Human Geography Questions
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In addition to geographic location, dialects are significantly shaped by which of the following?
A high school student starts using the word salty to describe when he is annoyed. His friends and eventually most of the other students at school start using this term as well. Which term best describes this situation?
What do researchers analyze when categorizing relationships among languages?
Which term describes the area of origin of a cultural trait?
What is the best example of convergence?
A fad is started when a television personality begins wearing a yellow top hat. The trend spreads throughout Hollywood and then throughout the United States. This is an example of what type of diffusion?
Important clues to the origins of a language can be discovered in which of the following?
Cultural diffusion is an example of which of the following geographic concepts?
What is the oldest universalizing religion?
What led to the relocation diffusion of the Mormon Church in the United States?
Which term describes a common language used among speakers of different languages for the purposes of trade and commerce?
In which setting would you expect to see the greatest cultural change happen?
Which of the following aspects of culture tends to change most slowly?
Which of the following is an example of a sociofact?
How did changing cultural expectations in the United States in the 1960s affect the workforce?
The canonical law that includes the Qur'an & the sunnah
They are high. Death rates and infant mortality have fallen , partly due to better healthcare and health education. It means that India's population is increasing rapidly growing from 870 million in 1990 to 1.3 billion in 1015. Also means that majority of population are young- 28% under 14. Life expectancy has increased from 58 (1990)-68 (2014).
In 1991, India received $2.2 billion in aid from the IMF in exchange for the government changing its economic policies e.g. reducing tariffs on imported goods.
Urban areas grow because of migration and natural increase: 1990 only 26% of population lived in urban areas. By 2015 it had risen to 33%; India already has 4 megacities and is expected to have 3 more by 2030. (already New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bengalru)
In 2009 India made primary education free and compulsory- 96% of children now enrol for school. Having a more educated workforce helps to fuel development.