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AP HuG Blooms Ch5 P2

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  • Q1
    A language used by the government for business and official documents is a(n)
    official language
    creole
    lingua franca
    literary tradition
    30s
  • Q2
    Marija Gimbutas' theory points to the first speakers of the Indo-European language as the ancient
    Russians.
    Celts
    Germans.
    Kurgans.
    30s
  • Q3
    The Kurgans
    preserved Basque in present-day Spain.
    conquered much of East Asia several thousand years ago.
    were a Germanic tribe that invaded England.
    were horse and cattle herders from the grassland steppes of present day Russia and Kazakhstan
    30s
  • Q4
    According to Colin Renfrew's Anatolian hearth theory, Indo-European languages diffused across Europe
    following the silk road.
    entirely by sea.
    with the diffusion of agriculture.
    by way of the Kurgan homeland.
    30s
  • Q5
    Germanic invaders of England didn't included which tribe?
    Angles
    Saxons
    Jutes
    Normans
    30s
  • Q6
    Both the Angles and the Normans contributed to the development of the English language, because they
    diffused English around the world.
    invaded England.
    spoke Germanic languages
    agreed to divide England.
    30s
  • Q7
    The first speakers of the language that evolved into English were tribes that lived in present-day
    Denmark.
    Italy.
    United States.
    France.
    30s
  • Q8
    The Anatolian and Kurgan Hearth theories are both an explanation of language diffusing through
    colonization.
    warfare.
    migration.
    agriculture.
    30s
  • Q9
    Dialects developed within England primarily because
    different Germanic invaders settled in different regions.
    British Received Pronunciation became the standard dialect.
    commerce developed more slowly in England than on the European continent.
    the Normans invaded from the south.
    30s
  • Q10
    British and American English differ in all but which of the following?
    prevalent dialects
    alphabet
    pronunciation
    spelling
    30s
  • Q11
    Immigrants to which American colonies had the most diverse backgrounds?
    Southeast
    French Canadian
    New England
    Middle Atlantic
    30s
  • Q12
    An isogloss is
    None of these answers is correct.
    a boundary between language regions.
    a blending of two language families.
    a form of a language spoken in a local area.
    30s
  • Q13
    When people who speak a given language migrate to a different location and become isolated from other members of their group,
    their language usually shows very little change even over a long period of time.
    subgroups form multiple languages.
    they immediately develop a literary tradition.
    various dialects may develop.
    30s
  • Q14
    A form of a language spoken in a local area is a
    language branch.
    language family.
    language group.
    dialect.
    30s
  • Q15
    Multiple dialects of American English formed because of
    differences in the dialects of the colonial settlers.
    invasions, including by the Angles, Normans, and Saxons.
    the Atlantic Ocean.
    isolation from one another after independence.
    30s

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