Name:_____________ Date:_____________ Period:_____________ Ch 5 KI 1-2 Quiz 1. What distinguishes a language branch? a. Languages related through a common ancestor b.

Differences are not as old as in language families c. Scientific evidence can confirm branches derived from the same family d. All of the above e. None of the above 2. English is part of which branch of the Indo-European Family? a. Balto-Slavic b. Indo-Iranian c. Celtic d. Germanic e. Altaic 3. Which Romance languages are primarily spoken in southwestern Europe and Latin America? a. Portuguese b. Spanish c. French d. Italian e. All of the above 4. Which of these languages is Low Germanic? a. Flemish b. Dutch c. Frisian d. Afrikaans e. All of the above 5. Which of these languages are the North Germanic Group? a. Swedish b. Icelandic c. Danish d. Norwegian e. All of the above

6. From where did the four Scandinavian languages derive? a. Danish

b. c. d. e.

Old Norse Germanic Swedish Celtic

7. What is one of the main elements of cultural diversity among the nearly one billion residents of India? a. Religion b. Language c. Dress d. Food e. All of the above 8. Which of the following language families belong to India? a. Indo-European b. Austro-Asiatic c. Dravidian d. Sino-Tibetan e. All of the above 9. Which are the first and second most-spoken languages in the world? a. German, Mandarin b. Mandarin, English c. Cantonese, French d. Spanish, English e. Spanish, Mandarin 10. The three tribes that brought the beginnings of English to the British Isles came from a. Schleswig and Holstein b. Germany and Denmark c. Central and eastern Germany d. Austria and Germany e. Hungary and Galicia Extra Credit Name the three tribes that brought the beginnings of English to the British Isles?

How has globalization affected language?

Identify the term Standard Language