The Indo-European language family prevails on the map of Europe. Which country listed below has a language which is not in the Indo-European family?
Hungary
Persian, Pashto and Baluchi are all part of the __________ branch of the language tree.
Iranian
Which country has experienced violent devolution?
Yugoslavia
When places are “designed” either for women or men they are said to be
gendered
Ethnicity is a dynamic phenomena and ethnic identity (e.g. Swiss-American ethnicity) is greatly affected by
scale and place.
Hinduism arose in the _____________ River valley.
Indus
American, Canadian, and Russian governments have all worked to insure the preservation of minority native languages within their borders.
False
Many geographers, such as Elder, Knopp, and Nast, refer to theories that explain or inform our understanding of sexuality and space as
queer theory.
The present number of countries and territories in the world is around
200.
Parts of South Africa and Zimbabwe have become demographically feminized due to migration of
males to urban and mining jobs.
According to Gillian Ross, “identity” is
how we make sense of ourselves.
The most widely used Indo-European language today is
English
Buddhism thrives in all of the areas listed below except
India.
Sound shift is _____________.
a slight change in a word across languages within a subfamily
Which of the following U.S. regional association is incorrect?
Southwest—Mormon
One of the most powerful impacts of colonialism was the construction of global order characterized by great differences in
economic and political power
The youngest major religion is
Islam.
In India the breaking of a dowry contract may lead to
a beating or killing of the wife (dowry death).
Race is
socially constructed.
Residential segregation in the United States today is
decreasing.
The Hajj, one of the “pillars of Islam,” is
the pilgrimage to Mecca.
A boundary between countries is a
vertical plane that cuts through the rocks below and air above
A culture’s assumptions about the differences between men and women, their character, roles and divisions of labor are referred to as
gender.
Zoroastrianism is similar to Islam and Christianity in that it is
monotheistic.
In 1997 Scotland took a major devolutionary step with the establishment of
the Scottish Parliament
Which of the following Balkan association is incorrect?
Croat—Orthodox
By the year _______, Islam had diffused to the East Indies.
1200
Which of the following is not generally a characteristic of an ethnic religion?
always polytheistic
The growth of fundamentalist Islam can be seen in the spread of the adoption of Sharia law.
True
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