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AP Human Geography Unit III Test Review: Culture & Language

This document contains a review for a test on human geography concepts related to culture and language. It lists key terms organized by card suit, each with a short definition or example. Some of the main topics covered include types of culture like folk and popular culture, aspects of culture like material and nonmaterial culture, language families and the spread of languages, and factors that impact languages like assimilation, appropriation, and extinction over time. The document is designed to be used as a study guide by having students take turns drawing cards and attempting to answer the cultural or linguistic concept and term being reviewed.

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AP Human Geography Unit III Test Review: Culture & Language

This document contains a review for a test on human geography concepts related to culture and language. It lists key terms organized by card suit, each with a short definition or example. Some of the main topics covered include types of culture like folk and popular culture, aspects of culture like material and nonmaterial culture, language families and the spread of languages, and factors that impact languages like assimilation, appropriation, and extinction over time. The document is designed to be used as a study guide by having students take turns drawing cards and attempting to answer the cultural or linguistic concept and term being reviewed.

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AP Human Geography Unit III Test Review: Culture & Language - In a group of 4, use a cell phone to

search for a random card generator. Going round-Robin from the left, a card in the deck will be read by a score
keeper. Whomever is answering must answer the question or pass it to the left. The score-keeper does not answer
that round and the question circulates until someone can answer it and receive the point. Continue rotating until all
questions are answered. Whomever has the highest points wins.

AClubs – Group of beliefs, habits, and social norms practiced by a select group of people - Culture
2Clubs – Two ways culture is recognized – 1. People call it a culture, 2. Others can label it as culture
3Clubs – Small, localized type of culture; diffuses slowly, usually rural – Folk Culture
4Clubs – Large, urban type of culture; diffuses rapidly, changes often – Popular Culture
5Clubs – Reason why Folk Culture rarely diffuses or modifies – It is rural and hard to access
6Clubs – Things physically constructed in culture, such as art, clothing, or dance – Material Culture
7Clubs – Parts of culture that are intrinsic, such as beliefs, values, or dialects – Nonmaterial Culture
8Clubs – The main ways Pop Culture diffuses today – Transportation, media, and marketing
9Clubs – Major type of diffusion that Popular Culture expands upon – Hierarchical (population!)
10Clubs – Impact assimilation has on Folk Culture – Forces a shift of values and identity of the people
JClubs – Examples of assimilation of Folk groups – Australians/Aborigines, N. Americans/The U.S.
QClubs – The impact appropriation has on Folk Culture – Uses cultural traits for a benefit ($)
KClubs – Example of Folk Appropriation – Using Crazy Horse (the man) to sell beer in S. Dakota
ADiamonds – Areas of urban location with a pocket of Folk Cultural zones – Ethnic Enclave
2Diamonds – Examples of Ethnic Enclaves – Little Italy/Chinatown/Haiti/Ukraine in New York City
3Diamonds – An organized system of words spoken for communication by people - Language
4Diamonds – The regional differences of a language as spoken by people - Dialects
5Diamonds – Example of a regional dialect – Slow drawl of English in the South, Fast tongue in North
6Diamonds – Why language is essential to culture – It identifies location and the connection of people
7Diamonds – Earliest form of written language for laws – Babylonian King Hammurabi’s Code
8Diamonds –Three ways that languages are broken down – Language Families, Branches, Groups
9Diamonds – The language family that English falls into – Indo-European
10Diamonds – The language branch that English falls into - Germanic
JDiamonds –The language group English exists in – West Germanic
QDiamonds – English as a language first started in the hearth of – Anatolia (Turkey)
KDiamonds – Reason why the Anatolian Theory of Indo-European is accepted – Oldest theory
AHearts – Essential carriers of Indo-European under the Anatolian Theory – Neolithic farmers
2Hearts – Essential hearth of Indo-European under the Kurgan Theory – Modern day Ukraine
3Hearts – Method of transportation of Indo-European by Kurgan Theory – Horses
4Hearts – The universal language spoken today around the world - English
5Hearts – Benefit to using a universal language – Common understanding leads to ease of education
6Hearts – Negative of using a universal language – Ruins culture and undermines identity
7Hearts – Key benefit to speaking multiple languages (Bi/Multilingualism) – Expansion of knowledge
8Hearts – Common form of diffusion for language – Contagious: typically through trade/bartering
9Hearts – When language exists solely for the purpose of trade and commerce, it is a – Lingua Franca
10Hearts – Historical Lingua Francas – Latin, Greek, French, and English (today)
JHearts – The universal lingua franca for the internet currently is - English
QHearts –A form of speech using simplified grammar and basic vocabulary - Pidgin
KHearts – “Hey braddah, pass me dem cups fo I lay bad juju on face” represents – Pidgin language
ASpades – The joining of a colonizers language with indigenous language - Creole
2Spades – Typical result that occurs when a creole language is formed – A pidgin language
3Spades – Commonly, ones dialect can identify this social concept – Your class and wealth
4Spades – Languages will fail to continue diffusing/expanding when they hit these - Isogloss
5Spades – The barriers that prevent languages from expanding onwards are – Isogloss’s
6Spades – A language that simply cannot expand due to geographic location are considered - Isolated
7Spades – The language behind the naming of a place is understood to be its - Toponym
8Spades – The toponym for Greensboro, NC would be – It was named after Gen. Nathaniel Greene
9Spades – Badwater, Death Valley has its toponym likely because – The stagnant water there kills!
10Spades – Languages typically go extinct because – Large, dominant languages take over
JSpades – Some argue that Latin is extinct because – It is rarely used in common practice
QSpades – Latin saw a major moment of extinction after this historic event – The collapse of Rome
KSpades – Latin and Greek today are largely used in the practice of – Religious ceremony

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