Human Geography Language & Ethnicity

  1. Distin" rel="nofollow">inguish between language and literary tradition.           2. Discuss the contemporary global prevalence of the English language, citin" rel="nofollow">ing specific statistics from the text.             3. Why/how is the English language in" rel="nofollow">in the United States so different from that of England/Britain" rel="nofollow">in?           4. In reviewin" rel="nofollow">ing your text and the language map provided in" rel="nofollow">in Figure 5-9 explain" rel="nofollow">in the geographical distribution of the Germanic, Romance and Slavic languages across Europe (i.e. where in" rel="nofollow">in Europe is each the domin" rel="nofollow">inant language?)           5. Explain" rel="nofollow">in the rise and subsequent declin" rel="nofollow">ine in" rel="nofollow">in global significance of the Russian language durin" rel="nofollow">ing the 20th century.           6. Summarize the key poin" rel="nofollow">ints in" rel="nofollow">in the origin" rel="nofollow">in and diffusion of the Romance languages.             7. Explain" rel="nofollow">in the characteristics of a creole language.             8. Distin" rel="nofollow">inguish between the “Nomadic Warrior Thesis” and the “Sedentary Farmer Thesis” of Indo-European language development.           9. What is an ideogram (ideogrammatic alphabet) and what language is an example? Usin" rel="nofollow">ing the in" rel="nofollow">internet as a source, distin" rel="nofollow">inguish between the latter and a phonetic alphabet.           10. Precisely how many languages are spoken in" rel="nofollow">in Africa? Explain" rel="nofollow">in your answer and cite specific in" rel="nofollow">information from the text.           11. Compare/contrast the situation with Hebrew as a “revived language” with that of the Celtic family as “preserved languages”.           12. What is an isolated language? Provide at least one example.             13. Distin" rel="nofollow">inguish between a lin" rel="nofollow">ingua franca and a pidgin" rel="nofollow">in language.           14. Distin" rel="nofollow">inguish between Franglais, Spanglish, and Denglish, citin" rel="nofollow">ing examples and specific in" rel="nofollow">information for each.           15. Referrin" rel="nofollow">ing to the chapter summary, explain" rel="nofollow">in how/why learnin" rel="nofollow">ing English is appealin" rel="nofollow">ing to many people in" rel="nofollow">in other countries, but conversely many US citizens do not seek to learn other languages.           Chapter 7: Ethnicity (do any/ONLY 10 Ch. 7 questions) 1. Distin" rel="nofollow">inguish between the concepts of ethnicity and race.           2. Compare/contrast the geographical concentrations of the four US ethnicities used as case studies in" rel="nofollow">in your text (i.e. where are they located, where are they not & why?).           3. Provide a summary overview of what your text outlin" rel="nofollow">ined as the 3 distin" rel="nofollow">inct phases of African American migration patterns.           4. Discuss the “separate but equal” doctrin" rel="nofollow">ine from US history and how it was implemented.           5. Provide an overview of division by race in" rel="nofollow">in South Africa several decades ago, usin" rel="nofollow">ing/defin" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing the term apartheid in" rel="nofollow">in your discussion.           6. What is a nation-state? Provide examples (as noted in" rel="nofollow">in the text) and explain" rel="nofollow">in why they may or may not be perfect examples of the concept.           7. What is nationalism? Use/defin" rel="nofollow">ine centripetal force in" rel="nofollow">in your discussion.             8. Explain" rel="nofollow">in (in" rel="nofollow">in detail) why Russia was described as the largest multin" rel="nofollow">inational state.             9. Discuss recent trends that have revived with regard to ethnic identity and why such identities were partly absent (or at least repressed) in" rel="nofollow">in previous decades.           10. Your text noted two basic categories concernin" rel="nofollow">ing why ethnicities can clash. Discuss and provide at least 1 detailed example of each.           11. At the conclusion of the Holocaust the in" rel="nofollow">international community vowed to “never again" rel="nofollow">in” permit genocidal acts…was this goal realized? Explain" rel="nofollow">in, citin" rel="nofollow">ing specific examples from the readin" rel="nofollow">ing.           12. What is balkanization? From what source is the term derived? What are the historical and current concerns related to balkanization?