AP Human Geography - Languages

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Which of the following is the best definition of "language"? a set of neural patterns that match one's physical, spiritual, and social environments, an informal collection of non-arbitrary signs that correspond to a person's environment, the words and phrases recognized by a government that corresponds to a group of people, a collection of sounds or symbols understood by a group of people to have the same meaning

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a collection of sounds or symbols understood by a group of people to have the same meaning

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How did English come to dominate the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand?

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expansion diffusion

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A common language can bring people together. For instance, the various German states came together based on language. This is an example of:

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a centripetal force

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What is the most spoken language worldwide as a first language (L1)?

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Mandarin Chinese

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Which language is the most common second language (L2) learned in the world?

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English

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Parts of Cameroon speak English (in red), while the majority speak French. The English-speaking part of the country is fighting an insurgency against the majority French speakers. This is an example of language functioning as a:

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centrifugal force

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Which of the following countries does NOT have an official language or languages? Estonia, Greece, United States, Japan, Egypt

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United States

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English is classified as a ____________ language within the Indo-European language family.

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Germanic

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Which of the following groups did NOT contribute directly to the development of Old English? Angles, Saxons, Greeks, Jutes

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Greeks

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English has been influenced significantly by French and Latin. How did this occur?

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Norman Conquest of 1066