Ap Human Geography Language Answers – Flashcards
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What language family does English belong to
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Indo-European Language
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What language branch does English belong to
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Germanic Branch (West Germanic Branch)
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The most spoken languages in South America
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Portugese is the most spoken, then spanish
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What are the most spoken languages in the world
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mandarin, spanish, english, and hindi
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examples of extinct languages
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cherokee and han
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the largest language families
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Indo-European- 50%, and Sino-Tibetan- 20%, Afro-Asiatic
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where are the language families located
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Indo-European- Europe, Asia, and the Middle East Sino-Tibetan- China Afro-Asiatic- Africa and Asia
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difference between Ideograms and phonetic languages
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ideograms are languages written with complex characters like in Chinese and Egyptian, and phonetic languages are most languages
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creole and pidgin languages
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creole- a pidgin language that developed a more complex structure and vocab, and has become the native language of a group or people pidgin language- a language created when people combine parts of two or more languages into a simplified structure and vocabulary
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Lingua Franca
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a language used for trade by two people who speak different native tongues; ex. english
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topophilia
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a strong sense of place
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which areas of north america have french backgrounds
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new orleans
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where are celtic languages located
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Ireland, Scotland, Wales, British Isles
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the effects of isolation and migration on a language
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eventually the development of a new language
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toponym
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a place name
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multilingual state and monolingual state
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multilingual- a country with more than one language; ex. India monolingual- a country with only one language; ex. France
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what is the official language in the US
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we don't have one
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romance languages
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Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and Romanian
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official languages in Switzerland
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French, German, Romansh, and Italian
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isolated languages
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language not related to any others; exs. Basque and Icelandic
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groups that effects the creation of english
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Germanic tribes, vikings, and normans
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Isogloss
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the boundary between two languages
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where is hindi spoken
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india
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popular culture vs. folk culture
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popular culture is more rural and global, and folk culture is a culture that is from a small rural area
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branches of islam
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sunni- most of the population (elect a leader) Shi'ite- lower population, (leader is a descendant of muhammad)
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prime meridian vs. equator
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prime meridian- longitude, equator- latitude
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longitude and latitude
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longitude- long (vertical), latitude- fatitude, horizontal
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mental maps vs. reference maps
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mental maps- a map of something you would picture in your mind, reference map- a map that gives you information about something (not in your head)
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site
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absolute location
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scale
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objects size of location on a map and on earth
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cultural barrier
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ideas or practices not adoptable in a particular culture
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physical barrier
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the actual barrier of a place (edges)
