Ch 5 Primer – Flashcards
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Basque is a good example of a(n)
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isolated language
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A lingua franca is
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a language understood by people who have different native languages.
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The geographic study of the distribution of languages provides a good example of
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the interplay between globalization and local diversity.
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The charts or diagrams in this chapter indicate that the percentage of Altaic language speakers in the world is greater than the percentage speaking ________ languages.
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Austro-Asiatic
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The diagrams in this chapter show that the percentage of Sino-Tibetan speakers in the world is less than the percentage speaking ________ languages.
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Indo European
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Both the Angles and the Normans contributed to the development of the English language, because they
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invaded england
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Dialects developed within England primarily because
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different Germanic invaders settled in different regions.
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The language spoken by soldiers stationed throughout the Roman Empire was known as
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vulgar latin
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The most widely spoken language in Argentina is
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Spanish
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The two most important languages in South America are
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Portuguese and Spanish.
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Colin Renfrew's research constitutes much of the ________ Hypothesis.
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Sedentary Farmer
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The Kurgans
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were herders from the steppes of Central Asia.
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Analyzing the maps and diagrams in this chapter, we can see that the branch of Indo-European that includes Ukrainian is
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Balto-Slavic
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According to the maps and diagrams in this chapter, the branch of Indo-European that includes Romanian is
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Romance
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According to the maps and diagrams in this chapter, the branch of Indo-European that includes Rangpuri is
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Indo-Iranian
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Analysis of the maps and diagrams in this chapter shows that the Dutch language is from the branch of Indo-European known as
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Germanic
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The maps and diagrams in this chapter show that an Indo-European language is chiefly spoken in which of these countries?
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Bulgaria
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Indo-European speakers dominate
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Sweden
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The second-largest language family is
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. Sino-Tibetan.
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Marija Gimbutas has contributed to the ________ Hypothesis.
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Nomadic Warrior
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The Flemings and Walloons speak languages belonging to different
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branches
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Immigrants to which American colonies had the most diverse backgrounds in the 1700s and 1800s?
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Middle Atlantic
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When people who speak a given language migrate to a different location and become isolated from other members of their group
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isolation usually results in the differentiation of one language into dialects, followed eventually by two distinct languages.
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Chinese is traditionally written in the form of
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Ideograms
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Official languages in Switzerland include all but which of the following?
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Flemish
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________ is to Canada as ________ is to the United States.
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French; Spanish
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The language maps in this chapter show that Urdu is one of the most important languages of
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Pakistan
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The language maps in this chapter show that Tamil is an important language in
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India and Sri Lanka
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English is the most important language in North America primarily because of
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Diffusion of English colonies
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Australia and New Zealand's language policies differ today in that Australia
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emphasizes the English language while New Zealand gives a lot of support to linguistic diversity
