Possible Additional Questions for MC

1 How is an ethnic neighborhood a nodal region?

-like a radio station it weakens as it goes out

2 What is the difference between and ethnic neighborhood and a Ghetto?

-forced versus voluntary

3 The fastest growing countries in the world are what kind of countries?

-LDCs

4 What is the largest ethnic religion?

-Hinduism

5 How is the Jewish calendar an example of something an ethnic religion would have?

-Lunar calendar based off of Israel

6 What is the third largest universal religion?

-Buddhism

7 What is a language group

-

8 What is the main religion of northern Africa

-Islam

9 What is a hierarchical religion?

-Roman Catholic church or definition

10 How does popular culture tend to diffuse (when it goes from cities to suburbs)

-Hierarchical

11 How does population growth relate to t e issues facing Palestine and Israel?

-Higher NIR for Muslims

12 The medical and industrial revolution occur at what stage of the DT

-2nd

13 In the 1600s, European countries were in what stage of the DT

-Stage 1

14 One's culture is absolutely defined by one's ethnic background

No

15 What does Balkinization refer to?

-break up of a larger country

16 What far eastern European country broke apart into separating territories and is having issues with a cultural difference in the area of Chechnya?

-Russia

17 China is a very homogenous ethnic community.

-No

18 Ethnic religions do not spread around the globe

-False

19 The area around Baghdad belongs to which sect of the Muslim religion

-Sunni

20 Which sect of the Muslim religion is the most dominant

-Sunni

21 Which sect of the Muslim religion do most Iranians belong to?

-Shia

22 Which ethnic group that exists in the Middle East exists across several borders including Turkey's and Iraq's

-Kurdish

23 Turkey had an incident of ethnic cleansing when they tried to wipe out what ethnic group

-Albanians

24 How are a Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian person different?

-Eastern Orthodox, Muslim and then Roman Catholic

25 What is the current population of the U.S.?

-300 million

26 What ethnic group do Iranians belong to

-Persian

27 How does population growth relate to the issues that Israelis and Palestians face

-Higher NIR for Palestinians

28 What is the main religion of Afghanistan?

-Muslim

29The borders of Pakistan, Bangldedesh and India were drawn along what lines?

-Religious

30 After WWI, the borders of Europe were drawn along what lines?

Language

31 St. Louis is an example of what kind of name?

-Religious place name

32 Define acculturation.

33 How are Roman Catholics supposed to be disposed of after death?

-Buried in cemetary

34 How does this practice affect the landscape?

-Creates a lot of used space and it is park like

35 How do the funeral practices of the Hindu religion relate to the religion being an ethnic religion?

-Must have ashes spread on the Ganges

36 How is the Islamic calendar similar and different to the Jewish calendar?

-206 text

37 The Hindu texts in no way or shape refer to this which helps to make it an ethnic religion.

-conversion

38 What is number one way that people of one culture assimilate

-through intermarriage