Quiz of Preliminary Chapter (Empezamos)

What is a "Romance" language?

• Referers to a language related to Latin.

• It 's a language used to express love.

• It's the dialect of Italian used in Rome.

• It is any language that has masculine and feminine genders.

Which of the following languages is NOT a Romance langauge?

• Latin

• Spanish

• English

• Italian

Portuguese is spoken as a majority language in both Portugal and ....

• Spain

• Brazil

• Argentina

• Haiti

Galician (gallego) and catalán are both languages similar to Spanish and spoken in...

• Portugal

• France

• Spain

• Italy

This is the most commonly spoken language on earth.

• Mandarin Chinese

• Spanish

• English

• French

This language from North Africa and the Middle East had a major impact on the evolution of the Spanish language.

• Russian

• Turkisk

• Greek

• Arabic

Which of these names of US states comes from the Spanish language?

• Montana

• Kansas

• New Jersey

• Georgia

The words "siesta", "bodega", "barrio" and "rodeo" are from which language?

• Latin

• Spanish

• Italian

• American English

Spanish is a "Romance" language.

• true

• false

Which language is the most commonly studied on earth as a second language?

• Chinese

• Spanish

• French

• English