Chapter 5 GEO1400 HW – Flashcards
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What is the only language family that is dominant in some regions on every inhabited continent?
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Indo-European
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Which language family provides a cultural link between peoples of North Africa and Southwest Asia?
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Afro-Asiatic
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The spatial distribution of which language family provides evidence of a common cultural bond between the peoples of Turkey and those of Central Asia (i.e., the region from Caspian Sea east to Mongolia)?
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Altaic
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Among the following pairs of language families, which pair's members are each associated primarily with areas of very low population density?
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Austronesian and Tai-Kadai Uralic and Caucasian Eskimo-Aleut and Aboriginal Australian Amerindian and Paleo-Siberian Nilo-Saharan and Khoisan
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The origins of Islam were in Arabia, among speakers of an Afro-Asiatic language. The religion spread to speakers of several other language families. Which of the following language families does NOT have a significant Muslim population?
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Sino-Tibetan Altaic Austronesian Indo-European Niger-Congo x
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Speakers of languages in which family are LEAST likely to have good access to the Internet?
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Papuan
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Which pair of language families generally is experiencing the most rapid rates of population growth?
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Afro-Asiatic and Niger-Congo
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Which two languages are spoken on the majority of the islands in the Lesser Antilles?
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Spanish and English
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In Belize, the dominant language is
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English
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Along coastal Suriname and Guyana the dominant ethnic group is ______________, while the interior of these countries is ___________________
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Asiatic/African, Indian
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The most likely historical reason why Indians are not a dominant ethnic group in this country is
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migration of the Indian population to another island large-scale decline of the Indian population due to disease and warfare a small Indian population to begin with migration of the Indian population to a region outside the Caribbean x forced migration of the Indian population to work on African plantations
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What country is predominantly French speaking as well as ethnically African and European/African?
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Haiti
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What languages are spoken in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China?
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Mandarin Chinese Mongolian Uyghur Kazakh
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Which of Iran's ethnic groups appears to have the largest total population?
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Persian (61% of Iran's total population)
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Which two historic empires were located in areas where Nilo-Saharan languages are dominant?
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Kanem-Borno and Dalfur
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Germany lost all its African colonies as a term of its surrender following World War I. Using the current official languages in the independent African states, determine which European powers took over Germany's colonies after 1918.
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Great Britain and France
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Besides Greece, in which other country is the Greek language widely spoken?
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Cyprus
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Examine the location of regions designated as "lowlands with fertile soils." Speakers of which language family control NONE of these fertile areas?
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Celtic
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Which type of agriculture is dominant in the area in China of greatest linguistic diversity?
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paddy agriculture
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Which of the following is the most likely reason why a pocket of Austronesian speakers exists in south-central Vietnam?
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The Austronesian language originally covered a larger region on the mainland, but it subsequently was pushed into the isolated mountain region it now occupies. Speakers of Austronesian languages in Vietnam are Muslim, like all other Austronesian speakers in this region. Austronesian languages are spoken by coastal traders, and because of the prevalence of coastal trade in the region, Austronesian languages have become dominant. Austronesian speakers occupy only the lowlands and river delta areas on mainland Southeast Asia.
