Chapter 5 Languages

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Which of the following BEST explains the reason that the English is included on the signs?
Jerusalem was founded by speakers of English, Arabic, and Hebrew
Israeli citizens are required by law to speak the country’s three official languages: English, Hebrew, and Arabic
English, Arabic, and Hebrew all belong to the same language family
The majority of Israelis speak English as a first language

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English is the lingua franca in the country

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Which of the following language concepts is depicted on the map above? Language families in the United States, Language branches in the United States, English accents in the United States, Language groups in the United States, English dialects in the United States

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English dialects in the United States

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_____ is the term for a common language between speakers of different languages for the purpose of trade and commerce

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Lingua Franca

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Which of the following language families is the largest in terms of the total number of speakers? Sino-Tibetan, Indo-European, Niger-Congo, Afro-Asiatic, Dravidian

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Indo-European

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Which of the following provides the best example of language as a centrifugal force? In China, Mandarin is the primary language enforced by the government , In the US, voter materials must be provided in the native language of citizens who speak a language other than English , There are over 700 languages spoken within India’s borders. Different regions and states in India have different official languages , English is the lingua franca of Kenya due to the legacy of British imperialism , Most people in Germany speak German as a their native language, but many are fluent in at least one additional language

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There are over 700 languages spoken within India’s borders. Different regions and states in India have different official languages.

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Romance languages evolved most directly out of which of the following languages?
Options: Latin, English, French, Indo-European, Mediterranean

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Latin

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Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the spatial study of languages? People in two locations use different languages because of regular interaction among them., If two groups have few connections with each other after migrating, the languages used by the two groups will begin to diverge., People in two locations use different languages because of migration from one location to the other., Language is like luggage; it can be lost when you migrate or travel., People living in Madagascar and the Philippines are too far apart to speak languages from the same language family.

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If two groups have few connections with each other after migrating, the languages used by the two groups will begin to diverge.

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A literary tradition is

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the written form of a language

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Which two language families together are spoken by over 66% of the world's population? Options: Niger-Congo and Austronesian, Sino-Tibetan and Afro-Asiatic, Indo-European and Niger-Congo, Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European, Austronesian and Indo-European

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Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European

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A geographer observed that most European countries are dominated by Indo-European speakers EXCEPT: Spain, Italy, and Portugal; Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia; Germany, Austria, and Switzerland; Denmark, Sweden, and Norway; Finland, Hungary, and Estonia.

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Finland, Hungary, and Estonia.