WG Unit 1 Culture Quiz

A focused geographic area where important innovations are born and from which they are spread

• Cultural Hearth

• Minority Religion

• An Ethnic Group

• Universalizing Religion

The area of origin of a culture is called

• cultural environment.

• cultural homeland.

• culture hearth.

• cultural landscape.

• culture realm.

Cultural diffusion is

• the idea that your own culture is superior to others.

• the spread of culture traits from one group to another.

• the isolation of a culture from the rest of the world.

• the innovation of a cultural trait.

• none of the above

When two people who speak different languages use English to conduct business, we can consider English a(n)

• Assimilated language

• Lingua Franca

• Pidgin Language

• Creole Language

In terms of speakers, the two largest language families are:

• Indo-European & Sino-Tibetan
• Indo-European & Niger-Congo
• Austric & Niger-Congo
• Niger-Congo & Sino-Tibetan

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

• Mandarin

• Hindi

• German

• English

Which are the first and second most-spoken languages in the world?

• Spanish and English
• Cantonese and French
• German and Mandarin
• Mandarin and English

A nation in which many languages are spoken. In Switzerland 4 Official Languages are used.

• Monolingual
• Bi-lingual
• Multilingual
• Indo-European

What is culture?

• Set of beliefs/values/practices a group has in common
• People who share similar culture traits
• Activity/behavior in which people take part
• Area in which people share culture traits

The geographical locations of all four cultural hearths illustrate on the map (right) were in

• Areas with abundant rainfall

• Coastal areas

• Cold climates

• River valleys