AP Human Geography Chapter 5 - Language

Gumbo and jazz are terms that originated in the English dialects of

African Americans

The charts or diagrams in this chapter indicate that the percentage of Austronesian language speakers in the world is greater than the percentage speaking ___________ languages.

Afro-Asiatic

Russian is part of what language branch?

Balto-Slavic

Analyzing the maps and diagrams in this chapter, the branch of Indo-European that includes Slovak is

Balto-Slavic.

Analyzing the maps and diagrams in this chapter, we can see that the branch of Indo-European that includes Ukrainian is

Balto-Slavic.

The maps and diagrams in this chapter show that an Indo-European language is chiefly spoken in which of these countries?

Bulgaria

Which of the following is NOT a Romance language?

Bulgarian

The four most frequently spoken branches of Indo-European include all but

Celtic

The first speakers of the language that evolved into English were tribes that lived in present-day

Denmark.

Which group of the Germanic family is extinct?

East Germanic

The most widely spoken Indo-European language is

English

Which statement best describes the use of English on the Internet?

English has become less dominant but is still the leading Internet language

The Angles, Jutes, and Saxons were Celtic tribes who invaded England 1500 years ago.

False

The present distribution of languages around the world is due to technological advances and the diffusion of popular culture.

False

Official languages in Switzerland include all but

Flemish

English is part of which language branch?

Germanic

According to the maps and diagrams in this chapter, England was invaded by tribes from

Germanic-speaking areas.

Analysis of the maps and diagrams in this chapter shows that the Dutch language is from the branch of Indo-European known as

Germanic.

The Icelandic language has changed less than any other Germanic language because of

Iceland's relative isolation from other places

The charts or diagrams in this chapter indicate that the percentage of Altaic language speakers in the world is greater than the percentage speaking ___________ language.

Indo-European

The world's largest language family is

Indo-European

According to the maps and diagrams in this chapter, the branch of Indo-European that includes Rangpuri is

Indo-Iranian.

Analysis of the maps and diagrams in this chapter shows that the branch of Indo-European that includes Kurdish is

Indo-Iranian.

Marija Gimbutas' theory points to the first speakers of the Indo-European language as the ancient

Kurgans

The language spoken by the greatest number of native speakers in the world is

Mandarin

Immigrants of which American colonies had the most diverse backgrounds in the 1700s and 1800s?

Middle Atlantic

The most widely spoken language in Brazil is

Portuguese.

According to the maps and diagrams in this chapter, the branch of Indo-European that includes Haitian Creole is

Romance.

According to the maps and diagrams in this chapter, the branch of Indo-European that includes Romanian is

Romance.

The second largest language family in the world is

Sino-Tibetan

The two largest language families in the world are

Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European.

The most widely spoken language in Argentina is

Spanish.

Germanic, Romance, and Latin are all branches of Indo-European.

True

Indo-European divided into different branches because of isolation of different cultural groups

True

Indo-European divided into different branches because of isolation of different cultural groups.

True

Language is a part of culture.

True

Nearly half the people in the world speak an Indo-European language

True

New Englanders use a different dialect of English than other Americans primarily because their ancestors came from different regions of England.

True

Regional dialects in England can be traced back to the settlement patterns of the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes.

True

The most frequently spoken Afro-Asiatic language is Arabic.

True

The language spoken by soldiers stationed throughout the Roman Empire was known as

Vular Latin

English is part of which language group?

West Germanic

An isogloss is

a boundary between language regions

A lingua franca is

a language understood by people who have different native languages.

A creolized language is

a mix of indigenous and colonial languages

Hebrew is an example of

a revived language

British and American English differ in all but

alphabet

A form of a language spoken in a local area is a

dialect

Dialects developed within England primarily because

different Germanic invaders settled in different regions.

Australia and New Zealand's language policies differ today in that Australia

emphasizes the English language while New Zealand test is written

A pidgin language

has no native speakers

Chinese is traditionally written in the form of

ideograms

Both the Angles and the Normans contributed to the development of the English language, because they

invaded England.

Basque is a good example of a(n)

isolated language.

When people who speak a given language migrate to a different location and become isolated from other members of their group

isolation usually results in the differentiation of one language into dialects, followed eventually by two distant languages.

A group of language that share a common origin but have since evolved into individual languages is a

language branch.

The Flemings and Walloons speak languages belonging to different

language branches

A group of languages that share a common ancestor before recorded history is a

language family.

When languages are depicted as leaves on trees, the roots of the trees below the surface represent

possible prehistoric superfamilies

The main difference between languages in the same family, branch, or group is how

recently in time the languages were once the same.

English is the most important language in North America primarily because of

the diffusion of English colonies

The geographic study of the distribution of languages provides a good example of

the interplay between globalization and local diversity.

The survival of any language replies on

the political and military strength of its speakers

A literary tradition is

the written form of a language

The large number of individual languages documented in Africa has resulted primarily from

thousands of years of isolation between cultural groups

The Kurgans

were herders from the steppes of Central Asia.

According to Colin Renfew's research, Indo-European languages diffused across Europe

with the diffusion of agriculture

According to Colin Renfrew's research, Indo-European languages diffused across Europe

with the diffusion of agriculture.