The __________ of language speakers often reveals the history of migration and regional occupation

a. education
b. age
c. demographics
d. sex


Answer: c

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A society’s environment _____

a. has no effect on its food-getting strategy b. absolutely determines the food-getting strategy that is its best adaptation c. influences its food-getting strategy and sets broad limitations d. sets very narrow limits on possible alternative food-getting strategies e. is the only thing that affects its food-getting strategy

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According to Bernard Nietschmann, Indonesia has used “nation destroying” as a strategy in nation building; what does he mean by this?

a. The conquest of neighboring states b. The forced relocations of populations to places originally inhabited by other ethnic groups c. The dissolution of a federal Indonesia into an island confederacy d. The creation and imposition of cultural uniformity

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What term refers to the existence of "high" and "low" dialects within a single language?

A. kinesics B. diglossia C. displacement D. semantics E. lexicon

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The Inca road system did all of the following except

A. charge tolls for carts and other wheeled vehicles. B. include suspension bridges. C. cross deserts and mountains. D. involve networks of roadside lodgings and storage places.

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