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WorksheetsAPHG 5.2
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A language ____________ is a collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history.
Hint: The trunk of the tree
Hint: The trunk of the tree
a)
branch
b)
family
c)
dialect
d)
group
2.
A language ____________ is a collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed several thousand years ago.
a)
family
b)
branch
c)
dialect
d)
group
3.
What is the largest language branch in terms of spoken by most people?
a)
Afro-Asiatic
b)
Indo-European
c)
Sino-Tibetan
d)
Austronesian
4.
Which is NOT one of the 4 main branches of the Indo-European language family?
a)
Germanic
b)
Romance
c)
Balto-Slavic
d)
Sino-Tibetan
5.
A language _________ is a collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past.
a)
family
b)
branch
c)
group
d)
dialect
6.
Of the Indo-Iranian branch of Indo-European family, what GROUP does India, Pakistan and Bangladesh belong to respectively?
a)
Indic (Eastern) group
b)
Iranian (Western) group
7.
Which is NOT a language in the Balto-Slavic branch?
a)
Polish
b)
German
c)
Russian
d)
Ukrainian
8.
The following are reasons for the origin and diffusion of Romance languages EXCEPT
a)
The spread of the Roman Empire and its lingua franca Latin
b)
The collapse of the Roman Empire and its lingua franca Latin
c)
The isolation of many forms of Latin and their evolution into dinstinct languages
d)
The mountainless uniform topography which kept cultures similar and united
9.
What was the Latin spoken by people in the provinces, referring to "the masses" introduced by soldiers stationed throughout the Roman empire?
a)
Slang Latin
b)
Soldier Latin
c)
Vulgar Latin
d)
Pop Latin
10.
Latin octo (eight) became Italian otto, Spanish ocho, and French huit. This is an example of a
a)
deterioration
b)
cognate
c)
dialect
d)
isogloss
11.
The theory that languages spread by means of westward expansion on horseback by the Kurgan people is:
a)
Convergence Theory
b)
Nomadic Warrior Theory
c)
Agricultural Theory
d)
Nostratic Theory
12.
The theory that Colin Renfrew argues that the proto Indo-European languages diffused from Anatolia from agricultural practices
a)
Convergence Theory
b)
Conquest Theory
c)
Divergence Theory
d)
Sedentary Farmer Thesis
13.
a language developed from a mixture of different languages, usually through colonization.
a)
creole language
b)
mix language
c)
hybrid language
14.
a creole language based largely on 18th-century French with influences from Portuguese, Spanish, Taíno, and West African languages. The largest creole-speaking community in the world.
a)
Haitian creole
b)
Jamaican creole
c)
Sanandresano creole
d)
Swahili
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