Unit 3 Review Sheet Name: Date: Period:
Use your notes to answer the following questions. IF you need to reference the book, look at the topic to figure out which of the Unit 3 chapters it will be in, Chapters 4-7.
1. A large and fundamental division within a religion is a
A) branch.
B) denomination.
C) sect.
D) dialect.
E) family.
2. A relatively small group that has broken away from an established church is a
A) branch.
B) denomination.
C) sect.
D) dialect.
E) family.
3. The world's largest universalizing religion is
A) Buddhism.
B) Christianity.
C) Hinduism.
D) Islam.
E) Shintoism.
4. The world's largest ethnic religion is
A) Confucianism.
B) Daoism.
C) Hinduism.
D) Shintoism.
E) Islam.
5. Which is a branch of Christianity?
A) Druze
B) Eastern Orthodox
C) Shiite
D) Theravadist
E) Judaism
6. An isogloss is
A) a form of a language spoken in a local area.
B) a collection of unique words.
C) a boundary between language regions.
D) a blending of two language families.
E) all of the above
7. Baptists are clustered in the ________ United States.
A) northeastern
B) southern
C) southwestern
D) upper midwestern
E) A and D
8. Lutherans are clustered in the ________ United States.
A) northeastern
B) southern
C) southwestern
D) upper midwestern
E) B and C
9. English is part of which language family?
A) Germanic
B) North Germanic
C) West Germanic
D) Indo-European
E) Romance
10. Which of the following is not a universalizing religion?
A) Buddhism
B) Sikhism
C) Islam
D) Judaism
E) Christianity
11. Which of the following is not a Romance language?
A) Bulgarian
B) Italian
C) Portuguese
D) Romanian
E) French
12. A creolized language is
A) extinct.
B) a mix of indigenous and colonial languages.
C) an isolated language family.
D) a possible prehistoric superfamily.
E) a revived formerly extinct language.
13. The two largest language families in the world are
A) Indo-Iranian and Balto-Slavic.
B) Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European.
C) Afro-Asiatic and Sino-Tibetan.
D) Balto-Slavic and Sino-Tibetan.
E) Altaic and Nilo-Saharan.
14. English is part of which language group?
A) Germanic
B) North Germanic
C) West Germanic
D) Indo-European
E) Semitic
15. English is part of which language branch?
A) Germanic
B) North Germanic
C) West Germanic
D) Indo-European
E) Austronesian
16. The belief in the existence of only one god is
A) animism.
B) cosmogony.
C) monotheism.
D) polytheism.
E) pagan.
17. Because of food taboos, in which area of the world would one see the very limited raising of hogs?
A) North America B) South America C) East Asia D) Southwest Asia
18. In contrast to popular culture, folk cultures are more likely to vary:
A) from place to place at a given time
B) from time to time at a given place
C) both from place to place and from time to time
D) neither from place to place nor from time to time
19. Areas of the world where the sport of Cricket diffused were most likely colonized by the:
A) Spanish B) French C) Portuguese D) British
20. The diffusion of Amish culture and associated customs is BEST represented by this type of diffusion?
A) Stimulus B) Contagious C) Hierarchical D) Relocation
21. Which of the following concepts BEST represents the fact that RAP/HIP HOP music started in New York City and
eventually made its way to Georgia?
A) sequent occupance B) contagious diffusion
C) relocation diffusion D) hierarchical diffusion
22. Due mostly to the types of jobs and dominant economy that is present there, which of the following states would have
the highest consumption of alcoholic beverages?
A) Nevada B) Utah C) Hawaii D) Idaho
23. Folk songs are usually composed:
A) Anonymously and transmitted verbally
B) Anonymously and transmitted orally
C) In groups and transmitted verbally
D) In groups and transmitted orally
24. Over time, some regions have been inhabited by a succession of people from different cultures. Each of these has left
their lasting imprints, such as the number of churches in Harlem that have Star of David stained glass windows which
reflect the Jewish populations of the past. This geographic phenomena is called:
A) sequent cultures B) successive cultures C) sequent occupance D) repeated occupance
25. Dialects are local variants in language that differ in their
A) vocabulary.
B) spelling.
C) pronunciation.
D) all of the above