Origins of English

Under William the Conqueror, more than 900 __?__ words were added to Middle English.

• Latin
• Norse
• Spanish
• French

English is classified as a(n) __?__ language, the most widely-spoken family of languages in  the world.

• Altaic
• Indo-European
• Arabic
• Italic

English developed from the __?__ branch of its parent language.

• Germanic
• Helenic
• Slavic
• Finnish

The __?__ preserved medieval spelling.

• first thesaurus
• Angles, Saxons, and Jutes
• printing press
• Department of the English Language

Many new words entered  English as a result of __?__.

• the Stock Market Crash
• the Civil War
• colonial expansion
• World War II

The __?__ is the change in the pronunciation of vowels that occurred between 1350 and 1550 A.D.

• A to Ah Change
• AEIOU Alteration
• Great Vowel Shift
• Vowel Movement

Christianity and the Church introduced a number of __?__ words into English.

• Latin
• French
• Spanish
• Greek

The “parent” language of English, German, French, and Spanish is

• Old Norse
• Alta-Afric
• Proto-Indo-European
• Mandarin Chinese

Old English was spoken around

• 500-100 B.C.
• 100-500 A.D.
• 500-1100 A.D.
• 1100-1500 A.D.

The English language has borrowed a number of words from other languages.

• True
• False