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Indo-European Languages mini-quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these European languages are Indo-European languages? (select all that apply)

a)

English

b)

Finnish

c)

German

d)

Albanian

2.

Which of these European languages are Indo-European languages? (select all that apply)

a)

Catalan

b)

Macedonian

c)

Hungarian

d)

Breton

3.

Which of these languages are Indo-European languages? (select all that apply)

a)

Persian

b)

Turkmen

c)

Kurdish

d)

Azerbaijani

4.

Which of these languages are Indo-European languages? (select all that apply)

a)

Nepali

b)

Punjabi

c)

Romany

d)

Malayalam

5.

Which of these languages are not Indo-European? (select all that apply)

a)

Estonian

b)

Lithuanian

c)

Romansch

d)

Hungarian

6.

Which of these languages are not Indo-European? (select all that apply)

a)

Armenian

b)

Basque

c)

Urdu

d)

Turkish

7.

Czech, Polish, and Bosnian are members of which branch of the Indo-European language family?

a)

Germanic

b)

Slavic

c)

Italic

d)

Finno-Ugric

8.

Danish, Faroese, and Icelandic are members of which branch of the Indo-Euroepan language family?

a)

Italic

b)

Hellenic

c)

Slavic

d)

Germanic

9.

English is a member of which branch of the Indo-European language family?

a)

Romance

b)

Celtic

c)

Germanic

d)

Semitic

10.

Which of these is another name for Old English?

a)

Anglo-Saxon

b)

Gothic

c)

Proto-Germanic

d)

Dyrnegeþeóde

11.

Old English is most closely related to which modern language?

a)

Frisian

b)

German

c)

Dutch

d)

Danish

12.

Which two languages had the greatest influence on the changes between Old English and Middle English?

a)

Norman French

b)

German

c)

Latin

d)

Old Norse