EUR Languages

In what way are the French and Portuguese languages alike?

• The countries of France and Italy are close to each other.

• They both are Romance languages that came from Latin.

• French and Italian share root words from Germanic languages.

Which languages are still spoken today as a result of the Roman Empire's influence? Choose the BEST answer.

• Latin and Spanish

• French, Italian, Portuguese

• Russian and Romanian

• English, German, Polish

What inference can be made about Europeans based on the following statements?

-School children in Europe learn 2 or more languages.

-The European Union records all its business in 23 languages.

• Europeans want to have one common language and one common currency for all who live in their region of the world.

• European people have adjusted to the diversity of languages spoken in their region of the world.

• Europeans want English to be their main language in their region of the world.

• Europeans want to get rid of the rule that everyone must learn 2 or more languages in their region of the world.

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Ukrainian, Russian, and Polish belong to which European language group?

• Romance

• Slavic

Spanish, French, and Portuguese belong to which European language group?

• Slavic

• Romance

What could be a reason why a person from Spain may be able to understand the meaning of some words spoken by a person from Italy?

• People who live in Spain can easily travel to Italy because of the short distance.

• There are no natural barriers that can stop a person in Spain from crossing the Italian border.

• The ancient Romans forced the people of Spain and Italy to learn each other's languages.

• Spanish and Italian share the same Latin root words.

Which European languages belong to the Germanic language group?

• German and English

• Russian and Ukrainian

• Spanish and Italian

Germanic languages are from which part of Europe?

• Northern

• Eastern

• Southern

Slavic languages are mostly spoken in which part of Europe?

• Eastern

• Western