Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Culture Research Questions

1.      What countries are in the Anglo-American region?  Latin American region? (Name at least 5)
2.      Identify at least two syncretic traditions.
3.      On a chart with five columns, make a list of 5 European states across.  Under each list countries that they colonized.  Who did your hearth colonize or who colonized your hearth?  How did this affect the colonized or colonizing country?
4.      In two columns, name two language families and list at least five languages that fit under that language.
5.      Trace Modern English’s roots going in reverse order and starting with Modern English.
6.      Construct a 5-column VIS chart with the following vocab: isoglosses, pidgin, Creole, Esperanto, and lingua franca.  In 1st column write word; 2nd define; 3rd use in context; 4th give example; 5th draw visual clue.
7.      How does a culture become extinct?  Give specific examples.
8.      What is the connection between literacy and gender?
9.      How is illiteracy used as a tool of oppression?   Give examples.
10.   Why is it important for human geographers to study religion?
11.   In a multi-column template construct a VIS chart with the following religious vocab:  universalizing; local; Evangelical; global; ethnic.  Use the model describe in #6.
12.   Write a paragraph on the diffusion of Islam.
13.   Why do some religions spread while other do not?
14.   Why would fundamentalist beliefs tend to result in religious conflict?
15.   How does religion contribute to various tensions across the globe.  Give two examples from the book and an additional example from another source.
16.   Research ethnic neighborhoods in Miami.  Is there a history of conflict?
17.   Who were the Untouchables? How were/are Untouchables treated?
18.   List the characteristics of folk and pop culture.  Which one socializes you and why?

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