10: Components of Culture Part 2

Question 1

a way of communicating ideas or feelings by means
of a conventionalized system of signs, gestures, marks, or articulate vocal
sounds

reflects how different
cultural groups interpret the world around them

communicates the changing human history and world geographies.

Answer 1

Language

Question 2

language is

both a __ and a __of cultural differentiation

Answer 2

cause

symbol

Question 3

determine the attitudes, understandings, and responses

of the society by the words and concepts it contain

Answer 3

Language

Question 4

Classifications of Languages

Answer 4

Language families
Language branches
Language groups

Question 5

individual languages related in their prehistorical origin

Answer 5

Language families

Question 6

languages that have a definite common origin but have split into individual
languages

Answer 6

Language branches

Question 7

part of a language branch, shares a common origin, and has relatively similar
grammar and vocabulary

Answer 7

Language groups

Question 8

50% of the world’s population speaks __

Answer 8

Indo-European family of languages

Question 9

Romance branch of

the Indo-European family

Answer 9

Spanish, French,

Portuguese, Italian, Romanian and Catalan

Question 10

earliest speakers of the IndoEuropean language

Answer 10

Anatolia

Question 11

language has spread initially from the interior of Southeast Asia southward into the Malay Peninsula

Answer 11

Austronesian Language

Question 12

approach in studying culture that explores the cause-and-effect interplay between
cultures and they physical environment

Answer 12

Cultural ecology

Question 13

examines

the connection of languages to their physical habitats called ecoregions

Answer 13

linguistic ecology

Question 14

rich in words describing
mountains and hills

originated from Castile

Answer 14

Spanish
language

cordillera (a mass of
mountains), sierra (elongated mountain mass),
pico (summit), cerro (an intermediate between a
hill and a mountain), cerillo (hill), and montana
(mountain)

Question 15

can deter groups from migrating from one area to another, linguistic borders

Answer 15

Mountain ridges

Question 16

3 Facets of Culture

Answer 16

Technology and Language Dominance

Language and Colonization

Language and Religion

Question 17

one of the most powerful
communication forces that operate today

allow people from the different parts of the world to interact with each other and convey messages instantly

impacted the construction of words and sentences

Answer 17

Social media

Question 18

Language of Social Media

Answer 18

alter our vocabulary

introduces new words in our vocabulary

increases the speed and volume of daily communications

raises the expectation for remaining connected

Question 19

language becomes visible and part of the cultural landscape

place-names that often directly reflect the spatial patterns of languages, dialect, and ethnicity

Language becomes part of the cultural landscape when
they appear on street signs and placards.

Answer 19

toponyms

Question 20

reveal the linguistic origins, diffusion, habitat, and
environmental perceptions

reflect migrants’ longing for their homeland, a
group’s attitude towards the environment as well as a
range of emotions

Answer 20

Stephen Jett, toponyms

Question 21

examples of toponyms

Answer 21

Krus na Ligas and its street names

The EMBOs of Makati

The street names in Teacher’s Village