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Unit 3 - Language Check

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When languages are depicted as leaves on trees, the trunk of the tree represents

a)

dialects

b)

language groups

c)

language families

d)

creolized languages

3.

Which of the following was NOT a Germanic speaking people that influenced the English language?

a)

Angles

b)

Saxons

c)

Jutes

d)

Normans

3.

Which of the following was NOT a Germanic speaking people that influenced the English language?

a)

Angles

b)

Saxons

c)

Jutes

d)

Normans

4.

What branch of the Indo-European language family does English belong to?

a)

Germanic

b)

Romance

c)

Slavic

d)

Indo-Iranian

5.

What branch of the Indo-European language family does English belong to?

a)

Germanic

b)

Romance

c)

Slavic

d)

Indo-Iranian

6.

What language family is French a member of?

a)

Sino-Tibetan

b)

Austronesian

c)

Indo-European

d)

Altaic

7.

Which of the following is NOT a Romance language?

a)

Italian

b)

Portuguese

c)

Romanian

d)

Greek

8.

What language is spoken in the northern part of Belgium?

a)

Flemish/Dutch

b)

French

c)

English

d)

German

9.

What is the second largest language family?

a)

Indo-European

b)

Afro-Asiatic

c)

Sino-Tibetan

d)

Austronesian

10.

This chart is evidence that English is a

a)

pidgin language

b)

official language

c)

dialect

d)

lingua franca

11.

French Creole is a ____________ that combined two simplified languages to form a lingua franca.

a)

pidgin language

b)

official language

c)

logograms

d)

isolated language

12.

Which of the following is NOT an official language of Switzerland?

a)

Italian

b)

French

c)

Romansh

d)

Spanish

13.

Which of the following was an extinct language but has since been revived?

a)

Greek

b)

Gothic

c)

Hebrew

d)

Gaelic

14.

This map shows the linguistic diversity in Nigeria that resulted from all BUT

a)

distance decay

b)

isolation

c)

distance decay

d)

literacy

15.

Why is the extinction of languages a problem?

a)

it isn't; it would be better if everyone spoke English

b)

It isn't, it would be better if everyone spoke Chinese

c)

It is better if you can't understand what some people say

d)

When a language dies, part of the culture dies with it

16.

The political boundaries of Europe follow linguistic boundaries, which follow _____boundaries.

a)

cultural

b)

physical

c)

racial

d)

economic

17.

Which of the following is not an accurate combination of language and religion?

a)

Germanic/Protestant

b)

Romance/Orthodox Catholic

c)

Arabic/Islam

d)

Hebrew/Judaism

18.

A creolized language results from

a)

homogeneity

b)

extinction

c)

literary traditions

d)

acculturation

19.

Received Pronunciation would most likely be heard on

a)

BBC

b)

NBC

c)

MTV

d)

CNN

20.

A ________ is a place name that reveals what is important to people and what the land is like.

a)

logogram

b)

lingua franca

c)

official language

d)

toponym

21.

What is the authoritive source of languages?

a)

Ethnologue

b)

Wikipedia

c)

Dictionary.com

d)

Thesaurus

e)

Webbster’s Dictionary

22.

What language type is used by governments for laws, reports, and public objects, such as road signs, money, and stamps?

a)

vigourous language

b)

developing language

c)

literary tradition

d)

official language

e)

institutional language

23.

Organize the world’s languages from biggest classification, to smallest.

a)

language group, language, language family, dialect

b)

language branch, language group, language, language family, dialect

c)

language family, language branch, language group, language, dialect

d)

language

e)

language family, language branch, language group, dialect, language

24.

Which are the two language FAMILIES with the largest amount of speakers?

a)

Sino - Tibetan + Dravidian

b)

Austroasiatic + Austronesian

c)

Japanese + Indo - European

d)

Altaic + Uralic

e)

Indo - European + Sino - Tibetan

25.

What is the most widely used language form of lingua franca?

a)

Spanish

b)

Portuguese

c)

Italian

d)

Latin

e)

English

26.

What country could you find most of the Sino - Tibetan family?

a)

Vietnam

b)

Afghanistan

c)

Russia

d)

China

e)

United States

27.

What three major language families are in Africa?

a)

Indo - European, Sino - Tibetan, + Japanese

b)

Tai - Kadai, Japanese, + Korean

c)

Altaic, Dravidian, + Austronesian

d)

Nilo - Saharan, Niger - Congo, + Altaic

e)

Afro - Asiatic, Niger - Congo, + Nilo - Saharan

28.

What language family is traceable back to a common language, first used 7,000 yrs ago by people living in the Ural Mountains of present - day Russia?

a)

Japanese

b)

Dravidian

c)

Uralic

d)

Altaic

e)

Korean

29.

What Altaic (language family) language has by far the most speakers?

a)

Turkish

b)

Finnish

c)

English

d)

Spanish

e)

Afghanistanian

30.

What language did Romance languages originate from?

a)

English

b)

French

c)

Spanish

d)

Italian

e)

Latin

31.

Define dialect and subdialect. HINT: There are two answers.

a)

in the case of England, the standard language

b)

in a language with multiple dialects, one dialect may be recognized as it

c)

a subdivision of a dialect

d)

a regional variation of a language distinguished by distinctive vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation

e)

There is only one answer choice above that correlates with either of the two words.

32.

Creole Languages are most likely to be spoken in which city?

a)

Buffalo, New York

b)

St. Paul, Minnesota

c)

Charlotte, North Carolina

d)

Portland, Oregon

e)

New Orleans, Louisiana

33.

Which is the most common lingua Franca within the Niger-Congo language family?

a)

Zulu

b)

Yoruba

c)

Nyanja

d)

Igbo

e)

Swahili

34.

Which of the following language concepts is depicted on the map above.

a)

Language families of the U.S.

b)

Language branches in the U.S.

c)

Language groups in the U.S.

d)

English accents in the U.S.

e)

English dialects in the U.S.

35.

Which language and language family are NOT paired correctly?

a)

Turkish/Uralic

b)

Arabic/Afro-Asiatic

c)

Hindi/Indo-European

d)

Burmese/Sino-Tibetan

e)

Tamil/Dravidian

36.

The Arabic language spread from its hearth and became one of the major global languages mainly through

a)

Increased use of communication technology in Arab nations

b)

Spread of Middle Eastern multinational oil corporation

c)

Worldwide colonization beginning around 600 CE

d)

Conquest and its use as a standard religious language

e)

Resisting colonization by European nations and the United States.

37.

Which phrase does NOT help explain the language distribution shown on the map?

a)

The ease of trade between Great Brittian and the US

b)

The widespread use of the Internet

c)

The differences between American and British English

d)

The impact of British colonialization in Africa and Asia

e)

The increase in the power of US based corporations

38.

Which resulted from the mixing of two languages to create a new one so that people who spoke different languages could trade more easily?

a)

Indo-European

b)

Amerindian

c)

American English

d)

Arabic

e)

Swahili

39.

Which is the best example of the diffusion of a language?

a)

The decline in use of the Navajo language

b)

The spread of English via the internet

c)

The creation of a new language in Haiti

d)

The designation of one official language for a country

e)

The use of bilingual signs in a county with two official languages

40.

What is the most commonly used Sino-Tibetan language?

a)

Han

b)

Tibetan

c)

Mandarin

d)

Thai

e)

Laotian

41.

Which of the following did not contribute to the formation of “old English” between the fifth and ninth centuries?

a)

French

b)

Saxons

c)

Jutes

d)

Angles

e)

None of the above

42.

What is the official language of the U.S.?

a)

French and English

b)

English and Spanish

c)

English only

d)

There is no official language

e)

English, French, Spanish and German

43.

Which region has the largest number of dying languages?

a)

South Pacific

b)

Canada

c)

Central Europe

d)

Eastern Russia

e)

Southern China

44.

Which of the following is a dialect?

a)

Indo-European

b)

Romance

c)

southern United States

d)

Latin

e)

Dravidian

45.

Which of the following is NOT a place name in the U.S. that reflects geographical origins?

a)

New York

b)

New Jersey

c)

Germantown, Pennsylvania

d)

Pottstown

e)

New Hampshire

46.

English and Dutch come from which language branch?

a)

Indo Iranian

b)

Sino Tibetan

c)

Romance

d)

Balto Slavic

e)

West Germanic

47.

India is a linguistically diverse state. The majority of the languages spoken in the southern tip of the state come from what language family?

a)

Hindi

b)

Indo-European

c)

Austro-Asiatic

d)

Dravidian

e)

Sino-Tibetan

48.

Both Arabic and Hebrew evolved from the same language branch known as

a)

Semitic

b)

Balto Slavic

c)

West Germanic

d)

Sino Tibetan

e)

Indo Iranian

49.

What US state and Canadian province are similar due to religion, language and code of laws?

a)

Colorado and Manitoba

b)

Louisiana and Quebec

c)

Washington and British Columbia

d)

Georgia and Newfoundland

e)

New York and Alberta

50.

What US state and Canadian province are similar due to religion, language and code of laws?

a)

Colorado and Manitoba

b)

Louisiana and Quebec

c)

Washington and British Columbia

d)

Georgia and Newfoundland

e)

New York and Alberta

51.

The similarity of place names in the US, Uganda, Canada or Australia is an example of

a)

Political agenda of the East India Company

b)

Hierarchical diffusion of language

c)

Impacts of British place name laws of the time period

d)

Diffusion of culture through colonialization

e)

Toponym policies of the British Empire

52.

If the original population moves/is displaced and the original language is replaced it is known as

a)

Relocation diffusion

b)

Stimulus diffusion

c)

Migrant diffusion

d)

Contagious diffusion

e)

Hierarchical diffusion

53.

Which of the following is the most important medium for transmitting culture?

a)

Language

b)

Legislation

c)

Religion

d)

Imitation

e)

Immigration

54.

Stadiums and areana taking names of businesses like “Staples Center” in Los Angeles is an example of

a)

Commemorative toponyms

b)

Associative toponyms

c)

Manufactured toponyms

d)

Urban morphology

e)

Commodification of toponymns

55.

New Hampshire and New Jersey put familiar names on strange new lands for pilgrims. The spread of these toponymns is what type of diffusion

a)

Contagious diffusion

b)

Stimulus diffusion

c)

Chain diffusion

d)

Relocation diffusion

e)

Hierarchical diffusion

56.

A language that cannot be traced back to other languages and language families through backwards reconstruction (often found in remote areas of the world).

a)

Isolated language

b)

German

c)

Latin

d)

Isogloss

e)

Extinct Language

57.

A language that cannot be traced back to other languages and language families through backwards reconstruction (often found in remote areas of the world).

a)

Isolated language

b)

German

c)

Latin

d)

Isogloss

e)

Extinct Language

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