GEO 101 World Human Geography
Spring 2011
Lecture Outline

Geography of Language and Religion

Before Lecture
Reading assignment for today: Greiner Chapters 4 and 5 pp. 96-159 (Ideally you read the language chapter for the last lecture)
Important Concepts from the textbook you should review before lecture (write a short definition): Geography of Language: Language, dialect, hearth, loanword, pidgin language, creole language, dialect geography, dialect region, accent, isogloss, African American English, standard dialects, toponyms.  Geography of Religion: Religion, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Sunni, Shiite, universalizing religions, ethnic religion, sacred space, secularization, islamic traditionalism, renewalism, geopiety

I have the following question(s) about the textbook reading:

Geography of Language

Why do people in the Southern United States have a distinctive way of speaking?

 Dialects and Dialect Regions

• Isogloss

Language Dynamics

• African American Dialect

Diffusion of Languages and Dialects

• Loan Word
• Pidgin Language
• Creole Language

Globalization and Language

Geography of Religion

Universalizing Religions

Ethnic Religions

Characteristics, World Distribution, and Diffusion of Religion

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Christianity, Islam, and Judaism

• Islamism

Distribution of Religion in the United States

Sacred Spaces and Landscapes

After Lecture

What was the main point of today's lecture?

Important concepts covered in this lecture (write a short definition):

One thing I did not fully understand today is:

What did I learn today that I did not know before?