Question 1

Leopoldville,Congo becomes Kinshasa and Salisbury,Zimbabwe becomes Harare.These are examples of

Accepted Answer

A)  colonial toponyms. 
B)  descriptive toponyms. 
C)  migration effects. 
D)  post-colonial toponyms. 
A)  colonial toponyms. 
B)  descriptive toponyms. 
C)  migration effects. 
D)  post-colonial toponyms.

Question 2

English is to lingua franca as _____________ is to pidgin language.

Accepted Answer

A)  French 
B)  Creole 
C)  Portuguese 
D)  Chinese 
A)  French 
B)  Creole 
C)  Portuguese 
D)  Chinese

Question 3

Subsequent migrations and empire building caused the decline and marginalization of this subfamily which had brought Indo-European languages to Europe 3,000 years ago.

Accepted Answer

A)  Romance 
B)  Germanic 
C)  Celtic 
D)  Turkic 
A)  Romance 
B)  Germanic 
C)  Celtic 
D)  Turkic

Question 4

Which of the following European countries has a rather sharp division between Flemish speakers in the north and Walloon speakers in the south?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Netherlands 
B)  Belgium 
C)  Denmark 
D)  Andorra 
A)  the Netherlands 
B)  Belgium 
C)  Denmark 
D)  Andorra

Question 5

When African colonies became independent countries,one of the first acts of many of the new governments was to

Accepted Answer

A)  conduct a census. 
B)  build a new capital city. 
C)  change the names of places that had been named after colonial figures. 
D)  build new road systems. 
A)  conduct a census. 
B)  build a new capital city. 
C)  change the names of places that had been named after colonial figures. 
D)  build new road systems.

Question 6

Monolingual countries,in which only one language is spoken,are few in number. Which of the following is not one of these countries?

Accepted Answer

A)  Poland 
B)  Japan 
C)  Lesotho 
D)  Argentina 
A)  Poland 
B)  Japan 
C)  Lesotho 
D)  Argentina

Leopoldville,Congo becomes Kinshasa and Salisbury,Zimbabwe becomes Harare.These are examples of

English is to lingua franca as _____________ is to pidgin language.

Subsequent migrations and empire building caused the decline and marginalization of this subfamily which had brought Indo-European languages to Europe 3,000 years ago.

Which of the following European countries has a rather sharp division between Flemish speakers in the north and Walloon speakers in the south?

When African colonies became independent countries,one of the first acts of many of the new governments was to

Monolingual countries,in which only one language is spoken,are few in number. Which of the following is not one of these countries?

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Leopoldville,Congo becomes Kinshasa and Salisbury,Zimbabwe becomes Harare.These are examples of

English is to lingua franca as _____________ is to pidgin language.

Subsequent migrations and empire building caused the decline and marginalization of this subfamily which had brought Indo-European languages to Europe 3,000 years ago.

Which of the following European countries has a rather sharp division between Flemish speakers in the north and Walloon speakers in the south?

When African colonies became independent countries,one of the first acts of many of the new governments was to

Monolingual countries,in which only one language is spoken,are few in number. Which of the following is not one of these countries?

Introduction to Human Geography

Population

Migration

Local Culture, Popular Culture, and Cultural Landscapes

Identity: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality

Religion

Political Geography

Urban Geography

Development

Agriculture

Industry and Services

Human Environment

Globalization and the Geography of Networks

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