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AP Human Geography - Language review
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1
British and American English differ in all of these but...
vocabulary
alphabet
spelling
pronunciation
2
Which of these is in the correct order of largest to smallest?
Family, Branch, Group, Language, Dialect
Dialect, Language, Group, Family, Branch
Language, Group, Branch, Family, Dialect
Branch, Dialect, Group, Language
3
Where are there 1.4 billion people (2019) and 1.2 billion of them speak the same language?
China
India
Saudi Arabia
Spain
4
English is part of which language
family
?
North Germanic
Indo-European
Romance
Sino-Tibetan
5
A lingua franca is
an extinct language that has been revived
the same as pidgin
another name for creole
mutually understood by people w/different native languages
6
Which language
group
does English belong to?
Austronesian
Germanic
Slavic
Indo-European
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What is a creolized language?
a revived language that was extinct
a possible prehistoric superfamily
a mix of indigenous and colonial languages
an isolated language
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Which factors contribute to English being the lingua franca of the 21st century?
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Imperialism
Christian Missionaries
Colonization
9
A Pidgen language might be spoken by
Asian migrant workers on Hawaiian plantations
African slaves on a ship sailing from West Africa to the Caribbean
Employees of multinational corporations on a worldwide Zoom call
Scientists who are using the language to communicate about COVID
10
Sino-Tibetan includes which language?
Mandarin
Russian
Arabic
English
11
Language diffused as people moved to land that could be farmed b/c of agricultural innovations (irrigation, tools, etc.)
Anatolian Farmer Theory
Kurgan Farmer Theory
Anatolian Warrior Theory
It was the Vikings
12
Which of these is an issue with declaring an official language?
Makes government communication more efficient
Marginalizes less powerful cultural groups within the country
Creates unity within a diverse country
Declaring an official language is a centripetal force
13
An isogloss is
a collection of unique words
a form of a language spoken in a local area
blending two language families
boundary between language regions
14
What language family is found in Subsaharan Africa and includes Bantu and Swahili?
Afro Asiatic
Niger Congo
Sino Tibetan
Indo European
15
Which language had the most number of speakers worldwide (2019) ?
English
Spanish
Mandarin Chinese
Arabic
