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Language and culture AP GEO.

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 2hrs 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cultural diffusion is best described as...

a)

sharing music from one culture to another

b)

the spreading of ideas, languages, and traditions fromone culture to another

c)

the spreading of religion

2.

Culture is spread by...

a)

TV and Internet

b)

War and Conquest

c)

Both of the above answers are correct

3.
Does improving technology such as moving from from books to the internet increase the speed of Cultural Diffusion?
a)
Yes, most likely.
b)
No, it couldn't.
4.

The beliefs, goals, and practices that a group of people share is known as its

a)

behavior

b)

interdependence

c)

culture

5.
 Which of the following is considered the world’s primary lingua franca?
a)
Mandarin
b)
Russian
c)
Hindi
d)
English
6.
System of communication through the use of speech
a)
Denglish
b)
Dialect
c)
Literary Tradition
d)
Language
7.
English language is part of which language group?
a)
Romance
b)
Celtic
c)
Greek
d)
Germanic
8.
English, Spanish, Greek, and Iranian are all part of what language family?
a)
Indo-European
b)
Afro-Asiatic
c)
Niger-Congo
d)
They are all isolated languages
9.
 The second-largest language family is
a)
Indo-European
b)
Austronesian
c)
Sino-Tibetan
d)
Dravidian
10.
A language that is legally adopted by a country for legal proceedings and documents.
a)
Standard
b)
Official
c)
Creole
d)
Pidgin
11.
the language used by the government for laws, reports, and public objects, such as road signs, money, and stamps...
a)
creole language
b)
pidgin language
c)
official language
d)
standard language
12.
A regional variation of a standard language is called a:
a)
accent
b)
dialect
c)
isogloss
d)
lingua franca
13.

A word-usage boundary is known as an _______________,

Look at all the names for soft-drink in the USA

a)

standard language

b)

dialect

c)

isogloss

d)

language family

14.
Mostly spreads through TV, Internet, Movies...
a)
Folk Culture
b)
Pop Culture
c)
Neither
d)
Both
15.
Amish, traditional, smaller populations
a)
Folk Culture
b)
Pop Culture
c)
Neither
d)
Both
16.
Heterogeneous Population
a)
Folk Culture
b)
Pop Culture
c)
Neither
d)
Both
17.
Homogeneous Population
a)
Folk Culture
b)
Pop Culture
c)
Neither
d)
Both
18.

Does a language make a society or a society make a language?

a)

Language makes a society

b)

Society makes a language

19.

Nationality

a)

Identity with a group of people who share legal attachment to a particular country.

b)

Identify with a group of people based on language, religion, race, and skin color.

c)

Identity with a group of people based on social economic status, citizenship, and the human development index.

d)

Identity with a group of people based on country of origin including status of immigration and emigration.

e)

Identify with a group of people based on many of the common factors that define the economic indicators of corresponding indigenous countries of origin.

20.

Race

a)

The cultural indicators that allow people to form an identity for themselves and the group of which they are attached to and share in a nationalistic group dynamic resulting in heightened solidarity amongst its members.

b)

Identity with a group of people who are perceived to share a physiological trait

c)

Biological indicator of your ethnicity

d)

Skin color

e)

Identity with a group of people based on skin color, citizenship, religion, and social class.

21.

A group of people who share common characteristics (language, physical appearance, customs, traditions)

a)

ethnic group

b)

religious group

c)

Jews

d)

Muslims

22.

a group of people who share a common belief system but are not necessarily composed of a single ethnic group

a)

religious group

b)

ethnic group

c)

Jews

d)

Muslims