Exam 7: Languages and Religion

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

Judaism is traced to the patriarch Abraham and offered a sharp contrast to the polytheism practiced by neighboring people, who worshipped a collection of gods.

Bahá'í diffused to other regions during the late nineteenth century, under the leadership of 'Abdu'l-Baha, son of the prophet Baha' u' llah.

Unlike universalizing religions, Hindus generally practice cremation rather than burial.

The holiest places in Islam are in cities associated with the life of the Prophet Muhammad.

The Indo-European family is divided into eight branches. Which of these is the largest of the eight branches?

Which of the following is NOT one of the four official languages of Switzerland?

Globally, two language families are used by two-thirds of the world.

Two competing theories have been advanced to explain the origin and diffusion of languages. These are

Which of the following is true of a language group?

Figure 7.7.1, Distribution of Religions -Looking at Figure 7.7.1, which of the following is not prominent in East Asia?

The challenge facing Jews and Muslims is that al-Aqsa was built on the site of the ruins of the Jewish Second Temple.

The major events in the development of ________ as an ethnic religion took place in Palestine/Israel, and the religion's customs and rituals acquire meaning from the agricultural life of the ancient Hebrew tribe.

Hinduism does not have a central authority or a single holy book, so each adherent selects suitable rituals.

A language branch is a collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history.

A dialect is defined as a language that results from the mixing of the colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated.

What is a language and how does a language family differ from a language branch and language group?

The cosmogony underlying Chinese ethnic religions, such as Confucianism and Daoism, is that the universe is made up of two forces, yin and yang, which exist in everything.

Which of the following is not found in large numbers on the African continent?

Switzerland has four official languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh.