European Religion & Languages

Why are languages that have roots in the Latin language known as Romance languages?

• Latin was the language of the ancient Roman Empire

• The languages were all spoken throughout the Roman Empire

• The Romantic style of poetry was started by poets from Latium

• Romantic poets wrote most of their poems in Latin.

Germanic languages such as Dutch and English evolved from languages spoken in...

• eastern Europe & western Asia

• North Africa & southern Europe

• Scandinavia & southern Asia

• northern & western Europe

Slavic languages are predominantly found in which two regions?

• eastern Europe & northern Asia

• western Europe & the Americas

• eastern Europe & western Asia

• western Asia & North Africa

What alphabet do the East Slavic languages, such as Russian and Ukrainian, use?

• Greek

• Hebrew

• Roman

• Cyrillic

Which of the following is a Slavic language spoken in modern Europe?

• Italian

• Russian

• Spanish

• English

Which of the following is a Romance language spoken in modern Europe?

• French

• German

• Russian

• English

Which of the following is a Germanic language spoken in modern Europe?

• French

• Italian

• Russian

• English

Which of these people is MOST LIKELY to pray five times each day while facing Mecca?

• Sammy, who is Christian

• Keira, who is Hindu

• Rebecca, who is Jewish

• Mahmoud, who is Muslim

Where did the 3 main religions in Europe originate?

• Southwest Asia

• western Europe

• southern Africa

• South America

The three main religions in Europe, Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, are considered monotheistic religions. What does this mean?

• they all evolved from Catholicism

• they teach that there are many gods

• they teach that there is only one god

• they all evolved from Protestantism