Unit 3 Quiz

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

• Lybia

• 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 islam?

• Hagia Sophia

• Ayers Rock

• Sistine Chapel

• Mecca

• The Western Wall

Historically, culutural 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

Historically, the main religious between Scotland and England was

• Scotland was mainly Presbyterian, while England was mainly Anglican

• Scotland was mainly Lutheran, while England was mainly Presbyterian.

• Scotland was mainly Catholic, while England was manly Anglican

• most Scots were not religious,while England was almost entirely Catholic

• Scotland wanted to join the Catholic majority in Ireland

A system of laws governing the physical separation of people of different races is called

• multiculturalism

• biodiversity

• colonialism

• apartheid

• cultural dissonance

Compared to popular cultures, folk cultures are

• more cosmopolitan

• more homogenous

• more diffuse

• more transitory

• more contagious

A dialect is best declassified as which of the following?

• Cultural complex

• Cultural trait

• Language branch

• Language group

• Language family

A Mormon church located in a rural area of northwestern Colorado is most likely the result of which kind of diffusion?

• Expansion

• Relocation

• Hierachical

• Maladaptive

• Stimulus