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AP Human Geography Chapter 5 Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A language that results from the mixing of the colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated

a)

Creole

b)

Isogloss

c)

Received Pronunciation

d)

Romanification

2.

A combination of German and English

a)

Denglish

b)

Engman

c)

Gerlish

d)

Spanglish

e)

Germanish

3.

A language spoken in daily use, but its literary tradition is not widely distributed.

a)

Developing Language

b)

Vigorous language

c)

Devolved Language

d)

Lingua Angelica

4.

These are defined as regional variation of a language and are distinguished by distinctive vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.

a)

Dialects

b)

Twang

c)

Didactic

d)

Official Language

e)

Logogram

5.

This dialect, also referred to African American Vernacular English (AAVE), is spoken by some African Americans:

a)

Ebonics

b)

Lingua Franca

c)

Lingua Africanse

d)

Swahili

6.

Which of the following is not a reason some languages go extinct?

a)

Globalization causes people to leave behind their indigenous language for another

b)

People are pressured to give up their native language

c)

The language is related to one or two other languages

d)

Genocide or death of all the speakers of a language

e)

The language is not being taught to the younger generation

7.

A language that is unrelated to any other and therefore not attached to any language family

a)

isolated

b)

isogloss

c)

isosceles

d)

integrated

e)

None of these

8.

A word boundary; a line on a dialect map marking the boundary between linguistic features

a)

isolated

b)

isogloss

c)

isosceles

d)

integrated

e)

None of these

9.

A collection of languages within a family related through a common ancestral language that existed several thousand years ago

a)

Language Family

b)

Language Branch

c)

Language Group

d)

Language Crown

10.

A collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history (the oldest)

a)

Language Family

b)

Language Branch

c)

Language Group

d)

Language Crown

11.

A collection of languages within a branch that share common origin in the relatively recent past and display many similarities in grammar and vocabulary (most recent)

a)

Language Family

b)

Language Branch

c)

Language Group

d)

Language Crown

12.

A language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different, such as English or Hindi

a)

Lingua franca

b)

Pigeon Language

c)

Vigorous language

d)

Sub-dialect

e)

Inguinal

13.

A language that is written as well as spoken

a)

literary tradition

b)

Developing language

c)

Vigorous language

d)

Extinct language

14.

A symbol that represents a word rather than a sound, as in written Chinese.

a)

Logogram

b)

Ethogram

c)

Didactic marks

d)

Holographic language

e)

Idiosyncratic language

15.

Used by a government for laws, reports, and public objects, such as road signs, money and stamps (there might be more than one)

a)

Official language

b)

Vulgar Latin

c)

Unparliamentary language

d)

Creole

e)

AAVE

16.

A simplified form of speech formed out of one or more existing languages and used as a lingua franca by people who have no other language in common: "Brah, did you like Lilo & Stitch during your small kid time? All of my Ohana did!"

a)

Pigeon language

b)

Received pronunciation

c)

Standard language

d)

Pidgin language

17.

The now standard dialect of British English, based on the educated speech characteristics from the areas of London, Cambridge, and Oxford; "The Queen's English"

a)

Geordie English (GE)

b)

Received Pronunciation (RP)

c)

Vulgar Latin

d)

French Creole

e)

Royal Pronunciation (RP)

18.

A dialect that is well established and widely recognized as the most acceptable for government business education and mass communication.

a)

Southern American Dialect

b)

Vigorous language

c)

AAVE

d)

Standard language

e)

Transmitted language (TL)

19.

A language that is spoken daily by people of all ages in a population, but has no literary tradition at all (such as many African languages).

a)

Developing language

b)

Extinct language

c)

Vigorous language

d)

Dothraki language

20.

The language used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents.

a)

Standard Latin

b)

Vulgar Latin

c)

Received Greek Pronunciation

d)

Greco-Roman Dialect

e)

Caligular Latin

21.

A combination of Spanish and English spoken by many Hispanic Americans

a)

Denglish

b)

Franglais

c)

Mayan

d)

Spanglish

e)

TexMex

22.

A combination of French and English. According to a 2018 census, at least 35 million people in Europe speak it fluently and nearly a third use it as the primary language at home.

a)

Denglish

b)

Franglais

c)

Quebecois

d)

Spanglish

e)

Frankfurter

23.

If a dying or endangered language starts to be taught to a society's children as their first language, it is said to be:

a)

a terminus language.

b)

a salvaged language.

c)

a devolved language

d)

a reawakening (revived) language

24.

English is part of which language branch?


a)

Germanic

b)

High Valyrian

c)

Sino-Tibetan

d)

Austronesian

e)

Slavic

25.

What is the most widely spoken language family in the world?

a)

Sino-Tibetan

b)

Indo-European

c)

Afro-Asiatic

d)

Neo-Bradfordian

e)

Dravidian

26.

Since Israel became an independent nation in 1948, they have revived this language (it was used in the Old Testament):

a)

Denglish

b)

Received Pronunciation

c)

Mandarin

d)

Hebrew