AP Human Geography Unit 5 Mid-Term

Which language family includes languages such as English, Russian, and Hindi?

• Sino-Tibetan

• Afro-Asiatic

• Indo-European

• Austronesian

What term is used to describe a region or country where multiple languages are spoken by its population?

• Monolingualism

• Bilingualism

• Multilingualism

• Polyglotism

What is a language family?

• A group of languages related through descent from a common ancestral language

• A collection of languages spoken in the same geographic region

• A set of languages that share a common writing system

• A group of languages that are used in the same field or industry

How does language diffusion typically occur?

• Through the isolation of a language community

• By the random mixing of languages

• Through the spread of a language by speakers to new areas

• By the creation of a new language from scratch

What is hierarchical diffusion in the context of language spread?

• The spread of language through physical movement of people

• The spread of language from a higher authority or power to other areas

• The spread of language through trade and economic activities

• The spread of language in a random pattern without any clear direction