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Chapter 5-Key Issue 4
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1What causes languages to become diffused all over the world? (specifically english)
- Aisolation
- Bdominance of a country over many others over the Earth
2What language is the principle language of communication and interaction for the entire world?
- AFrench
- BEnglish
- CSpanish
- DMandarin
3What TWO competing geographic trends does language display?
- Aglobalization
- Blocal diversity
- Cculture
- Dlandscape
4Which regions have the largest number of dying languages?
- ASouth Pacific, Latin America, and North America
- BEurope, Africa, Asia
- CNorth America, Africa, Asia
5What is the South Pacific's institutionalized language?
- Aenglish
- Bspanish
- Cmandarin
6What is said to be the reason for the institutionalized language in the South Pacific?
- ABritish colonization during early 19th century
- BRoman invasion
- CMigration
7What is one reason that British culture has remained in Austrailia?
- Athe restriction of immigration from non-english-speaking places during the 19th and 20th centuries
- BBritish remained there
- CBritish culture does not remain there
8Which South Pacific country created a policy to preserve a language (a dying language at that) other than English?
- AAustralia
- BNew Zealand
9The United States has [blank_start]61[blank_end] languages in trouble and [blank_start]142[blank_end] languages dying.
- A61
- B142
- C8
- D142
- E61
- F23
10What is the main cause of endangered languages in the United States?
- AForcing people to learn English
- BNative American tribes discontinuing the teaching of their language to their young
- CThere aren't many endangered languages
11What Native American language is making a comeback?
- ACherokee
- BNavaho
- CMyaamia
12Why do people that speak English want to preserve the languages of the Celtic branch of Indo-European?
- Afun language to learn
- Bit is believed to have been used to write the first BIbles
- Cthe languages offer insight into the cultual heritage of places that now speak English
13What country was conquered by the English in 1283?
- AItaly
- BGermany
- CWales
14In the 19th century, what caused the dominant language to go from Welsh to English?
- AEnglish speakers migrated there to work in coal mines and factories
- BWelsh people felt that English would give them more opportunites
- CEngland sent soldiers to control the land and the language caught on
- DEngland forced everyone to learn English
15What Celtic language was spoken in Cornwall?
- AWelsh
- BCornish
- CFrench
16Which Celtic langauge has more borrowed words from French than any other Celtic language?
- ACornish (Cornwall)
- BWelsh (Wales)
- CBreton (Brittany)
17What are the the two groups that the Celtic Language branch is divided into?
- AGoidelic
- BBrythonic
- CGermanic
- DTibetin
18What are the two surviving languages of the Goidelic Celtic language group?
- AWelsh
- BIrish
- CBreton
- DScottish Gaelic
19In Wales and Ireland where is their official language (other than English) mostly spoken?
- Aurban areas
- Bremote areas in the country
- Cscattered
20TRUE OR FALSE: Similarities and differences between languages are a measure of the degree of interaction among groups of people
- ATrue
- BFalse
21language that is unrelated to any other and therefore not attached to any other language family
- Aextinct language
- Bisolation language
- Chistoric language
22What caused a language to become isolated?
- Alimited interaction between speakers of language and speakers of other languages
- Bmix of languages in a country
- Cconstant interaction of languages
- Dlanguage boundaries
23What makes an isolated language qualify as vigorous? And later be deemed sustainable?
- Afull use in community, being learned by children as first language, used in face-to-face communication, and used by young and old
- Bnot everyone uses the language, it is not taught to youth
- Cnot used in communication
- Donly used by elderly
24TRUE or FALSE: When a language is deemed sustainable it is believed to exist at least in the near future
- ATrue
- BFalse
25What is the only example of a vigorous language in Europe?
- Aenglish
- Bbrasque
- Cfrench
26What is believed about the braque language?
- Athat is was probably spoken over a wider area but was abandoned where its speakers came in contact with Indo-Europeans
- Bthat the people who spoke it were from China
- Cthat it was brought about after Indo-European languages
27What does the diffusion of Indo-European languages demonstrate? (choose best answer)
- Apatriotism
- Ba common ancestor dominated much of the Europe before recorded history
- Cone person started all the languages
- Dpeople created the languages
28Why is Icelandic significant?
- Ait has changed less than any other language in the germanic branch
- Bit is isolated
- Cit is not part of the Indo-European family and is not isolated
29In A.D. 874 who colonized Iceland?
- AEnglish settlers
- BSpanish settlers
- CNorwegian settlers
- DIrish settlers
30When an ethnic group migrates to a new location what is one thing they take with them from their former home? (choose best answer)
- Afood
- Bmoney
- Clanguage
- Dfamily
31Why has Icelandic not changed very much compared to other countries changes in language?
- ANorwegian immigrants had little contact with speakers of other languages when they arrived at the island of Iceland, and they also did not have contact with speakers of their language back in Norway, other countries changed by adopting new words and pronounciation which the isolated people of Iceland has less opportunity to do
- BThey do not want to change their language
- CThey do not need to change their language because they feel like they know everything they need to know
32a language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer in use
- Aisolated language
- Bextinct language
- Crecovering language
33What are example of recently extinct languages? (check all that apply)
- ALiv
- BFrench
- CScandanavian
- DClallam
34How does the loss of many languages reflect globalization?
- Ato be apart of a global economy and culture, people choose to use a widely used language, leaving their traditional or indigenous languages to disappear
- Breflects how languages spread across the world
- Cshows how mass media, easier communication, quicker transportation, etc has allowed languages to spread farther and quicker across the world
35What efforts reflect the importance that groups place on language as an element of local culture? (check all that apply)
- Apreserving endangered languages
- Bhelping throw out languages
- Ccreating new languages
36What is an example of a language once rarely used but is more commonly used now?
- AScandanavian
- BHebrew
- CLiv
- DSpanish
37TRUE or FALSE: Most people in present day Israel used to speak Aramaic, which in turn was replaced with Arabic
- ATrue
- BFalse
38What are Israel's two official languages?
- AEnglish
- BHebrew
- CArabic
- DFrench
39Why was the task of making hebrew a modern language so difficult?
- Ano one knew how to read the language
- Bnew words had to be created for things that weren't around during the biblical times
- Cthey did not know the grammer rules for the language
40Who initiated the revival effort of the hebrew language?
- AJesus
- BEliezer Ben-Yehuda
- CDavid Newton Whitmore
- DGeorge Washington
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