AP chapter 4

11) Linguistic geographers call boundaries that mark the limits of an area in which particular words are used A) isoglosses B) symbolic landscapes C) traditional regions D) physical boundaries E) enclaves

A

14) An example of an extinct language is A) Gothic B) Spanish C) Russian D) Quechua E) Welsh

A

what is not a city where the standard dialect of British English, BRP, originated? A) Birmingham B) Oxford C) Cambridge D) London

A

which Celtic language went extinct in 1777 but since then been revived? A) Briton B) Cornish C) Welsh D) Irish Gaelic

A

12) The linguistic geographer's study of place is known as A) symbolic geography B) toponymy C) cartographer D) territorial morphology E) deglomeration

B

5) (Barrons) Two mountain towns with unique languages develop a new single language, understood by both groups, for trade purposes. What is this called? A) Trade dialect B) Lingua franca C) Linguistic diaspora D) Threat to language extinction E) Both A and C

B

7(REA) Which of the following places is least influenced by conflicts related to multilingualism? A) Nigeria B) Venezuela C) Quebec D) Cyprus E) Belgium

B

Which of the following is LEAST commonly spoken as a first language? A) English B) French C) Spanish D) Mandarin Chinese E) Arabic

B

Which of the following is NOT romance language? A) Italian B) German C) French D) Romanian

B

which of the following groups did NOT significantly impact the development of English? A) The normans B) the celts C) the Germanic invaders D) the Vikings

B

which of the following in NOT one of the three major dialects regions of the U.S? A) Northern B)Midwestern C) Southern D) Midlands

B

(Barrons) The language family spoken by most people on earth today is A) Germanic B) English C) Indo-European D) Sino-Tibetan E) Latin

C

(Barrons) Which of the following is true about language extinctions? A) They happen suddenly and without warning. B) They are usually the result of genocide. C) There could be several thousand over the next century. D) They are increasingly rare. E) They are unrelated to cultural imperialism

C

6) (Princeton) The use of the English language by all commercial airline pilots worldwide for the purpose of air-traffic control safety would be an example of A) transitional migration B) relocation diffusion C) a lingua franca D) multiplier effects E) a footloose industry

C

what is the language group that English belongs to? A) Indo- European B) Germanic C) West Germanic D) Low Germanic

C

which branch if the Indo-European language family has the most speakers? A) Germanic B) Romance C) Balto- Slavic D) Indo- Iranian

C

(Barrons) The greatest concentration of linguistic diversity on earth is in A) Amazonia B) the Congo C) Madagascar D) New Guinea E) Mexico

D

10) (REA) Which of the following correctly sequences Sino-Tibetan languages from largest to smallest in terms of the number of native speakers? A) Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu, Hakka (Kejia), Min B) Cantonese, Wu, Mandarin, Min, Hakka (Kejia) C) Hakka (Keija), Mandarin, Wu, Cantonese, Min D) Mandarin, Wu, Cantonese, Min, Hakka (Kejia) E) Mandarin, Min, Cantonese, Hakka (Keija), Wu

D

3) (Barrons) The Italian language varies significantly between Milan, Rome, Naples, and Palermo. These varieties are examples of A) pidgins B) lingua franca C) language groups D) dialects E) idioms

D

which of the following European countries does NOT speak languages that belong to Indo- European language family? A) Estonia B) Finland C) Hungary D) all of these

D

9) (REA) All of the following are in the Indo-European language family EXCEPT A) Portuguese B) Bengali C) German D) Hindi E) Turkish

E