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Midterm + Ch. 5- Languages REVIEW
Midterm + Ch. 5- Languages REVIEW
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1
What is the
best
example of
circulation
?
Going to a car repair shop to fix a broken light.
Visiting a college to determine if you'll attend
Going to HEB to get groceries
It's your friend's birthday and you go to HEB to get supplies
2
What is a GROUP of languages that
share
a
common ancestor
BEFORE recorded history?
language root
language family
language group
language branch
3
In
contrast
to
folk
culture,
popular
culture is typical of
large
and ________
heterogeneous groups
groups living in isolated rural areas
homogeneous groups
groups of specialists
4
What do the
roots
on a language
tree
represent?
Language Group
Individual Language
possible prehistoric superfamilies
Language Families
5
Why has
English
achieved an
unprecedented
(1st time ever)
acceptance globally?
refusal to use English in colonial expansion
the rise of folk culture and decline of popular culture
serves as the common language of a global economy & culture
global diffusion of command (communist) economies
6
FIRST
speakers of the language that
EVOLVED
into the
English
language were
tribes
from...
Denmark
Switzerland
France
Italy
7
For
pop
music
, fashionable
clothes
, and
technology
to
rapidly diffuse
, it is dependent on...
decreasing folk customs
relocation of people
conservation of natural resources
modern communication systems
8
ENGLISH
diffusion
has been
STRONGLY
related to
colonialism
in
parts
of the
world
because...
conquered population refused to learn English
Religious European missionaries using English in Bibles
conquered ppl wish to participate in their new gov't
imperial Russian & China used English as a lingua franca in Asia
9
Your ancestors
migrated
to the
United States
during the
1840s
and
1850s
, you might strongly think
they're from
...
Ireland or Germany
Spain or Portugal
Russia or Bulgaria
Italy or Poland
10
A
language
that has NO
native speakers
and is spoken in
addition
to one's
native language
...
Hindi
creole
pidgin
English
11
The
shape
of a country's
population pyramid
is
determined
by its...
Natural Increase Rate (NIR)
Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)
Crude Death Rate (CDR)
12
What is a
language
understood by people who have
different
NATIVE
languages
?
Dialect
Franglais
Lingua Franca
Isogloss
13
Which American colony had the
most diverse
backgrounds in the
1700s
and
1800s
?
Western
Middle Atlantic
Southeastern
New England
14
Typically,
popular
culture....
originates in a number of locations at the same time.
reflects characteristics of a distinctive physical environment
experiences frequent changes through time and space
is practiced in small homogeneous groups
15
Country A
has a CBR of
30
and a CDR of
15
.
Country B
has a CBR of
25
and a CDR of
20
. Which has a
higher NIR
?
Country A
Neither
Both
Country B
16
_______ is to
Canada
as _______ is to the
United States
.
French; English
English; Spanish
French; Spanish
English; French
17
A country with a
small
amount of
arable land
and
large
amount of
farmers
will have
high physiological density
high agricultural density
low physiological density
low agricultural density
18
What
language
is spoken by the
GREATEST
number of
NATIVE
speakers in the
world
?
Cantonese
Mandarin
Spanish
Hindi
19
What is
agricultural density
?
portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement
# of farmers to total amount of arable land
Total # of people supported by a unit of arable land
# of people divided by total land area
20
A country with a
large
amount of
arable land
and
small
amount of
farmers
will have
low agricultural density
high agricultural density
high physiological density
low physiological density
21
What is the
most
WIDELY spoken
language
in
Argentina
?
French
English
Spanish
Portuguese
22
What is the most
WIDELY
spoken
Indo-European
language?
Hindi
Spanish
English
French
23
Arable
land is...
land suited for hospitals
land suited for housing
land suited for agriculture
land suitable for development
24
Hip hop music
demonstrates an
interplay
between
globalization
and
local diversity
because...
pop culture threatens to overwhelm local folk cultures
hip hop is played in many Islamic countries
folk culture is responsible for globalization of modern music
popular musicians still make local references in their lyrics
25
A young boy
migrated
from
Honduras
to
the
US
due to
violence
in his home country. What kind of migration is this?
environmental
forced
voluntary
human rights
26
What is the
most
WIDELY spoken
language
in
Brazil
?
French
Portuguese
English
Spanish
27
What is a boundary between language regions?
official language
isogloss
creole
dialects
28
What is a form of language spoken in a local area?
branch
group
Dialects
root
29
What might
CONTRIBUTE
to a country
slowing
their
birth rates
, considering
ALL
factors
being equal
?
education for sons before having families
daughters are provided with "abstinence only" sex-education in school
sons and daughters encouraged to be active consumers
education for daughters before having families
30
Why have
dialects
PRIMARILY developed within
England
?
Normans invaded the North
Viking invaders left England early
different Germanic invaders settled in different regions
British Received Pronunciation became standard dialect
31
What is a
written
form of a
language
?
literary tradition
lingua franca
isogloss
dialect
32
What is the MAIN
difference
between languages in the SAME
family
,
branch
, or
group
?
they emerged at the same time
how similar cultures are to speakers of each language
how recent in time the languages were once the same
how close speakers live to one another
33
What is a
mix
of
indigenous
and
colonial
languages?
extinct language
prehistoric superfamilies
creolized language
isolated language family
34
What
two
groups
INVADED
England
and CONTRIBUTED to the
English
language?
Normans and Russian
Angles and Normans
Russian and French
Angles and French
35
Hebrew
is an example of:
a revived language
an extinct language
a language family
an isolated language
36
What is the
use
of
English
in the
French
language?
franglais
isogloss
lingua franca
Language family
37
Why is
Spanish
an
IMPORTANT
language in the
United States
?
Mexican conquest of the US Southwest in 1800s
diffusion of Mexican colonies in Northern territories
US policies designating it an official language
diffusion of Spanish colonies + migration patterns
38
Pop music
, originating in
border regions
between two countries, might...
feature possibly offensive lyrics to ensure widespread diffusion
include local, national, & global themes of global vs. local
be a pop culture threat to local folk cultures
reflect negative themes of possible drug and violent cultures
39
English
is part of WHICH
language BRANCH
?
Germanic
Northern
Western
Indo-European
40
English
is part of WHICH
language FAMILY
?
Indo-European
Germanic
Western
Northern
41
English
is part of WHICH
language GROUP?
North Germanic
West Germanic
East Germanic
Indo-European
