AP Human Geography Review: Language

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When languages are depicted as leaves on trees, the trunk of the tree represents

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language families

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Which of the following was NOT a Germanic speaking people that influenced the English language?
Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Normans

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Normans

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Why is English the most widely spoken language in Canada and the U.S.?

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British Colonialism

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What branch of the Indo-European language family does English belong to?

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Germanic

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What language family is French a member of?

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Indo-European

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Why did Basque survive despite being surrounded by Indo-European languages?

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isolation

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Which of the following is NOT a Romance language? Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Greek

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Greek

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What does Colin Renefrew claim is the reason the Indo-European language spread? Options: war, conquest, farming, disease

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farming

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What language is spoken in the northern part of Belgium?

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Flemish/Dutch

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What is NOT a factor in the creation of different dialects? Options: pronunciation, spelling, vocabulary, contagious diffusion

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contagious diffusion