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Who were the celts?
What topics did the Romans have a large influence on?
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What topics did the Romans have a large influence on?
Language and Culture
Language and Religion
Culture and Religion
Language, Religion, and Culture.
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Who were the celts?
The most wide spread group of Indo-Europeans
A farm
A football team
A group of bats
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Why did Indo- Europeans begin to spread out across Europe and Asia?
They could see the land
They were in search of new places to settle
They ran out of food
They wanted to discover chickens
4
What are cognates?
Same meaning and different sound but a different language
Different meaning and same sound but a different language
Same meaning and same sound but a different language
Same meaning, same sound, and the same language
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Where did the Germanic branch of Indo-European language start?
China
Germany and Northern Sweden
America
Germany and Southern Sweden
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English comes from what language?
English
South Indian
West Germanic
Mars
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How many language families did the original Indo-European language split into?
1,000
48.3
uno
A dozen
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How did we figure out what Indo-European language was like if there was no written language?
Going back in time to see.
It's still around today.
There is a written language.
Using the comparative method.
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What percent of the world's people speak a langauge that stemmed from Indo-European language?
100%
78.2%
50%
10%
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How did Germanic language split into North, East, and West Germanic languages?
There was an earthquake
They were abducted by aliens
Migration over time
They didn't like each other
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Germanic language borrowed some words that had to do with all of the following EXCEPT...
Whale watching
Farming
Housing
Social practices
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Between what years did Indo-European language begin to spread and differentiate?
1950-2017
10000-500 BC
We don't know
3500 BC and 2500 BC
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What tense did the celts influence in terms of grammar?
Past
Progressive
Future
Subjunctive
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Around how many words did the Romans contribute to the language?
183
-7
200
All of them
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What types of people usually spoke Roman-Influenced language?
The filthy rich
Upper class and Townspeople
Nerds
Peasants
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What is one reason we don't know a lot about the Indo-European language?
They had no written language.
We don't care.
We do know about their language.
We can't decipher their writing.
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What well- known languages emerged from the Indo-Europeans?
Swedish, Portugal, Hindi, English
Swedish, Portugese, Hindi, American
Swedish, Portugese, Indian, English
Swedish, Portugese, Hindi, English
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Who were the earliest known inhabitants of Britain?
British
Germans
Celts
Japanese
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What languages were created from Indo-European language?
All of them
European and English
Asian
Dutch
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When did the Romans enter Britain and how long did they stay there?
From the beginning of time; ? Years
They still remain there today
400 BC; 55 years
55 BC; 400 years
