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Language AP Human Geo

Authored by Oscar Robinson

Geography

9th - 12th Grade

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Language AP Human Geo
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

A highly simplified language developed between linguistically heterogeneous groups for the purpose of basic inter-group communication is known as which of the following?

Creole

Pidgin

Lingua-franca

Bilingualism

Standard dialect

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The Gullah language spoken by African-Americans in S. Carolina and Georgia is a combination of English and African dialects. Gullah can be considered a

Creolized language

Lingua franca

Language family

Branch of the Niger-Congo family

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Which statement best describes the most common reason groups wish to preserve their traditional languages.

Language is used to religious services, so preserving a language is primarily a religious obligation.

Language is central to cultural identity, so preserving a language helps preserve a culture

Language is used for trade, so preserving language is one way to keep a group economically prosperous

Language preservation passes on a group’s history, so preserving a language is the only way to record history accurately.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

When two people who speak different languages use English to conduct business, we can consider English a(n)

Assimilated language

Lingua Franca

Pidgin Language

Creole Language

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Which of the following is not a reason some languages go extinct?

Globalization causes people to leave behind their indigenous language for another

People are pressured to give up their native language

The language is related to one or two other languages

Genocide or death of all the speakers of a language

The language is not being taught to the younger generation

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Which of the following is the best definition of "language"?

a set of neural patterns that match one's physical, spiritual, and social environments

an informal collection of non-arbitrary signs that correspond to a person's environment

the words and phrases recognized by a government that corresponds to a group of people

a collection of sounds or symbols understood by a group of people to have the same meaning

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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What is rapidly becoming the lingua franca of East Africa in countries like Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda?

Chinese

French

Swahili

Arabic

Bambara

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