AP Human Geography Unit 3 Chapter 5 Language

AP Human Geography Unit 3 Chapter 5 Language

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Geography, History

9th - 11th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the BEST definition of “language”?

a combination of German + English

a system of communication through speech, a collection of sounds that a group of people understands to have the same meaning

the most authoritative sources of language

is spoken in daily use by people of all ages, but it lacks a literary tradition

language family that include the languages Wu, Yue, Min, Jinyu, etc.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the authoritive source of languages?

Ethnologue

Wikipedia

Dictionary.com

Thesaurus

Webbster’s Dictionary

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What language type is used by governments for laws, reports, and public objects, such as road signs, money, and stamps?

vigourous language

developing language

literary tradition

official language

institutional language

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Organize the world’s languages from biggest classification, to smallest.

language group, language, language family, dialect

language branch, language group, language, language family, dialect

language family, language branch, language group, language, dialect

language

language family, language branch, language group, dialect, language

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which are the two language FAMILIES with the largest amount of speakers?

Sino - Tibetan + Dravidian

Austroasiatic + Austronesian

Japanese + Indo - European

Altaic + Uralic

Indo - European + Sino - Tibetan

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the written system for the Korean language known as?

Tai - Kadai

Hankul

Ural

Tanzania

Swahili

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the most widely used language form of lingua franca?

Spanish

Portuguese

Italian

Latin

English

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