Culture and Civilization U1

Who was the first Prime Minister of USA?

• J. Caesar

• C. Columbus

• G. Washington

• A. Vespucci

About 400 million people speak English as their first language.

• True

• False

For what purpose did the first British settlers go to America?

• Economic

• Religious

• Cultural

The red area on the map is Wales.

• True

• False

In _____ , the British Explorer ______ landed in Botany Bay on the eastern coast of Australia.

• 1770, Juan de Bermudez

• 1776, Benjamin Franklin

• 1776, Sir George Somers

• 1770, James Cook

What does "lingua franca" mean?

Which one is not a Germanic tribe?

• Saxons

• Romans

• Jutes

• Angles

Old Norse was a Germanic language spoken by the

(a)  

What languages combined together to create Middle English?

• Old Norse

• Latin

• Anglo-Saxon

• Celtic

• French

What is the most famous literary work written in Middle English?

(by Geoffrey Chaucer)