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Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 3hrs 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Koji je to jezik napisan?

a)

Mexican

b)

American

c)

Croatian

d)

Finnish

e)

Starttish

2.

What is a lingua Franca?

a)

A combination of different languages to create a common language

b)

Enigmatic or incomprehensible symbols or writing.

c)

A universal language

d)

German words

e)

A language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different

3.

Does the United States have an official language?

a)

It used to have an official language but not anymore

b)

No

c)

It has more than one

d)

I don’t know

e)

Yes, English

4.
a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Russian

c)

Lingua franca

d)

Sign language

e)

Xhosa

5.

When is an isolated language considered vigorous?

a)

When more than 350,000 people speak it

b)

When it is hard to learn

c)

When it is used often in the community and is being learned as a first language by children

d)

When it is recognized as a standard language and has more than 500,000 speakers

e)

None of the above

6.

What is the standard language of the US?

a)

Spanish

b)

English

c)

Fresh prince of Bel air

d)

Yes

e)

None the US has no standard language

7.

Is Icelandic an isolated language?

a)

Yes

b)

No

8.

What is the world’s most widely spoken language?

a)

English

b)

Spanish

c)

Mandarin

d)

Sign language

e)

Arabic

9.

What is a language family?

a)

A group of people that speak the same language

b)

A collection of languages related through common ancestral language

c)

A collection of related languages within a country

d)

A collection of languages closely related

10.

Language families are organized based on a tree

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Sino-Tibetan is the largest language family.

a)

True

b)

False

12.
Which of the following languages is NOT part of the Indo-European family?
a)
Spanish
b)
English
c)
Hindi
d)
Thai
13.
Which of the following is an example of an isolated language?
a)
Irish
b)
Basque
c)
Flemish
d)
German
14.
A highly simplified language developed between two heterogeneous groups for the purpose of basic group inter group communication is a
a)
Creole language
b)
Lingua franca
c)
Standard dialet
d)
Pidgin language
15.
All of the following belong to the Indo-European language family except
a)
Mandarin
b)
Hindi
c)
Dutch
d)
Farsi
16.
The predominance of English as the preferred language spoken at international business meetings and political summits could be cited to support the claim that English is 
a)
a creole language
b)
a lingua franca
c)
a popular dialect
d)
a pidgin language
17.
Which of the following will encompass the largest number of speakers?
a)
language group
b)
language family
c)
language branch
d)
dialect
18.
Which of the following is not a Romance language? 
a)
French
b)
German
c)
Italian
d)
Spanish
19.
Complete the following analogy: Argentina is to Spanish as
a)
Brazil is to Portuguese.
b)
Guyana is to Spanish.
c)
Suriname is to French.
d)
Panama is to English.
20.
A form of a language spoken in a local area is a
a)
group
b)
dialect
c)
family
d)
branch
21.
Globally, today’s predominant lingua franca is
a)
Swahili
b)
English
c)
Spanish
22.
The primary reason why there are so many distinct languages in Africa is 
a)
The long periods of isolation between tribes
b)
The policies of the European colonial powers
c)
The migrations to Africa from Asia and Europe
d)
The major religious differences between tribes
23.
 The second-largest language family is
a)
Indo-European
b)
Austronesian
c)
Sino-Tibetan
d)
Dravidian
24.
The survival of any language relies on 
a)
the political and military strength of its speakers.
b)
the homogenization of its dialects.
c)
the efficient "corrections" of the global free market.
d)
the spread of its speakers' material culture.
25.
Hebrew is an example of
a)
an extinct language
b)
a revived language
c)
an isolated language