Culture, Language, and Religion Study Guide (2015)

  1. What do we call the shared beliefs, customs, practices, and behaviors of a particular group? Culture
  2. What do you call a group of humans with a shared culture who have organized themselves to meet their basic needs?society
  3. What are ethics?Rules for acceptable behavior
  4. From what sources do people learn their cultural traits? (give 3)parents and other adults, mass media, schools, social clubs, religious groups
  5. What is the core group of all societies?Nuclear family
  6. What are some common institutions that all societies share?Government, religious, economic, and educational
  7. What modern day technology has helped to spread different cultures throughout the world?Internet
  8. What are two ways that cultural traits spread from one place to another? Settlement, trade, migration, and communication
  9. What is the most commonly spoken language in the world today?English
  10. How can differences in language keep a country apart? People cannot communicate and cultures are kept apart
  11. Which language family originated from Latin and includes French, Spanish, and Italian?Romance
  12. From which language family does the English language originate?Germanic
  13. Why is language important? gives people the ability to share information and ideas
  1. To what language family does Russian belong?Slavic
  2. To what language family do Spanish, Portuguese, and French belong?Romance
  3. About how many different languages make up the Germanic language family?48
  4. Which language family originated from Latin?Romance
  5. What language family is found mostly in Central and Eastern Europe?Slavic
  6. Which religion believes in one God, is based on the teachings of Jesus, and the holy book is known as the Bible?Christianity
  7. What religion do Muslims practice?Islam
  8. What is the fastest growing religion in Europe today?Islam
  9. What do we call people who practice the religion of Judaism?Jews
  10. What is a mosque?A Muslim house of worship
  11. What term is used to describe the belief in one God?Monotheism
  12. Protestant and Catholic are both branches of which religion?Christianity
  13. Which of the three major religions (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam) is the youngest? Islam
  14. Which of the major religions is the oldest and traces its origin back to Abraham?Judaism
  15. Who was Muhammad?Founder of Islam
  16. What is the religion of the majority of the people in Romance speaking countries?Christianity
  17. The “Star of David” is the main symbol for which religion? Judaism