APHG Unit 3 Review

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

Homes around the world are made of out different building materials because 

• of the availability of building materials
• People like wooden homes better
• Brick and mortar are easier to work with
• Adobe homes are not as hot

Which of the following religions are considered to be universalizing religions?

• Buddhism, Christianity, & Islam

• Islam, Hinduism, & Buddhism

• Hinduism, Judaism, & Christianity

• Judaism, Islam, Buddhism

Organize the world’s languages from biggest classification, to smallest.

• language group, language, language family, dialect

• language branch, language group, language, language family, dialect

• language family, language branch, language group, language, dialect

• language

• language family, language branch, language group, dialect, language

An immigrant who selectively adopts certain customs of the dominant host society in order to advance socioeconomically, while still retaining much of his or her native customs, practices, and beliefs, best illustrates the concept of...

• Acculturation

• Maladaptive behavior

• Assimilation

• Ethnocentrism

• All of the above

Which of the following religions would match the green regions on the map?

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Sikhism

People in Chicago call it pop. People in Charlotte call it coke. This is an example of:

• creole dialects 
• differences due to dialects 
• lingua franca influencing vocabulary 
• isolated languages 

Historically, culture 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

Which of the following is the largest proselytizing religion?

• Hinduism

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Shintoism

In terms of diffusion, what is a hearth?

• The point of origin
• The final destination
• The mid-way point
• All points along the diffusion route