AP Human Geography chapter 5 – Flashcards
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Language
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A system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning.
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Official language
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The language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents.
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How did English become widely diffused?
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Migration
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What three European people originally came together to form the English people?
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Angles, Jutes, and Saxons
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Where did the Angles, Jutes, and Saxons come from?
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Denmark and Northern Germany
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What 2 subsequent invasions added additional words to the evolving English Language?
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Viking and Norman invasions
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Dialects are defined as "regional variations of a language" and are distinguished by 3 things. What are they?
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Vocab, spelling, and pronunciation
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In a "single word", why is American English different from that spoken in England?
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Isolation
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Language differences, as exhibited in dialects tend to be greater in ________ ________ than in _______ because, ________________________________________________
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rural areas, cities, farmers are relatively isolated from interaction with people from other dialect regions.
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How did Russian become the most important East Slavic language?
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because the Soviet Union (communist government) forced all citizens to learn and speak Russian as a way to create uniformity
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What is the most important West Slavic Language?
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Polish
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Why are South Slavic languages which were once very to each other, becoming increasingly different today?
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Alphabet and vocab
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The four most contemporary Romance languages are
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Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian
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How did Latin Languages diffuse in Europe? What happened to the native languages?
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The rise in importance of the city of Rome. The native languages were extinguished or suppressed.
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Why is it that nearly 90% of Spanish & Portuguese speakers live outside of Europe?
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Colonial activities
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Why is it difficult to distinguish individual languages from dialects?
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Many residents of the regions choose to regard their language as disctinct
