What is your first name?

What is your last name?

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

spoke ancient English languages.

invaded England.

spoke languages derived from Latin.

diffused English around the world.

agreed to divide Ireland from England.

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Dialects developed within England primarily because

different Germanic invaders settled in different regions.

the Normans invaded from the south.

the Viking invaders did not remain long in England.

British Received Pronunciation became the standard dialect.

commerce developed more slowly in England than on the European continent.

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The language spoken by soldiers stationed throughout the Roman Empire was known as

Official Latin.

Romance language.

standard language.

Vulgar Latin.

Catalan Latin.

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According to Colin Renfrew's research, Indo-European languages diffused across Europe

entirely by sea.

by way of the Kurgan homeland.

with the conquests of warriors on horseback.

with the diffusion of agriculture.

following the traders on the silk road.

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English is part of which language branch?

Germanic

Northern

Western

Indo-European

Austronesian

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English is part of which language family?

Germanic

North Germanic

West Germanic

Indo-European

Romance

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The second-largest language family is

Indo-European.

Afro-Asiatic.

Austronesian.

Sino-Tibetan.

Dravidian.

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Which of the following is not a Romance language?

Italian

Romanian

Bulgarian

Portuguese

French

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The Kurgans

conquered much of East Asia several thousand years ago.

were herders from the steppes of Central Asia.

were the earliest speakers of Sino-Caucasian, which they diffused through conquest.

preserved Basque in present-day Spain.

were a Germanic tribe that invaded England.

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According to the maps and diagrams in this chapter, the Germanic invaders of England included which groups or tribes?

Germans, Normans, and Danes

Brittans, Normans, and Welsh

Irish, Welsh, and English

Angles, Jutes, and Saxons

Scots, Irish, and Welsh

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Russian is part of what language branch?

Germanic

Balto-Slavic

Indo-Iranian

Romance

Altaic

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The survival of any language relies on

rapid migration into other areas.

the efficient "corrections" of the global free market.

the political and military strength of its speakers.

the spread of its speakers' material culture.

the homogenization of its dialects.

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