AP Human Geo Language

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

• dialects

• language groups

• language families

• creolized languages

Which of the following was NOT a Germanic speaking people that influenced the English language?

• Angles

• Saxons

• Jutes

• Normans

What language family is French a member of?

• Sino-Tibetan

• Austronesian

• Indo-European

• Altaic

Which of the following is NOT a Romance language?

• Italian

• Portuguese

• Romanian

• Greek

As opposed to other languages that are phonetic, Chinese _____________ are not.

• isolines

• videograms

• logograms

• letters

How could the document below help preserve a dying language?

• it demonstrates official government support

• when people fill out documents they show they are literate

• people who speak minority languages pay lower taxes

• the language on the document is widely used on the internet

This chart is evidence that English is a

• pidgin language

• official language

• dialect

• lingua franca

Under the rule of the Roman Empire, what was spoken by common people in Southern Europe?

• British Received Pronunciation

• Standard English

• Vulgar Latin

• Spanglish

French Creole is a ____________ that combined two simplified languages to form a lingua franca.

• pidgin language

• official language

• logograms

• isolated language

Which of the following was an extinct language but has since been revived?

• Greek

• Gothic

• Hebrew

• Gaelic