Geography Chapter 5 Flashcard
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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 main difference between languages in the same family, branch, or group is how
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recently in time the languages were once the same
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a group of languages that share a common origin but have since evolved into individual languages is a
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language branch
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a group of languages that share a common ancestor before recorded history is a
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language family
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basque is a good example
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isolated language
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franglais is
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the use of english in the french language
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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 two largest language families in the world are
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sino-tibetan and indo-european
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when languages are depicted as leaves on trees, the trunks of the trees represent
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language families
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the language family encompassing the languages of the people's republic of china is
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sino-tibetan
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the maps in this chapter show that the second most widely spoken language family in europe is
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uralic
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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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the first speakers of the language that evolved into english were tribes that lived in present day
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denmark
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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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which of the following is not a romance language
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bulgarian
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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 brazil is
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portuguese
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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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the kurgans
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were herders from the steppes of central asia
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according to colin renfrew's research, indo-european languages diffused across europe with the diffusion of
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agriculture
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colin renfrew's research constitutes much of the _______ hypothesis
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sedentary farmer
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english is part of which language branch
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germanic
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english is part of which language family
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indo-european
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according to the maps and diagrams in this chapter, the germanic invaders of england included which groups or tribes
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angles, jutes and saxons
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according to the maps and diagrams in this chapter, england was invaded by tribes from
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germanic-speaking areas
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an analysis of the maps and diagrams in this chapter shows that every european country is dominated by indo-european speakers except
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finland, hungary, and estonia
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english is part of which language grou
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west germanic
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a literary tradition is
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the written form of a language
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an isogloss is
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a boundary between language regions
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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 fisher
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when languages are depicted as leaves on trees, the roots of the trees below the surface represent
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possible prehistoric superfamilies
