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49 Cards in this Set
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What are the two types of identities? |
1) Systemic = The identities of the dominant group and anyone that affiliates with that group
2) Anti-systemic = those identities which challenge and contest the dominant identity |
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What is a core Identity? |
- an identity that stands out to both the insider and the "other"
- An identity so important that one group might even die to preserve it |
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what is a bahu? |
- Indian Daughter-in-Law |
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What are social identities? |
- those identities which are relational and based upon social ties |
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In modern nation states what is the ultimate weapon in the hands of the sociological majority? |
= Citizenship
= Okolie Reading |
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What piece of attire is a sign of marriage among Indian women? |
- Bengals |
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What are the 5 pillars of the Islamic Faith? |
1) One God; Muhammad is his messenger
2) Pray 5 times daily, facing the city of Mecca
3) Give generously to charity
4) Fast during Ramadan
5) Make a pilgrimage to Mecca |
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What are the 4 Noble Truths of Buddhism? |
1) All living things must suffer
2) Suffering leads to reincarnation
3) goal of all existence is to escape suffering and enter Nirvana
4) Nirvana is attained through an eightfold path |
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What are the differences between Ethnic Religions and Universalizing Religions? |
-Universalizing Religions = attempt to spread to people throughout the world
-Ethnic Religions = geared toward a certain group of people in a certain place |
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What is Cosmogony? |
- A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe |
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What is uptalk? |
- Ending apparent statements with question mark tones? |
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What are the 2 language families used by two-thirds of the world? |
1) Indo-European
2) Sino-Tibetan |
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What is the hierarchal order of language classification? |
Language Family > Language Branch > Language Group |
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What are the 4 language branches with a large number of speakers? |
1) Germanic
2) Indo-Iranian
3) Romance
4) Balto-Slavic |
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English is apart of the ___________ language branch and the ____________ language family. |
1) Germanic
2) Indo-European |
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2 Theories of Migration and Dialect formation |
1) War Theory
2) Peace Theory |
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What is an official language? |
= a language used for government for the conduct of business and publication of documents |
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What are the 3 language dialects of the United States? |
1) New England
2) Southeastern
3) Middle Atlantic |
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English is the official language in _______ countries |
54 |
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What is an isolated language? |
Languages unrelated to any other |
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There are ____ Endangered Languages |
473 |
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______ and ________ strength determines survival of endangered languages. |
Political; Military |
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What is an Isogloss? And how many does the United States Have? |
- word-usage boundary
- 3 (northern, Midland, Southern) |
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How many branches does the Indo-European family contain? |
- 8 |
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What is Lingua Franca? |
- a language of international communication |
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What is a Pidgin Language? |
- a simplified version of a Lingua Franca |
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In what 3 ways does US English differ from that of England? |
1) Vocabulary 2) Spelling 3) Pronunciation |
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How did the world become so linguistically diverse? |
- Through Migration |
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How did the English Language diffuse? |
- British Colonization and Migration |
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Why does Africa have so many languages? |
- Prevalence of many cultures that do not often interact with each other |
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How can Switzerland peacefully exist with 4 official languages? |
- Decentralized Government |
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What are the 2 types of politeness according to Holmes? And what do they mean? |
1) Referential = Informative type; lacks emotion
2) Affective = stems purely from emotion |
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Prosody Cues....what are they? |
- voice intonation, pitch change, stress contrasts |
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Paralinguistic Cues...what are they? |
- volume changes, speed changes, and hesitations in speech |
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which 3 countries are not dominated by the Indo-European Family |
1) Estonia 2) Finland 3) Hungary |
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When and from whom did the term "genocide" originate? |
- Raphael Lemkin in 1944 due to the holocaust |
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Citizenship as ___________ |
- Identity |
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Culture as ___________ |
- Belonging |
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What is the difference between a nation and a state? |
- A nation is comprised of a group of people in an area that feel associated with one another by culture, religion, etc, whereas a state is just a specific territory with borders and a government. |
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What are the 2 factors that challenge the role of a nation state? |
1) Non-territorial based networks of social relations ( global companies, internet, social media)
2) Speed and frequency of movement of people, images, and ideas across borders |
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What are the 2 main categories that pertain to why people migrate? |
1) Economic
2) Non-Economic |
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3 Factors that encourage a migrant to move, and definitions |
1) Demand-Pull
2) Supply-Push
3) Networks |
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What are the Big 4 EU countries? |
1) France 2) Germany 3) UK 4) Italy |
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2 Types of Migration in terms of where people migrate |
1) International Migration 2) Internal Migration |
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What is the difference between migrant stock and migrant flow? |
- Migrant Flow = the number of people migrating within a specific timeframe
- Migrant Stock = the total number of people born in a country other than that in which they reside |
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Who is most likely to migrate (demographic) |
- Young People - Mostly women now |
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2 Types of International Migration |
1) Step Migration = rural => town => city => another country
2) Chain Migration = Pioneer migrants get established then are followed by family and friends |
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Two Types of Economic differences that promote international migration |
1) Inequality Within a country
2) Inequality between countries |
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How many media giants are there? And what percent of the media content do they control? |
1) 6
2) 90% |
