AP Human Geography Chapter 5
Authored by Timothy Whatley
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9th Grade - University
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This AP Human Geography quiz focuses on language patterns and linguistic geography, specifically examining language families, diffusion processes, and the cultural landscape impacts of language distribution. The content is designed for high school students in grades 11-12 who are studying advanced human geography concepts. Students need to understand the hierarchical classification of languages (families, branches, and individual languages), recognize major language families like Indo-European and their branches (Germanic, Romance, Slavic), and analyze how historical processes such as colonialism and migration have shaped global language patterns. The quiz requires knowledge of specialized vocabulary including lingua franca, pidgin and creole languages, toponyms, and logograms, while also testing understanding of geographic concepts like isolation, distance decay, and cultural diffusion as they relate to language development and preservation. Created by Timothy Whatley, a Geography teacher in US who teaches grade 9-13. This comprehensive assessment serves multiple instructional purposes, from reviewing key terminology before unit exams to providing formative assessment on student understanding of language geography concepts. The quiz works effectively as a homework assignment to reinforce textbook reading, as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge before exploring language diffusion patterns, or as review material before the AP Human Geography exam. Teachers can use individual questions to spark discussions about cultural preservation, globalization's impact on linguistic diversity, and the relationship between language and identity. The content aligns with AP Human Geography Course and Exam Description standards, particularly those addressing cultural patterns and processes (Unit 3), including how languages diffuse and change over time, the role of language in shaping cultural landscapes, and the geographic factors that influence language distribution and survival.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When languages are depicted as leaves on trees, the trunk of the tree represents
dialects
language groups
language families
creolized languages
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following was NOT a Germanic speaking people that influenced the English language?
Angles
Saxons
Jutes
Normans
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why is English the most widely spoken language in Canada and the U.S.?
The Norman Conquest
Viking Explorations of the New World
British Colonialism
The Internet
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What branch of the Indo-European language family does English belong to?
Germanic
Romance
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What language family is French a member of?
Sino-Tibetan
Austronesian
Indo-European
Altaic
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why did Basque survive despite being surrounded by Indo-European languages?
contagious diffusion
isolation
innovation
distance decay
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is NOT a Romance language?
Italian
Portuguese
Romanian
Greek
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