AP Human Geography Unit 3 Modules 21-22 Flashcard

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What is colonization?

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the appropriation and control of a territory by a distant power

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What kind of example is the language spoken by some English-speaking Europeans in East Africa who simplify Swahili grammar and vocabulary to communicate with native Swahili speakers?

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pidgin

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What kind of language is a mix of English, Japanese, Hawaiian, and a few other languages, deriving its grammatical structure from native Hawaiian?

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creole

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What kind of language is used in the Islamic world, parts of Asia, and much of Africa for trade and business, and is vital to the study and practice of the Islamic faith?

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lingua franca

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What kind of language is spoken in Switzerland and parts of northern Italy that has many regional variations and is unintelligible to most Germans?

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dialect

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What kind of language is the most commonly spoken language in the United States, used for banking, industry, and trade, with local, regional, or business-related variations?

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lingua franca

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Dialects _____

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are regional but mutally intelligible variations in language

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When pidgin languages acquire full vocabulary and more permanence, they _____

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became creole languages

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The colonial rise _______

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cemented Indo-European languages as the most widespread globally

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How did the Belgian colonial government in Rwanda increase racial tensions?

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The Belgians gave Tutsis positions of power in the new colonial government because they perceived them to look more European than the Hutus.