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Geography, Social Studies, World Languages
9th -
University
AP Human Geography Review: Language
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- 1. Multiple Choice
When languages are depicted as leaves on trees, the trunk of the tree represents
dialects
language groups
language families
creolized languages
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was NOT a Germanic speaking people that influenced the English language?
Angles
Saxons
Jutes
Normans
- 3. Multiple Choice
Why is English the most widely spoken language in Canada and the U.S.?
The Norman Conquest
Viking Explorations of the New World
British Colonialism
The Internet
- 4. Multiple Choice
What branch of the Indo-European language family does English belong to?
Germanic
Romance
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
- 5. Multiple Choice
What language family is French a member of?
Sino-Tibetan
Austronesian
Indo-European
Altaic
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why did Basque survive despite being surrounded by Indo-European languages?
contagious diffusion
isolation
innovation
distance decay
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT a Romance language?
Italian
Portuguese
Romanian
Greek
- 8. Multiple Choice
What does Colin Renefrew claim is the reason the Indo-European language spread?
war
conquest
farming
disease
- 9. Multiple Choice
What language is spoken in the northern part of Belgium?
Flemish/Dutch
French
English
German
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is NOT a factor in the creation of different dialects?
pronunciation
spelling
vocabulary
contagious diffusion
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the second largest language family?
Indo-European
Afro-Asiatic
Sino-Tibetan
Austronesian
- 12. Multiple Choice
As opposed to other languages that are phonetic, Chinese _____________ are not.
isolines
videograms
logograms
letters
- 13. Multiple Choice
This pictures demonstrates how language can make the cultural landscape more
unique
homogenous
uniform
unfriendly
- 14. Multiple Choice
How could the document below help preserve a dying language?
it demonstrates official government support
when people fill out documents they show they are literate
people who speak minority languages pay lower taxes
the language on the document is widely used on the internet
- 15. Multiple Choice
This chart is evidence that English is a
pidgin language
official language
dialect
lingua franca
- 16. Multiple Choice
Under the rule of the Roman Empire, what was spoken by common people in Southern Europe?
British Received Pronunciation
Standard English
Vulgar Latin
Spanglish
- 17. Multiple Choice
French Creole is a ____________ that combined two simplified languages to form a lingua franca.
pidgin language
official language
logograms
isolated language
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT an official language of Switzerland?
Italian
French
Romansh
Spanish
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was an extinct language but has since been revived?
Greek
Gothic
Hebrew
Gaelic
- 20. Multiple Choice
This map shows the linguistic diversity in Nigeria that resulted from all BUT
distance decay
isolation
distance decay
literacy
- 21. Multiple Choice
Why are some French concerned about the emergence of Franglais?
They are easily confused
They feel it is a corruption of their language
They just want to abolish English
They don't like the internet
- 22. Multiple Choice
Why is the extinction of languages a problem?
it isn't; it would be better if everyone spoke English
It isn't, it would be better if everyone spoke Chinese
It is better if you can't understand what some people say
When a language dies, part of the culture dies with it
- 23. Multiple Choice
The political boundaries of Europe follow linguistic boundaries, which follow _____boundaries.
cultural
physical
racial
economic
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not an accurate combination of language and religion?
Germanic/Protestant
Romance/Orthodox Catholic
Arabic/Islam
Hebrew/Judaism
- 25. Multiple Choice
A creolized language results from
homogeneity
extinction
literary traditions
acculturation
- 26. Multiple Choice
Received Pronunciation would most likely be heard on
BBC
NBC
MTV
CNN
- 27. Multiple Choice
A ________ is a place name that reveals what is important to people and what the land is like.
logogram
lingua franca
official language
toponym
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