Study Guide for Culture, Language and Religion

Culture: 1.What is the difference between habit and custom? 2. What is the difference between pop and folk culture and give 2 examples of each? 3. Why are cultures distributed? 4. What are global connections with culture? 5. With globalization how is pop and fold culture viewed? 6. Where are the hearths for pop culture? 7. How is music used in folk culture? 8. How is music used in pop culture? 9. Describe the diffusion of music in pop culture? 10. Describe how pop and folk culture diffused? 11. List 5 descriptions of the Amish folk culture. 12. What is the origin of soccer and how does it relate to culture? 13. What is the globalization of soccer? 14. What is a distinct feature of art in relation to folk culture and list 4 examples of folk art? 15. How does the physical environment affect folk and pop culture? 16. How does the physical environment affect food and folk and pop culture? 17. What is taboo and how does it relate to food? 18. How does religion relate to food and give examples of each religion? 19. How does house structure to culture? 20. Give an example of the importance of house structure within a culture? 21. How does house structure relate to the physical environment? 22. Describe folk housing in the US and how has it diffused throughout the USA? 23.What is pop housing like in the US? List various style and give a description 24. What is the difference of clothing between folk and pop culture and how is it diffused? 25. Describe the globalization of clothing styles? 26.How are jeans a symbol of western culture? 27. List pop food customs in the USA. List 5 examples 28. How is wine related to pop culture? 29. TV is a pop culture phenomenon and how has it diffused? 30.List 4 characteristics of the TV. 31. How does governments control TV? List 3 examples 32. How has globalization of pop culture caused problems? list 5 examples 33.What is media imperialism? 34.What is uniform landscape and give an example? 35. Describe how fast food is pop culture? 36. What is the global diffusion of uniform landscape? 37. What is the negative impact of pop culture?

Language:

1.Where are English language speakers distributed? 2. What is dialect and how does it relate to the environment? 3. What is standard language? 4. Describe how English acculturated in USA? 5. How did colonialism affect language and how was it modified? 6. What is isogloss? 7.How was language diffused in the USA? 8. Why is English related to other languages? 9. What is the difference between a language branch and language group? 10. What is Indo-European? 11. Urdu is spoken where? 12. What are the romance languages (4)? 13.Where did Indo-European originate? 14.How are language families depicted? 15. What are the 2nd largest language branch and which language is most spoken? 16.What are ideograms? 17.How does Afro-Asiatic relate to religion? 18. Describe languages in Africa? 19. How does conflict relate to languages in Africa?

Religion: 1.How doe scale, globalization and local diversity relate to religion? 2. What is the difference between universalizing and ethnic religions? List examples 3. Which ethnic religion has the largest followers? 4. What are the 5 major religions in Asia and describe each one? 5. Describe the origin of Christianity and what is the difference between Catholicism and Protestantism? 6.What makes Christianity and Judaism separate? 7. How did the three main universalizing religions diffuse around the world? What are their hearths? 8. How does geographers examine the diffusion of Christianity? 9. How has religion diffused in the USA and where are major religions located in the US? 10.When and why was Israel created? 11. Why is Judaism an ethnic religion but what is not found throughout the world? 12. How do holy places relate to universalizing religions and ethnic religions? 13. Why do ethnic religions remain clustered? 14.What is a pilgrimage/Hajj? Why is it significant? 15. How do calendars relate to religions? 16.How does the solstice relate to religions? 17.Why is architecture important in religion and list 4 kinds with the religion? 18. What is the most significant land use in religions? 19. What is small-scale manifestation of religion on a landscape? 20.What religion is a great example of hierarchical religion? 21. What is an autonomous region? 22. What has contributed to more religious conflict today? 23. What was the Taliban and why are they significant in religion and today? 24. Why is Jerusalem a holy place for Muslims, Jews, and Christians and why is there conflict there? 25. What is the Palestinian perspective on the Holy Land? 26. Why is conflict in northern Ireland and how does this affect them politically?