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Rubenstein Chapter 5 and Chapter 6
AGS review guide
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Geography
9th Grade
02/18/2010

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Term
Define dialect
Definition

a regional variation of a language.

differences in Vocabulary, spelling, and pronounciation

 

Term
what are the two largest families in the world? Approximatly what percentage of the world speaks languages in these two families?
Definition

1. Indo-European (48%)

2. Sino- Tibetan Family (26%)

Term
List three German tribes that invaded England
Definition
Angles, saxtons, Jutes
Term
Why is English the most important language in North America
Definition
Diffusion via the English colonists
Term
English is part of which language family?
Definition
Germanic of Indo-European
Term
Which language has changed less than any other Germanic language due to its isolation
Definition
Icelandic
Term
List the five Romance languages
Definition
french, italian, romanian, spanish, portuguesse.
Term
The language spoken by solgieres stationed throughout the Roman Empire was know as ________ _______
Definition
Vulgar Latin
Term
Define and give an example of a croelized language
Definition
a fusian/ mixture of colonial language and indigenous (local) languages. Haitian croele= mix of french and african
Term
What are the two most important/widely spoken languages in south america?
Definition
spanish and portuguese
Term
List the four official languages of Switzerland
Definition
French, German, Italian, Romansh
Term
The Basque language (Euskera) is spoken in what mountain range that separate Spain from France?
Definition
The Pyrenees mountains
Term
According to Colin Renfrew's Anatolian hearth theory, why did Indo-European languages diffuse acroos Europe?
Definition
Diffusion of Agriculture
Term
List two languages that belong to the Sino-Tibetan language family
Definition
Chinese (manderan), Thai, and Burmese
Term
Which language has the most native speakers in the world?
Definition
mandarin chinese
Term
Define lingue france and give two examples of lingue france languages and where they are spoken
Definition
lingue franca is an international communication used to conduct business. Usually speakers second or third language. Example: English in India or Nigeria
Term
List three ways that British and American dilaects of English differ
Definition

-spelling

-pronounciation

-vocabulary

Term
Deine isogloss and give an example of an isogloss
Definition

a word usage boundary

 

Example: coke, soda pop, coca-cola

Term
What is the difference between a sect and a branch?
Definition
sect is a smaller group of a religion and a Branch is a larger group
Term
List, in order, the three largest universalizing religions
Definition
1. christianity 2. islam 3. buddism
Term
name the largest ethnic religion
Definition
Hinduism
Term
Which type of diffusion caused christianity to first spread from its hearth
Definition
relocation diffusion (i.e. missionaries)
Term
Why are Roman Catholoics clustered primarly in the southwest?
Definition
relocation diffusion of roman cathlics from central america
Term
list three ethnic religions
Definition
judaism, hinduism, shintoism,  condusianism, daoism
Term
list three major branches of christianity
Definition
catholic, eastern orthodox, or protestant
Term
list for protestant denominations
Definition
anglican, presbytarian, methodist, baptist, pentecostal, episcipalian
Term
In which region of the world are muslims clustered
Definition
the middle east (southwest asia) to central asia
Term
list the two major branches of islam. which of the two branches is the dominant branch?
Definition
sunni (dominant) and shitte
Term
What is the holiest book in Hinduism
Definition
the vedas
Term
define the term adherents
Definition
followers of a particular religion
Term
followers of which religion are permitted to belive in other religions simultaneously?
Definition
buddism
Term
What do animists believe? where do most of the world's animists live?
Definition
the belief htat God is in everything. SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Term
Name three religious groups that trace their origin to Abraham
Definition
Jews, Chrstians, Hindis
Term
Cremation is more important then berial in which religion
Definition
hinduism
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