1. Two prominent French ethnic islands in North America are historically located in which of the following areas?

2. A holistic approach to studying the relationship between a human society and its natural environment is known as

3. Which of the following sacred places is most closely associated with animism?

4. Which of the following regions is characterized as a zone of conflict between Muslim and Hindu ethnic groups?

5. The country of Papua New Guinea boasts one of the world’s highest rates of linguistic diversity, with more than 800 documented indigenous languages. This linguistic diversity has been preserved largely because of the country’s rugged geography, which includes mountains and islands that have tended to keep different speech communities isolated from one another. In the context of Papua New Guinea’s geography of language, mountains and islands represent

6. Arabic, which spread westward with the diffusion of Islam, is part of which of the following language families?

7. A highly simplified language developed between linguistically heterogeneous groups for the purposes of basic intergroup communication is known as which of the following?

8. Zionism is best defined as the

9. All of the following are examples of iconic, secular landscapes EXCEPT

10. A significant imbalance in the ratio of males to females in age cohorts under 30 in China, a result of the country’s one-child policy, could be cited as evidence of all of the following EXCEPT

11. All of the following are true of language isolates like Basque and Ainu EXCEPT

12. A minaret is an architectural feature common to places of worship in which of the following religions?

13. The concept of nirvana is most closely associated with which of the following religions?

14. In which of the following countries is one most likely to encounter speakers whose native tongue belongs to the Saharan language family?

15. Which of the following areas describes a conflict region between various ethnic groups, including Serbs, Albanians, and Bosnians?

16. Which of the following Amerindian languages corresponds to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico?

17. "In which of the following countries is one most likely to find speakers whose native language belongs to the Uralic language family?"

18. An immigrant who selectively adopts certain customs of the dominant host society in order to advance socioeconomically, while still retaining much of his or her native customs, practices, and beliefs, best illustrates the concept of

19. All of the following are artifacts of folk culture in North America EXCEPT

20. A Mormon church located in a rural area of northwestern Colorado is most likely the result of which kind of diffusion?

21. Which of the following terms best describes the geographical boundary of one particular linguistic feature?

22. The concept that specifically refers to a group of people who all speak a common language or dialect is known as a

23. The Norman cottage is a distinct style of vernacular architecture that was introduced to North America through relocation diffusion and that is modeled after an architectural style native to the Normandy region of France. Given this information, which of the following regions of North America is most likely to feature the Norman cottage?

24. The prohibition that forbids Hindus from slaughtering or consuming beef is an example of a(n)

25. Telecommunication networks, whose areas of service radiate outward from central hubs, or nodes, best represent which of the following types of culture region?