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World Languages

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What alphabet does English use?

a)

Roman

b)

Greek

c)

Arabic

d)

Hebrew

2.

What writing system does Chinese use?

a)

The Roman Alphabet

b)

The Cyrillic Alphabet

c)

Symbols called pictographs and ideographs

d)

The Greek Alphabet

3.

The word alphabet comes from...?

a)

The Greek Alphabet

b)

The Roman Alphabet

c)

The Hebrew Alphabet

d)

The Cyrillic Alphabet

4.

What percentage of the world does not speak English?

a)

50%

b)

25%

c)

75%

d)

10%

5.

What is the most spoken language in the world?

a)

English

b)

Spanish

c)

Arabic

d)

Chinese

6.

What alphabet does Russian use?

a)

Greek

b)

Roman

c)

Cyrillic

d)

Arabic

7.

What is the international language?

a)

Spanish

b)

Chinese

c)

French

d)

English

8.

Arabic and Hebrew are written from....

a)

right to left

b)

left to right

c)

up and down

d)

in capital letters

9.

Latin is an important language and is still used in medicine,....

a)

Science

b)

Religion

c)

Law

d)

Science, Religion, and Law

10.

A symbol that represents a specific object is ....

a)

an ideograph

b)

a phonetic alphabet

c)

intonation

d)

a pictograph

11.

The first people to invent the alphabet were....

a)

The Egyptians

b)

The Hebrews and the Phoenicians

c)

The Greeks and the Persians

d)

The Assyrians

12.

English is part of the .....family

a)

Romance

b)

Germanic

c)

Hebrew

d)

Slavic

13.

English is part of the .....family

a)

Romance

b)

Germanic

c)

Hebrew

d)

Slavic

14.

Almost ______ of the world speak a language that comes from the Indo-European family

a)

1/3

b)

3/4

c)

1/2

d)

1/5

15.

Who were the first documented people to live in England?

a)

The Celts

b)

The French

c)

The Anglo-Saxons

d)

The Romans

16.

What language is the basis of English?

a)

Old Norse

b)

Anglo-Saxon

c)

Latin

d)

Celtic

17.

Who invaded England in 1066?

a)

The Pope

b)

Julius Cesar

c)

William Duke of Normandy

d)

Napoleon

18.

Who invaded England in 1066?

a)

The Pope

b)

Julius Cesar

c)

William Duke of Normandy

d)

Napoleon

19.

After the invasion of England in 1066, What became the official language?

a)

German

b)

English

c)

French

d)

Spanish