WorksheetsAP HUG Chapter 3-5
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 30mins
What is the BEST definition of “language”?
a combination of German + English
a system of communication through speech, a collection of sounds that a group of people understands to have the same meaning
the most authoritative sources of language
is spoken in daily use by people of all ages, but it lacks a literary tradition
language family that include the languages Wu, Yue, Min, Jinyu, etc.
Organize the world’s languages from biggest classification, to smallest.
language group, language, language family, dialect
language branch, language group, language, language family, dialect
language family, language branch, language group, language, dialect
language
language family, language branch, language group, dialect, language
What is the most widely used language form of lingua franca?
Spanish
Portuguese
Italian
Latin
English
Which language is NOT a CONTEMPORARY Romance language?
Spanish
Italian
Portuguese
French
Latin
What language did Romance languages originate from?
English
French
Spanish
Italian
Latin
Define lingua franca.
symbols that represent words or meaningful parts of words
a simplified form of lingua franca that is used to trade
a language of international communication, such as English
language used in education, work, mass media, and government
that the language is written as well as spoken
Define dialect and subdialect. HINT: There are two answers.
in the case of England, the standard language
in a language with multiple dialects, one dialect may be recognized as it
a subdivision of a dialect
a regional variation of a language distinguished by distinctive vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation
There is only one answer choice above that correlates with either of the two words.
What branch of the Indo-European language family does English belong to?
Germanic
Romance
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
Which of the following is NOT a Romance language?
Italian
Portuguese
Romanian
Greek
What did Thomas Malthus believe?
The World population would be limited by the amount of food we can produce
The World population would be limited by total land resources
The World population would be limited by technological high marks
The World population would be limited by cultural appropriation
Which country in the world today has the most Internally Displaced people?
China
Syria
Greece
India
