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AP Human Geography Chapter 5 (Languages) Test Review

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RUBENSTEIN, An Introduction to Human Geography, The Cultural Landscape Chapter 5 Languages MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Define a Literary Tradition A) A system of written communication B) Regional variation of a language, distinguished by distinctive vocabulary, spelling, or pronunciation C) The geographic boundary for a word's usage or pronunciation D) Dialect most acceptable for government, business, education, and mass communication E) A slang version of Latin spoken by the masses Answer: A 2) The English language was influenced by which of the following groups? A) Celts B) Angles C) Saxons D) Normans E) All of the Above Answer: E 3) Define a Dialect

The Cultural Landscape (Rubenstein) Chapter 5 review questions

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?PAGE ? ?PAGE ?1? Chapter 5 Name___________________ Language 1. Where is French spoken by a majority of people in Canada? Why? 2. Where is Spanish spoken as a first language in many areas of the United States? Why? 3. What is an official language, and why doesn?t the United States have one? 4. Why would many former British colonies choose English as their official language? 5. Why is language like luggage, and why is it often an example of acculturation? Key Issue I Where Are English Language Speakers Distributed? Origin and Diffusion of English English Colonies 6. What helps explain the world?s distribution of English speakers? Origin of English in England German Invasion

Ch 2 Cultural Landscape

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Term Definition British Received Pronunciation (BRP) The dialect of English associated with upper-class Britons living in the London area and now considered standard in the United Kingdom. Creole or creolized language A language that results from mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people documented. Dialect A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation. Ebonic Dialect spoken by some African Americans. Extinct language A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used. Franglais A term used by French for English words that have entered the French language Ideograms

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The Grapes of Wrath

Megan Berkner Period 2 Study Guide Chapter 12-18 The largest contrasts that emerge are the knowledge that all might be as it had seemed. We've reached the point in the novel where failure is evident. The significance of the gas attendants complaint is to show how everyone had struggled, no matter where people went or where from people could not get away from the issues of The Great Depression. People from all over the United States came to this gas station and they were all the same versions of the same thing: poor and belittling to themselves.
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