Unit 3 Test Corrections

5)
the

Q: The use of English as the official language of Nigeria demonstrates

A: concept of lingua franca.
WHY: English was adopted as a common language between speakers
whose native languages are different.

9)

Q: Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity have been called "universalizing"

religions because each
A: claims universal applicability and seeks converts.
WHY: The religions are not specific to only one country or area, they
are widespread due to the fact that they try to find converts

11.

Q: The Shiite Muslim population is concentrated in

A: Iran and part of Iraq.
WHY: The population of Shi``ite Muslim is most prominently found in
Iran and Iraq, not in any other region

21.

Q: The index of residential dissimilarity is an indicator of ethnic

differences in terms of _________________.
A: Segregation
WHY: the index of residential dissimilarity is a demographic measure
of the evenness with which two groups are distributed across the
component geographic areas that make up a larger area.

22.

Q: Problems with the Chinese ideographic writing systems include

A: in order to be literate, a person must memorize thousands of

symbols.
WHY: Literacy requires the memorization of a great many characters:
educated Chinese know about 4,000.

25.

Q: Which of the following is an example of a revived language?

A: Hebrew.
WHY: The revival of the Hebrew language was a process that took place
in Europe and Palestine toward the end of the 19th century and into
the 20th century. A revived language is one that was near extinct and
was intentionally revived.

26. Q: Numerically speaking, which of the following Christian groups is the

largest?
A: Roman Catholic.
WHY: There are an estimated 1.2 billion Roman Catholics in the world,
according to Vatican figures. This makes Roman Catholicism easily the
largest Christian group.

38.

Q: Popular Culture is characterized by all of the following except

A: homogeneous population.
WHY: a homogeneous population is composed of parts or elements that
are all of the same kind or nature. Pop culture is very diverse, and so it
doesnt fit under this category.

48.

Q: When an ethnic group of relatively new arrivals has been completely

integrated into the economic and cultural mainstream of a society, that
group is said to have been:
A: assimilated.
WHY: assimilation is the process by which a person or a group's
language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group,
which is what the question was describing.

53.

Q: Hamburgers are almost available worldwide. However, in many

places they take on a local flair by having local ingredients included in
the meat or sandwich and local cooking methods used. This
phenomenon is known as

A: glocalization.
WHY: glocalization is the practice of conducting business according to
both local and global considerations. Using local cooking methods is
one example of considering the local culture and their preferences.

54.

Q: The most rapidly growing segment of the minority ethnic groups in

the United States in terms of total population is _______________.
A: Hispanic
WHY: While Asians grew the fastest last year, Hispanics still are the
second-largest ethnic group in the United States, making up 17.1
percent of the total population.

59. Q: The religions of Confucianism, Taoism and Shinto have all have what
in common?
A: They are all based on ethics.
WHY: All three religions teach moral principles to govern the lives of its
followers, thus they are based on ethics.

66.

Q: A pidgin language can become a creole (creolized) language.

A: Yes
WHY: creole language is a stable natural language that has developed
from a pidgin, i.e. a simplified version of a language