular cultures, folk cultures are

• more cosmopolitan

• more homogeneous

• more diffuse

• more transitory

• more contagious

A dialect is best classified as which of the following?

• Cultural complex

• Cultural trait

• Language branch

• Language group

• Language family