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21 Cards in this Set
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What is the most practiced universal religion?
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Roman Catholic
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84% of population in Latin America and 22% in Anglo-America practice this religion
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What is the second most practiced religion?
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Protestant
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32% practice in Anglo-America and 7% Latin America
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The western hemisphere has a large percentage of people practicing what religion?
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Christianity
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you are this (Tonia)
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Which ethnic religion by far has the most followers?
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Hinduism
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most Indians practice this
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What is the third largest universal religion?
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Buddhism
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think China
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What is Confucianism?
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An ethnic religion because of its strong root in traditional values of special importance to Chinese people.
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think Chinese
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Describe the lack of diffusion of ethnic religions.
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Ethnic religions have limited diffusion: lack of missionaries devoted to convert people from other religions
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think of mission
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What countries is English most widely used?
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Canada, United States, Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Belize etc.
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think countries 🙌
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Where (name countries) is English an official language?
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mostly Countries in Africa; examples include: India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, South Africa, etc
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mostly countries in africa
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Where did English originate?
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England
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think British
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What is a lingua franca?
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a language of international communication
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example: english
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What is a pidgin language?
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a group that learns English or another lingua franca
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a group that learns...what?
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What is English diffusing to?
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Spanish . In detail, English is diffusing to Spanish language spoken by 28million Hispanics in the united states called Spanglish
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think mexicans or Hispanics language
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What has English become?
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the principle language of the internet
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think world wide 👌
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What is an isolated language?
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a language unrelated to any other and therefore not attached
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pretty much the definition of isolated
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What is folk culture?
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traditionally practiced primarily by small, homogeneous groups
living in isolated rural areas |
example: wearing a sarong (loose skirt made with
long cloth) |
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What is popular culture?
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found in large, heterogenous societies that share certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics
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example: wearing jeans
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What does isolation promote?
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promotes cultural diversity
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cultural...
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Why is popular culture widely distributed?
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varies in time rather than place
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varies in what?
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Give an example of diffusion in England?
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diffusion of England's house types
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think of england's living
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Why does globalization of popular culture cause problems?
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its threat to folk culture and its
environmental impact of popular culture cause problems |
threat to what? .. and what kind of impact?
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