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- 1. Multiple Choice
The sign shown in the image includes an Internet address for the county government. Explain how the sign illustrates the cultural tensions between traditional languages and English.
The Internet spreads the use of English as a global lingua franca, but the Internet is also a place where traditional languages can be communicated and thrive.
English is used for business and commerce on the Internet, while traditional languages such as Gaelic can only be heard in poems and music recordings but not written on the Internet.
The Internet is produced only in English; as a result, many traditional languages disappear due to the dominance of English-language communication.
Many countries ban the use of English-language Internet sites in an effort to resist the forces of globalization and protect their traditional languages.
English is being used less outside of the United Kingdom. Speaking a traditional language as a first language has become the norm in former British colonies.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Hebrew is an example of
an isolated language.
an extinct language.
a revived language.
a language family.
an Altaic language.
- 3. Multiple Choice
The contemporary distribution of languages around the globe is largely a result of
social media
the Internet
Rosetta Stone sales
migration
high school requirements to earn a second language
- 4. Multiple Choice
The current estimate of the number of languages spoken across the planet is approximately
less than 100
between 250 and 1,000 languages
between 1,500 and 3,000 languages
between 3,500 and 6,500 languages
over 7,000
- 5. Multiple Choice
The main difference between languages in the same family, branch, or group is how
recently in time the languages were once the same
closely the speakers of each language live to one another
they correspond to the diffusion of free markets across much of the world
similar the cultures of the speakers of each language are
they all emerged at the same point in history, according to the Bible
- 6. Multiple Choice
A collection of languages that share a common origin but have since evolved into individual languages is a
dialect
language branch
language family
language group
language root
- 7. Multiple Choice
A group of languages that share a common ancestor before recorded history is a
dialect
language branch
language family
language group
language root
- 8. Multiple Choice
A developing language
has a literary tradition but is not spoken daily
is really a collection of languages with common ancestory
has a literary tradition and is spoken daily
is spoken daily but lacks a literary tradition
is a government recognized social media language
- 9. Multiple Choice
The Icelandic language has changed less than any other Germanic language because of
Iceland's close contact with other people and activities
migration by German tribes
Iceland's relative isolation from other places
the extinction of the East Germanic group
continuous exchange with Norway and Sweden
- 10. Multiple Choice
A language that was nearly extinct in British-controlled areas but which is now being revived is
Slavic
Celtic
Iranian
English
Pictish
- 11. Multiple Choice
A language that is unrelated to any other is a(n)
developing language
scheduled language
vulgar language
isolated language
endangered language
- 12. Multiple Choice
Basque is spoken primarily in
Brittany
the Swiss Alps
the Pyrenees Mountains
Barcelona, Spain
Liechtenstein
- 13. Multiple Choice
The language family encompassing the languages of the People's Republic of China is
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Mandarin
Sino-Tibetan
Austro-Asiatic
- 14. Multiple Choice
Signs in Brussels, Belgium, are bilingual with ________ on them.
Dutch and French
French and Flemish
Flemish and German
French and German
Flemish and English
- 15. Multiple Choice
The three largest language families in Southeast Asia are
Dravidian, Altaic, and Tai-Kadal
Austronesian, Austro-Asiatic, and Tai-Kadal
Austronesian, Afro-Asiatic, and Uralic
Korean, Japanese, and Austronesia
Indo-Iranian, Celtic, and Austronesia
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is TRUE about Korean?
Written Korean has a letter for each sound
Korean is essentially Chinese spoke on the Korean peninsula
Korean uses two systems of phonetic symbols
The origin of Korean is unknown
Korean is written with the familiar Roman alphabet to simplify trade
- 17. Multiple Choice
The large number of individual languages documented in Africa has resulted primarily from
thousands of years of isolation between cultural groups
repeated invasions by outsiders
introduction of many different languages by the colonial powers
frequent migration by the different tribal groups
colonial administration of native lands
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT a romance language?
Romanian
Italian
French
Greek
Spanish
- 19. Multiple Choice
While Hindu is India's official language, this language is a secondary official language
Dravidian
Urdu
Devangari
English
French
- 20. Multiple Choice
English is part of which language family?
Germanic
North Germanic
West Germanic
Indo-European
Romance
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