Human Geography Test 2

Russian and Serbian are Cyrillic, Polish and Croatian are Latin.

What is the alphabet in which Russian and Serbian are written? How about Polish and Croatian?

Angles, Jutes, Saxons

Which three Germanic tribes contributed most to the formation of the English language?

Poland, Japan, Iceland, Somalia

Which two states are the best examples of nation-states?

Niger-Congo

Over 90% of persons in sub-Saharan Africa speak a language from this family

Nationality

Based on legal attachment and personal allegiance as a result of birth or naturalization, what your passport says.

Irish, Scots, Welsh, Cornish

What is an example of a Celtic language?

South Sudan

Starting in the early 1980s, ethnic conflict between the Arabs in the north against the Christians and animists in the south (supported by the USA) tore apart this African country and created a new country in the southern part. What’s the country?

Creole (Pidgin)

A language that results from a mixing of a colonizer’s language with indigenous language of the people there is a

French

In 1066, the Norman invasion of England ultimately led to the addition of words from this language into the English language

Khoisian

Clicking sounds are used to convey ideas in this threatened African language family

Japanese

Unlike Chinese, which has one writing system similar, what East Asia language is not truly related to any other and thus acts as its own family?

Finland, Estonia, Hungary

What would be a European country that speaks a Uralic language?

Lingua franca

A language used for trade by two people who speak a different native tongue

Belgium

Where would you find Walloons and Flemings?

The alphabet is written in Latin and it is in the Austro-Asiactic family

How is Vietnamese different from most East Asian languages?

Secession

The withdrawal of one group of people from a political state or country to make their own

Balkanization

The breaking apart of a country by means of ethnic conflict is known by this term

Hawaii

In what US state is the percentage of Asian Americans highest

Alaska

A state in the USA that has a large percentage of persons of Native American ethnicity is

Rural, isolated places like mountains, rain forests, deserts, islands

A region that is most likely to possess a surviving folk culture would likely be

Different religious groups, and their changing populations demographics which are unequal to the power each group has.

Why has Lebanon experienced a civil war?

Relocation diffusion (migration)

By what type of diffusion does folk culture spread?

Isoglosses

Lines drawn on a map that show differences in dialects are called

Boston, Tidewater, Savannah (Don’t pronounce R’s)

Where are the non-rhotic areas of American English?

India, Nepal (Hinduism)

A person who would have a problem with eating beef would likely be from

Sri Lanka

In which country have the Tamils and Sinhalese been in conflict?

Germanic, Romance (Italic), Balto-Slavic, Indo-Iranian, Greek (Hellenic), Albanian, Armenian, Celtic

What are the eight branches of the Indo-European languages family?

Received pronunciation

The standard dialect for the English language in England is called

Fresh flowing water

Physical geography has considerably influenced the vocabulary of many languages. For example, Spanish has various words for mountains and peaks and English has many for

Switzerland

Most countries suffer problems because of having many languages but what small state which has four, has had few problems?

Geophagy

Consumption of earth and clay as a dietary supplement as practiced most often by persons in the American South and in parts of Africa is known by this term

Centripetal forces

Anthems, flags, symbols, common language and religions and other factors that unite nations are known as

Sino-Tibetan family, Sinitic branch

To which language family and branch does Mandarin belong?

East Asia and South Africa

In which part of the world are tonal languages most typical?

Blockbusting

Real Estate companies told White people their property was going to go down in value because of integration. Got them to sell at low prices and then inflate prices to sell to non-whites.

Frisian

What language is most like English?

Milan, Paris, New York City

What are three popular fashion nodes?

Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic, Syriac (also Aramaic, Somali, Maltese)

What are four examples of an Afro-Asiatic language?

Africa

In which part of the world is polygyny most common?

Ireland

In which country have the IRA/Sinn Fein and Loyalists/Unionists been in conflict?

African Americans

The major minority in the USA that is most highly clustered in urban/metropolitan areas in the northern USA is

Icelandic, Russian, Scottish

Which languages covered in class use patronyms?

Deep South

In which regional dialect of the USA does stress more often fall on the first syllable of a word?

Lusophone countries

Portugal, Africa, Brazil (South America). They speak the Portuguese language. Places Portugal colonized.

Apartheid

Segregation in South Africa of the African minority by the White government. Racial and ethnic separation. Lasted until 1991.

Mississippi Delta

In which part of the USA, specifically, did Blues music develop?

Kente cloth in Ghana, and Hanbok in Korea

In which part of the world would Kente cloth be a traditional type of clothing? What about a hanbok?

Native American

What are the most endangered languages in the USA?

Official United Nations languages

English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Russian, Chinese

Indo-European

What’s the most spoken language family on Earth?

Anatolian

One theory of Indo-European origin, came from Turkey/Anatolian and sedentary farmers spread it east and west.

Kurgan

One theory of Indo-European origin, came from Eastern Ukraine, Western Russia/Kazakhstan spread by warrior like people on horses east and west.

New England

Where would you find a Salt Box house?

Nashville

Which US city has the most musicians?

Best and worst places for censorship

Best: USA, Norway, Denmark, Sweden (Northern Europe - UK)

Worst: North Korea, Cuba, China, Iran

Redlining

A place marked on a map that is blocked off for housing loans and other things, discriminatory and illegal. Mostly majority minority areas and perpetuates poverty

Conflict in Northern Ireland

Rooted in Brits encouraging settlement of people who are not Irish

North (protestants) and South (Catholics based on religion, and the Catholics want brits gone. Protestants in Northern Ireland, Ulster, wanted to stay in UK, loyal.

Republicans (pro Irish) vs. Unionists (pro-UK).

Western Ukraine

Which part of Ukraine mainly speaks Ukrainian?

Myanmar

In which country have the Rohingya been persecuted?

Ethnic cleansing in Yugoslavia and Rwanda

Examples of ethnic cleansing in the last 40 years. Break up of Yugoslavia and hatred between majority and minority ethnic groups in Rwanda