AP Human Geography Chapter 5 Rubenstien

5 Written Questions

1. Speaking several languages.
2. the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
3. Speaking two languages.
4. A language used between native speakers of different languages to allow them to communicate so that they can trade with each other.
5. the study of where languages are found/located

5 Matching Questions

1. language group
2. literary tradition
3. isogloss
4. mono-linguality
5. official language

1. a A language that is written as well as spoken
2. b A collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary.
3. c The language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents.
4. d A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate
5. e Speaking only one language.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago. Differences are not as extensive or old as with language families, and archaeological evidence can confirm that these derived from the same family.
   1. language family
   2. Lingua Franca
   3. language group
   4. language branch
2. nonclassical Latin dialects spoken in the Roman Empire
   1. Vulgar Latin
   2. Franglais
   3. vernacular
   4. language
3. A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation
   1. Ebonics
   2. accent
   3. creole
   4. dialect
4. A made-up Latin-based language, which its European proponents in the early twentieth century hoped would become a global language.
   1. Esperanto
   2. accent
   3. toponym
   4. Ebonics
5. a dialect spoken by some african americans
   1. dialect
   2. Ebonics
   3. isogloss
   4. BRP

5 True/False Questions

1. language family → a collection of languages related to each other through a commmon ancestor long before recorded history

   True        False

2. creole → British Received Pronounciation. The dialect of English assosciated with upper class britons living in the london area now considered a standard,

   True        False

3. Franglais → the widespread use of english in the french language, A term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language, a combination of franfais and anglai." the French words for "French" and "English," respectively.

   True        False

4. language → the widespread use of english in the french language, A term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language, a combination of franfais and anglai." the French words for "French" and "English," respectively.

   True        False

5. BRP → a language that results from the th mixing of a colonizer's langage with the indigenous language of the people being dominated

   True        False