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how many languages exist?
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~6000
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vital part of a culture; symbol of cultural unity
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language
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regional variation of a language
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dialect
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old, dead language found in India
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Sanskrit
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Jewish language that was dead, now alive again; spoken in Israel
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Hebrew
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He was the driving spirit behind the revival of the Hebrew language in the modern era
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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
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ability to speak two languages
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bilingualism
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the act of using multiple languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers
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multilingualism
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what languages is spoken in northern belgium?
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Flemish (Dutch)
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What language is spoken in southern belgium
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French
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What two languages are spoken in Canada?
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French
English |
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What two languages are spoken in India?
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Hindi & Benghali
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has the most speakers of any language
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Hindi
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Indian Country in the Mediterranean; spoke a combination of phoecian languages, Arabic, and Italian
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Malta
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Why does Malta speak a combination of languages?
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Malta is on a trade route
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languages spoken in eastern africa; combo of Bantu, and Arabic
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Swahili
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English is composed of what two language branches
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20% French, 80% Germanic
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Yiddish is a combo of what two languages?
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Hebrew, German
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official language of China
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Mandarin
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a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France
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basque
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where are arabic countries usually located?
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the desert
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where do most languages diverge?
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in mountains
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what two places have the largest number of languages?
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caucases mts and New Guinea
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Has the largest linguistic diversity
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California, The Alps
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What bodies can isolate languages?
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Swamps, Oceans, Seas
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language spoken in whales
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Welch
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Languages spoken at the Southern tip of England
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Cornish
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what is another name for the Southern tip of England where Cornish is spoken?
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Land's End
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What is the most unchanged Germanic language?
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Icelandic
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a Celtic language spoken in Brittany, France; most closely related to cornish
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Breton
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aka ebonics; shares many characteristics with African creole dialects spoken in much of the world
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African American Vernacular Engish (AAVE)
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a creole language spoken by the Gullah people (aka "Geechees"), an African American population living on the Sea Islands and in the coastal region of the US; based on English with strong influences from West and Central African languages
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Gullah
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What language did the ancient Romans speak?
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Latin
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mix of french and english
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franglais
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place where Jesus was buried; holy place in Jerusalem for Chrisitians
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Church of Holy Sepulchre
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located in Jerusalem at the foot of the western side of the Temple Mount; remnant of the ancient wall that surrounded the Jewish Temple's courtyard; is arguably the most sacred site recognized by the Jewish faith
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Wailing Wall
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The Faith of ~13% of the world's population; polytheistic, believe cows are sacred
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Hinduism
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What religion has the Cast system integrated within it?
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Hinduism
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system of rigid segregation of people based on ancestry; can't marry someone from another cast;
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Cast System
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How does one move up the Cast System?
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Reincarnation
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referred to as nonviolence, and it applies to all living beings including animals according to many Indian religions
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ahimsa
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why don't Hindus believe in harming cows?
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They might be individuals stuck in them from reincarnation
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an ancient Sanskrit term used in Indian religions to describe the profound peace of mind that is acquired with moksha (liberation)
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Nirvana
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religion established in 500bc; 6% of world population; god is buddha
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Buddhism
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why are fig trees important in Buddhism?
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Buddha thought of the 4 truths while sitting under a fig tree?
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What are the 4 truths of buddhism?
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-Life is full of suffering
-Desire causes suffering -no desire = no suffering -8-fold path of conduct and meditation will help overcome suffering |
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What are two quasi religions?
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Communism
Nazism |
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aka buddha
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prince siddharta santanea
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The least religious state in the US
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Oregon
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the worldview that natural physical entities including animals, plants, and often even inanimate objects or phenomena possess a spiritual essence; emphasis on relationships between people and their physical environments
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Animistic Religions
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Why are mountains important features of religion?
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they act as places of contact between deities
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What is believed to be inside of the Kaaba in Mecca?
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a meteorite
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What food is not consumed by muslims and jews?
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Pork
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type of boundary in mid-air, above ground
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airspace
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below ground boundaries
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mineral rights
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restrictions that separate authorities or states
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boundaries
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To set apart for a special purpose; designate
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allocation
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A state ruled by a religious leader
ex: Vatican City ruled by Pope |
Theocracy
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Name 3 important burial grounds in religion
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Stonehenge
Pyramids Lands in China |
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To establish the limits or boundaries of
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delimitation
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the act of creating a boundary around a place or thing
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demarcation
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cultural landscape thru which boundaries go
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Genetic Classification
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Boundaries drawn before cultural deviation takes place
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Antecedent Boundaries
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boundaries drawn after cultural deviation takes place
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Subsequent Boundaries
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Boundaries enforced by foreign powers
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Superimposed boundaries
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a boundary that doesn't exist anymore but still has an effect on the present-day area, ex. Berlin Wall
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relic boundary
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boundary formed by physical features such as rivers or mountains
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Morphological Boundaries
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a straight line that serves as political boundary that is unrelated to physical or cultural differences. ex: US/Canadian border, borders drawn to avoid dividing islands, and straight borders running east/west.
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Geometric Boundary
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conceptual division of the Earth's water surface areas
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Maritime boundary
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how long is a statute mile?
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5280 feet
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how long is a Nautical mile?
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6080 feet
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country controlled waters that reach 12 nautical miles from the country's shore
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Territorial Seas
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Area 12-20 nautical miles from the country's shore
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Contiguous Zone
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Area 200 nautical miles from the country's shore
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EEZ
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area completely surrounded by land
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Landlocked
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area between two strong powers
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buffer zones / shatter belts
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piece of land ruled by a foreign power
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colony
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when a country has strong economic influence in other countries
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economic neocolonialism
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who proposed the Parkland theory?
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Halfort Mackinder
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An assumption by Nichols Spyman in 1942 which countered Mackinder's Heartland theory. Spyman stated that Eurasia's coastal areas, is the key to controlling the World Island and later the world
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Rimland Theory
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proposes that a land-based power, not a sea power, would ultimately rule the world. It also states that Eastern Europe is the strategic center of the Earth.
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Heartland Theory
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What is the perfect shape for an independent state?
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A circle with the capital in the middle
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where are speech ways mostly found?
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in isolated areas
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country inside of another country
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perforated state
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was the place where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
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Mt. Sinai
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name two countries that have two capitals
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S. Africa, Bolivia
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what branch does Portugese belong to?
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Latin/Romance Branch
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Mandarin belongs to what language branch?
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Sinitic
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mix of spanish and english
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Spanglish
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what creates new languages?
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Isolation
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what 3 languages are not connected to any other languages?
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Basque
Japanese Korean |
