Question 1

In what country do the Flemings and Walloons live, and what languages do they speak? Imagine that you live along the cultural border between these two groups. Note and discuss at least four examples of problems or tensions that you can imagine existing in such a border region.

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Question 2

English is part of which language family?

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A)  Germanic 
B)  North Germanic 
C)  West Germanic 
D)  Indo-European 
E)  Romance

Question 3

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

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A)  entirely by sea. 
B)  by way of the Kurgan homeland. 
C)  with the conquests of warriors on horseback. 
D)  with the diffusion of agriculture. 
E)  following the traders on the silk road.

Question 4

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What geographic factor accounts for the fact that both Americans and the British speak English?

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Question 6

The Flemings and Walloons speak languages belonging to different

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A)  dialects. 
B)  language branches. 
C)  language families. 
D)  language groups. 
E)  language sects.

Question 7

Celtic languages

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A)  were threatened by extinction in England. 
B)  are still spoken by people in France. 
C)  have been revived in some parts of the British Isles. 
D)  have an extensive body of literature. 
E)  all of the above

Question 8

-The language maps in this chapter show that Quechuan is widely spoken in at least ________ South American countries.

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A)  two 
B)  eight 
C)  ten 
D)  four 
E)  twelve

Question 9

Hebrew is an example of

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A)  an isolated language. 
B)  an extinct language. 
C)  a revived language. 
D)  a language family. 
E)  an Altaic language.

Question 10

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

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A)  Sino-Tibetan 
B)  Austro-Asiatic 
C)  Indo-European 
D)  Niger Congo 
E)  Austronesian

Question 11

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

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A)  dialects. 
B)  language groups. 
C)  language sects. 
D)  language families. 
E)  possible prehistoric superfamilies.

Question 12

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

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A)  European. 
B)  Balto-Slavic. 
C)  Indo-Iranian. 
D)  Romance. 
E)  Germanic.

Question 13

According to the maps and diagrams in this chapter, the Germanic invaders of England included which groups or tribes?

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A)  Germans, Normans, and Danes 
B)  Brittans, Normans, and Welsh 
C)  Irish, Welsh, and English 
D)  Scots, Irish, and Welsh 
E)  Angles, Jutes, and Saxons

Question 14

Evaluate the main differences between the two leading hypotheses concerning the origins of the Indo-European language family. Name each and discuss its main characteristics.

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Question 15

English is part of which language branch?

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A)  Germanic 
B)  Northern 
C)  Western 
D)  Indo-European 
E)  Austronesian

Question 16

The most widely spoken language in Argentina is

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A)  Creole. 
B)  French. 
C)  Spanish. 
D)  Portuguese. 
E)  Catalan.

Question 17

-An analysis of the maps and diagrams in this chapter shows that Indo-European speakers dominate

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A)  Estonia 
B)  Madagascar 
C)  Malaysia 
D)  Finland 
E)  Sweden

Question 18

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

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A)  Official Latin. 
B)  Romance language. 
C)  standard language. 
D)  Vulgar Latin. 
E)  Catalan Latin.

Question 19

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

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A)  Iceland's close contact with other people and activities. 
B)  migration by German tribes. 
C)  Iceland's relative isolation from other places. 
D)  the extinction of the East Germanic group. 
E)  continuous exchange with Norway and Sweden.

Question 20

Chinese is traditionally written in the form of

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A)  a literary tradition. 
B)  a Latin alphabet. 
C)  ideograms. 
D)  Cantonese. 
E)  phonemes.

Exam 5: Languages