AP Human Geography
LANGUAGE
What is the crucial element in language?
Internet content is primarily in what language?
What is the most widely used Indo-European language today?
What is the difference between a monolingual country and a multilingual country? Can you give some examples of
each?
Look at the map of soda vs. pop vs. Coke
What role did the printing press play in the spreading of languages?
Terms:
Sound shift
Dialect
Lingua Franca
Toponyms
Pidgin language
Extinct languages
Commodification
RELIGION
In the U.S., where are the largest concentrations of Amish found?
Where did the world’s 3 major monotheistic religions originate?
Where do the majority of the world’s Shiite Muslims live?
What is an ethnic religion? What are characteristics of ethnic religions?
What is animism?
Which religion is most widely dispersed over the world?
What is karma, the fundamental doctrine of Hinduism?
Where did Buddhism originate?
Who was the founder of Taoism?
What is the youngest of the 3 major religions?
What are the 5 pillars of Islam?
Jerusalem is sacred for what 3 major religions?
What are the Confucian Classics? What has happened to Confucianism under Chinese Communist rule?
What are the characteristics of Hinduism?
Where does Buddhism thrive?
What is the largest constituency of Christianity?
Examples of religion on the cultural landscape.
The vote to partition Palestine was taken by what group?
Terms:
Diaspora
Zionism
Shamanism
Secularism
Intrafaith boundary
Interfaith boundary