Question 1

Official languages in Switzerland include all but which of the following?

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A)   Italian
B)   Flemish
C)   Romansh
D)   French
E)   GermanF) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

The residents of Hong Kong,China are exposed to a lot of English especially because

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A)   it is an easier language to speak and understand.
B)   all television programming is in English.
C)   it was until recently a British colony.
D)   many Australian tourists visit each year.
E)   None of these explanations is correct.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 3

English is part of which language branch?

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A)   Germanic
B)   North Germanic
C)   West Germanic
D)   Indo-European
E)   AustronesianF) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

When languages are depicted as leaves on trees,the roots of the trees below the surface represent

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A)   dialects.
B)   language groups.
C)   language sects.
D)   language families.
E)   possible prehistoric superfamilies.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 5

Name the world's second largest language family (used by over one-fifth of the world's population).

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Question 6

Both the Angles and the Normans contributed to the development of the English language because they

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A)   spoke Germanic languages.
B)   invaded England.
C)   spoke languages derived from Latin.
D)   diffused English around the world.
E)   agreed to divide England.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 7

Multiple dialects of American English formed because of

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A)   isolation from one another after independence.
B)   different cultural influences on each group.
C)   the Atlantic Ocean.
D)   invasions, including by the Angles, Normans, and Saxons.
E)   differences in the dialects of the colonial settlers.F) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 8

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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A)   their language usually shows very little change even over a long period of time.
B)   they immediately develop a literary tradition.
C)   various dialects may develop.
D)   they lose their linguistic abilities.
E)   subgroups form multiple languages.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

Valencian is currently

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A)   classified as a dialect, although many of its speakers would prefer to have it classified as a distinct language.
B)   classified as a distinct language by a law passed by the Spanish government.
C)   classified as a dialect because there are so few speakers.
D)   not considered a dialect because there is no written language.
E)   a dead language since so few people speak it.F) B) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 10

Immigrants to which American colonies had the most diverse backgrounds?

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A)   Middle Atlantic
B)   New England
C)   Northern
D)   Southeast
E)   French CanadianF) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 11

According to Ethnologue,a language is considered to be ________ if the only fluent people are older than ________ age.A language is considered ________ if it ceases to be used by people in daily activities.

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A)   dying, 50 year of, endangered
B)   dying, child-rearing, extinct
C)   extinct, 50 year of, extinct
D)   extinct, child-rearing, endangered
E)   endangered, 50 year of, dyingF) B) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 12

The two largest language families in the world are

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A)   Indo-Iranian and Balto-Slavic.
B)   Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European.
C)   Afro-Asiatic and Sino-Tibetan.
D)   Balto-Slavic and Sino-Tibetan.
E)   Altaic and Nilo-Saharan.F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 13

Switzerland has four official languages.What conditions exist in Switzerland that allows the peaceful coexistence of the four official languages?

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A)   There is a strict policy of national government control that keeps the peace.
B)   Switzerland created a government that places considerable power in small communities.
C)   The Swiss government established the four languages in the constitution when the country was formed.
D)   The people of Switzerland voted for a law that says that if a given language represents 10% of the total, the language will become an official language.
E)   The languages do not really coexist in peace, there is constant protest by the majority of people in Switzerland to declare two official languages: French and German.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 14

Why do people in different regions of the United States speak English differently?

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Question 15

Why did Israel choose to revive Hebrew when Israel was established as an independent country in 1948?

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A)   The refugees and migrants who arrived in Israel were already fluent in Hebrew.
B)   for purely religious motives
C)   No other language could so symbolically unify the disparate cultural groups in the new country.
D)   to separate themselves from their Arabic speaking neighbors
E)   There was already a full modern Hebrew dictionary that made the transition straightforward.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 16

The two most dominant language families in Africa are

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A)   Niger-Congo, Altaic.
B)   Niger-Congo, Afro-Asiatic.
C)   Nigerian, Arabic.
D)   Arabic, Persian.
E)   Afro-Asiatic, Altaic.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 17

A creolized language is

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A)   extinct.
B)   a mix of indigenous and colonial languages.
C)   an isolated language family.
D)   a possible prehistoric superfamily.
E)   a revived formerly extinct language.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 18

The geographic study of the distribution of languages provides a good example of

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A)   the interplay between globalization and local diversity.
B)   the diffusion of folk culture in different areas of the world.
C)   the role and spread of religion across much of the world.
D)   political conflicts that arise due to ethnic tensions.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 19

How do we know that all Indo-European languages have a common ancestor?

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Question 20

Discuss the implications of the increasing role of English as the world's lingua franca.

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