Unit III Exam Review
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This exam review outlines the major concepts and questions that will be a part of the “Cultural Patterns and Processes.” Topics
on this section focus on traits and identity of culture, popular versus folk, religion, language, ethnicity and sense of place.
Part A: Define vocabulary terms
Culture
Lingua Franca
Dialect
Universalizing Religion
Evangelical Religion
Multilingual/Monolingual States
Residential Segregation
Commodification
1. Compare and contrast a cultural trait and a custom.
2. Compare and contrast folk culture and pop culture. (3 characteristics for each)
3. Compare and contrast monotheism and polytheism.
4. Compare and contrast Ethnicity and Race.
5. What is the single largest language family, spoken by 50% of the world’s people?
6. What is the second largest language family, spoken by 20% of the world’s people?
7. What are the five Romance Languages?
8. What are examples of Slavic Languages?
9. What are examples of Germanic Languages?
10. Which religion is the most widespread with 2 billion followers? What are their major beliefs?
11. What is the second largest religion with 1 billion followers? What are their major beliefs?
12. What is the third largest religion with 300 million adherents? What are their major beliefs?
13. Which two major religions are ethnic religions?
14. Which of the major religions is not evangelical? Why is this?
15. What are some reasons behind language extinction? Name a language facing extinction.
16. What are some of the environmental impacts of various folk cultures? Give a geographic example.
17. What are some of the environmental impacts of popular (pop) culture? Give a geographic example.
18. How does culture and ethnicity lend itself to a “sense of place?”
19. Compare and contrast material and nonmaterial culture. What are some examples of each?
20. Explain the caste system in India.
21-25. Label the Distribution of the world’s major religions. Place a star on their cultural hearths.