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Indo-European Languages

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is sanskrit

a)

an ancient Indo-European language of India, in which the Hindu scriptures and classical Indian epic poems are written.

b)

a modern language spoken in India, from which many European languages are derived.

c)

A rock group from India

d)

A language spoken by more than 50% of Indians

2.

Grimm´s law is

a)

is a popular adage that states that "things will go wrong in any given situation, if you give them a chance," or more commonly, "whatever can go wrong, will go wrong."

b)

is one of the most important laws you'll learn. They describe the relationship between a body and the forces acting upon it, and its motion in response to those forces.

c)

is a statement of the relationship between certain consonants in Germanic languages and their originals in Indo-Europea.

d)

We are all born with an innate knowledge of grammar that serves as the basis for all language acquisition.

3.

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

a)

English

b)

Finnish

c)

German

d)

Albanian

4.

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

a)

Catalan

b)

Macedonian

c)

Hungarian

d)

Breton

5.

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

a)

Estonian

b)

Lithuanian

c)

Romansch

d)

Hungarian

6.

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

a)

Italic

b)

Hellenic

c)

Slavic

d)

Germanic

7.

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

a)

Romance

b)

Celtic

c)

Germanic

d)

Semitic

8.

Which of these is another name for Old English?

a)

Anglo-Saxon

b)

Gothic

c)

Proto-Germanic

d)

Dyrnegeþeóde

9.

Old English is most closely related to which modern language?

a)

Frisian

b)

German

c)

Dutch

d)

Danish

10.
This is the process by which people or groups of people move from their home area to a new area.
a)
Steppes
b)
Migration
c)
Diffusion
11.
This group of people settled in what is now India?
a)
Vedas
b)
Brahmin
c)
Hittites
d)
Aryans
12.
These people spoke related languages that form the basis of a family of languages spoken by half of the current world population.
a)
Indo-Europeans
b)
Aryans
c)
Anatolia
d)
Hittites
13.

Which group populated the British Isles first?

a)

The Normans

b)

The Romans

c)

The Celts

d)

The French

14.

What language did the Romans speak?

a)

Romanian

b)

Latin

c)

French

d)

Portuguese

15.

What language DID NOT originate from latin?

a)

French

b)

Spanish

c)

Romanian

d)

Russian

16.

Where is Normandy?

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

England

d)

Spain

17.

Who is not a viking God?

a)

Tyr

b)

Zeus

c)

Friga

d)

Odin

e)

Thor