Ch. 5 MC Practice

Which of the following will encompass the largest number of speakers?

• language family
• language branch
• dialect
• language group

Which of the following is not a Romance language?

• French
• German
• Italian
• Spanish

The oldest roots of the English language have been traced back to present-day

• Belgium
• Canada
• Denmark
• Netherlands

The relocation of the Nigerian capital from Lagos to Abuja

• reflects tensions between rival groups.
• reflects a cultural preference for inland sites.
• was a direct order from the United Nations.
• The capital has not been relocated.

Complete the following analogy: Argentina is to Spanish as

• Brazil is to Portuguese.
• Belize is to Portuguese.
• Guyana is to Spanish.
• Panama is to English.

A creolized language is a local language mixed with

• another local language.
• at least 20 percent slang.
• the language of a colonial power.
• English.

Complete the following analogy: southern Europe is to Romance as

• southwestern Europe is to Iberian.
• eastern Europe is to West Germanic.
• eastern Europe is to Balto-Slavic.
• northern Europe is to Celtic.

In both the Kurgan and Anatolian theories of
Indo-European, the language family spread via
__________ diffusion.

• contagious
• expansion
• hierarchical
• relocation

Globally, today’s predominant lingua franca is

• Swahili
• Pidgin
• French
• English

Complete the following analogy: Hindi is to India as

• Austrian is to Austria.
• Celtic is to Denmark.
• Mandarin is to China.
• Spanish is to the Philippines.