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Question 1

language branch

Answer 1

languages within a family related by a common ancestral language that does exist in recorded history

Question 2

language family

Answer 2

a group of related language that shares a common ancestry

Question 3

cultural hearth

Answer 3

a focused geographic area where important innovations are born and from which they spread

Question 4

dialect

Answer 4

a regional variation of a language that is understood by people who speak other variations of that language

Question 5

accent

Answer 5

a way of pronouncing words

Question 6

toponyms

Answer 6

the names given to places

Question 7

generic toponyms

Answer 7

a generic part of a place name, often a suffix or prefix, such as -ville

Question 8

monotheistic

Answer 8

relating to the belief in only one god

Question 9

universalizing religion

Answer 9

a religion that actively seeks new members and believes its message has universalizing importance and application

Question 10

ethnic religion

Answer 10

a religion identifies with a particular ethnic/tribal group that does not seek converts.

Question 11

polythestic

Answer 11

belief in many gods

Question 12

animistic religions

Answer 12

a faith that subscribes to the idea that souls or spirits exist not only in humans but also in animals,, plants, rocks, natural phenomena such as thunder, geographic features such as mountains/rivers, and other entities of the natural element

Question 13

isogloss

Answer 13

a geographic boundary within which a particular linguistic feature (word/phrase) occurs. Line that divides dialect.