AP Human Geography Language Quiz

What is a language family?

• A language family is a group of related languages.

• A type of computer programming language

• A language school for families

• A group of people who speak the same language

Name the two largest language families in the world.

• Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan

• Slavic and Uralic

• Romance and Germanic

• Arabic and Hebrew

What is a language branch?

• A language branch is a type of tree branch that is used to communicate with plants.

• A language branch is a sub-group within a language family.

• A language branch is a type of programming language used for web development.

• A language branch is a division of a language into different parts of speech.

Which language branch does English belong to?

• Germanic

• Slavic

• Semitic

• Romance

What is language diffusion?

• The study of language origins

• The process of creating a new language

• The spread of a language from its original homeland to other regions.

• The extinction of a language

What are the three main types of language diffusion?

• linear diffusion, contagious diffusion, and reverse diffusion

• expansion diffusion, stimulus diffusion, and reverse diffusion

• contagious diffusion, stimulus diffusion, and reverse diffusion

• relocation diffusion, expansion diffusion, and hierarchical diffusion

Which type of language diffusion occurs when people migrate to a new location and bring their language with them?

• Language relocation

• Language transfer

• Language transplantation

• Language migration

Which type of language diffusion occurs when a dominant language spreads to other areas and replaces local languages?

• Language integration

• Language assimilation

• Language extinction

• Language replacement

Which type of language diffusion occurs when two languages combine to form a new language?

• creolization

• germanization

• russification

• anglicization

Give an example of a language that has experienced hierarchical diffusion.

• English

• Swahili

• Mandarin

• Spanish