Language and Culture Quiz

What is culture?

• Everything connected to a nation or social group.

• A specific gender.

• A heritage.

• A lifestyle.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Kinship terms are how people identify different relatives.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The Sapir Whorf Hypothesis was created by

• Barney Sapir and Ernest Whorf

• Edwin Sapir and Beckett Whorf

• Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf

• Benjamin Sapir and Edward Whorf

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Do people of other languages see the world differently?

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What is a classifier?

• a word or affix that accompanies nouns

•  the rules used by machines to classify data

• a classification system

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

How many classifiers are there?

• 20+

• Both

• Several Hundred

What are address terms?

• Formal terms used to address people

• Informal terms used to address people

• A thing you write on an envelope

• Any word, phrase, name, or title used to address another person

The Honorable is a informal term.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.SL.11-12.6

CCSS.SL.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.1D

CCSS.W.11-12.2E

CCSS.W.9-10.2E

What are informal terms used for?

• People of lower social stature.

• They are used to show affection.

• People who are not important to you.

• People you don't like.

Males and Females communicate differently.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7