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Language Review

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the primary reason languages in the same family are similar?

a)

They are spoken in the same region

b)

They have the same number of speakers

c)

They come from a common older language

d)

They use the same alphabet

2.

Which language family does the Romance languages belong to?

a)

Germanic

b)

Indo-European

c)

Sino-Tibetan

d)

Afro-Asiatic

3.

What event led to the diversification of Latin into different Romance languages?

a)

The spread of the Roman Empire

b)

The invention of the printing press

c)

The fall of the Roman Empire in 476 CE

d)

The Renaissance period

4.

Which of the following is NOT a Romance language?

a)

Portuguese

b)

French

c)

German

d)

Italian

5.

Based on the image, which language family is primarily located in the region colored pink on the map?

a)

Indo-European

b)

Afro-Asiatic

c)

Dravidian

d)

Sino-Tibetan

6.

Which language family is most widely diffused?

a)

Indo-European languages

b)

Afro-Asiatic languages

c)

Sino-Tibetan languages

d)

Austronesian languages

7.

What does language diffusion mean?

a)

The process by which a language remains unchanged in a particular area.

b)

The process by which a language is forgotten or becomes extinct.

c)

The process by which a language spreads from its original location to other places.

d)

The process by which a language is officially adopted by a country.

8.

How can cultural exchange lead to language diffusion?

a)

By people moving to new places and isolating themselves.

b)

By people sharing ideas, religion, art, and more, which can also spread languages.

c)

By people adopting new technologies only.

d)

By people engaging in silent trade without verbal communication.

9.

What is the primary reason for the decline of many indigenous languages around the world?

a)

Natural disasters

b)

Language policies favoring dominant languages

c)

Lack of written form

d)

Technological advancements

10.

What alphabet does English use?

a)

Roman

b)

Greek

c)

Arabic

d)

Hebrew

11.

What writing system does Chinese use?

a)

The Roman Alphabet

b)

The Cyrillic Alphabet

c)

Symbols called pictographs and ideographs

d)

The Greek Alphabet

12.

What was the language of the Ancient Romans?

a)

Latin

b)

Greek

c)

Egyptian

d)

Persian

13.

What is the international language?

a)

Spanish

b)

Chinese

c)

French

d)

English

14.

Arabic and Hebrew are written from....

a)

right to left

b)

left to right

c)

up and down

d)

in capital letters

15.

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

a)

Science

b)

Religion

c)

Law

d)

Science, Religion, and Law

16.

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

a)

an ideograph

b)

a phonetic alphabet

c)

intonation

d)

a pictograph

17.

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

18.

English is part of the .....family

a)

Romance

b)

Germanic

c)

Hebrew

d)

Slavic

19.

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

20.

Who were the first documented people to live in England?

a)

The Celts

b)

The French

c)

The Anglo-Saxons

d)

The Romans

21.

What language is the basis of English?

a)

Old Norse

b)

Anglo-Saxon

c)

Latin

d)

Celtic

22.

Who invaded England in 1066?

a)

The Pope

b)

Julius Cesar

c)

William Duke of Normandy

d)

Napoleon

23.

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

a)

German

b)

English

c)

French

d)

Spanish

24.
This language family is spoken in Russia and other eastern European countries.
a)
Germanic
b)
Slavic
c)
English
d)
Romance
25.
This language family is spoken in Russia and other eastern European countries.
a)
Germanic
b)
Slavic
c)
English
d)
Romance
26.
Italian, French, and Spanish are members of this language family.
a)
Germanic
b)
Romance
c)
Slavic
d)
English
27.
English and German are examples of ______ languages.
a)
Romance
b)
Slavic
c)
Germanic
d)
Greek
28.
Which of the following is NOT a Slavic language?
a)
Russian
b)
Polish
c)
Czech
d)
French
29.

The study of the structure of phrases and sentences

a)

syntax

b)

morphology

c)

phonology

d)

semantics

30.
The study of words and their structure
a)
semantics
b)
psycholinguistics
c)
morphology
d)
dialectology
31.
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
a)
branch
b)
family
c)
dialect
d)
group
32.
The largest language family and most widely dispersed language in the world is:
a)
Afro-Asiatic
b)
Amerindian
c)
Sino-Tibetan
d)
Indo-European
33.
In which Canadian province is French the major official language
a)
Ontario
b)
Quebec
c)
New Brunswick
d)
Manitoba
34.
This Romance Language would dominate the highlighted regions.
a)
English
b)
Spanish
c)
French
d)
Italian
35.
Which are the first and second most-spoken languages in the world?
a)
Spanish and English
b)
Cantonese and French
c)
German and Mandarin
d)
Mandarin and English
36.

Around how many languages are spoken in the world?

a)

7,000

b)

700

c)

45000

d)

2000

37.

This sign tells us not to..

a)

Talk to strangers

b)

Feed the pigeons

c)

Feed the fish

d)

Feed the snakes