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AP Human Geography: Language
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Which of the following was an extinct language but has since been revived?
Gaelic
Gothic
Greek
Hebrew
2
Why is English the most widely spoken language in Canada and the U.S.?
The Internet
The Norman Conquest
British Colonialism
Viking Explorations of the New World
3
Under the rule of the Roman Empire, what was spoken by common people in Southern Europe?
British Received Pronunciation
Vulgar Latin
Standard English
Spanglish
4
What language family is French a member of?
Indo-European
Altaic
Autronesian
Sino-Tibetan
5
Which two countries alone have close to 2,000 of the 6,000 languages spoken in the world?
India and Thailand
Papua New Guinea and India
India and Nigeria
China and India
6
Which region has the fewest languages that are under threat of extinction?
Europe
The Pacific
The Americas
Asia
7
Which of the following is NOT an official language of Switzerland?
Romansh
Italian
French
Spanish
8
French Creole is a ____________ that combined two simplified languages to form a lingua franca.
official language
isolated language
pidgin language
logogram
9
As opposed to other languages that are phonetic, Chinese _____________ are not.
videograms
logograms
letters
isolines
10
The political boundaries of Europe follow linguistic boundaries, which follow _____boundaries.
cultural
economic
racial
physical
11
This map shows the linguistic diversity in Nigeria that resulted from all BUT
distance decay
isolation
length of time
literacy
12
This pictures demonstrates how language can make the cultural landscape more
unique
homogenous
unfriendly
uniform
13
Mandarin Chinese is the most spoken language in the world. What language branch is it part of?
Austro-Asiatic
Nilo-Saharan
Sino-Tibetan
Afro-Asiatic
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Why is the extinction of languages a problem?
it isn't; it would be better if everyone spoke English
It is better if you can't understand what some people say
It isn't, it would be better if everyone spoke Chinese
When a language dies, part of the culture dies with it
15
Which of the following was NOT a Germanic speaking people that influenced the English language?
Normans
Jutes
Saxons
Angles
16
Why are some French concerned about the emergence of Franglais?
They just want to abolish English
They are easily confused
They feel it is a corruption of their language
They don't like the internet
17
What does Colin Renfrew claim is the reason the Indo-European language spread?
conquest
farming
war
disease
18
Which of the following religions is a monotheistic religion?
Islam
Shintoism
Hinduism
Judaism
19
Why did Basque survive despite being surrounded by Indo-European languages?
contagious diffusion
innovation
distance decay
isolation
20
Which of the following is not an accurate combination of language and religion?
Romance/Orthodox Catholic
Hebrew/Judaism
Arabic/Islam
Germanic/Protestant
21
The crucial element in language is
vocalization
grammar
dialect
vocabulary
22
A ________ is a place name that reveals what is important to people and what the land is like.
official language
logogram
toponym
lingua franca
23
Which of the following is the best example of a monolingual state?
Papua New Guinea
France
the Philippines
Denmark
24
What language is spoken in the northern part of Belgium?
Flemish/Dutch
English
German
French
25
A creolized language results from
literary traditions
extinction
homogeneity
accultration
26
What is the world’s primary lingua franca language?
Russian
Mandarin Chinese
Spanish
English
27
What is the second largest language family?
Sino-Tibetan
Indo-European
Afro-Asiatic
Austronesian
28
When languages are depicted as leaves on trees, the trunk of the tree represents
language families
language groups
dialects
creolized languages
29
What is NOT a factor in the creation of different dialects?
spelling
pronunciation
contagious diffusion
vocabulary
30
This chart is evidence that English is a
lingua franca
pidgin language
official language
dialect
31
How could the document below help preserve a dying language?
it demonstrates official government support
people who speak minority languages pay lower taxes
the language on the document is widely used on the internet
when people fill out documents they show they are literate
32
Received Pronunciation would most likely be heard on
MTV
a CCR CD
The BBC
NBC
33
Which of the following is NOT a Romance language?
Italian
Greek
Portugese
Romanian
34
What branch of the Indo-European language family does English belong to?
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Slavic
Germanic
35
What do the languages of English, Spanish, and Hindi have in common?
All three are spoken where they are due to colonialism.
They are all spoken in the same countries.
All three derive from the Afro-Asiatic language family.
All three are in the Indo-European language family.
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Romanian, Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese are all part of the same
dialect
language family
toponym
isogloss
