Aphumangeography
Chapter 6 Quiz
Compiled By Marvin M. Gurolla
Edition: 2024/25
, Geography / APHumanGeography II of V pages
Circle the letter of the Answer that corresponds to the displayed Question.
1. Language convergence
A: A language that began as a pidgin language and was later adopted as the mother tongue of a people.
B Process where two languages collapse into one language. Happens when people speaking two languages
C: Ability of two people to understand each other when speaking.
D: Tracking sound shifts and hardening consonants backward to uncover an original language.
2. Language divergence
A: A geographic boundary where linguistic features occur.
B Process where discrete, new languages are eventually formed from one language. Happens when people
two dialects of a language are relatively isolated from each other and have little spatial interaction; the
C: A language that began as a pidgin language and was later adopted as the mother tongue of a people.
D: Group of languages with a shared but distant origin.
3. Cognate
A: A group of contiguous dialects where the dialects nearest to each other geographically are the most similar
B: The variant of a language that a countrys political and intellectual elite seek to promote as the norm for use
C A word in one language that shares its origin with a word in another language. Cognates have similar
D: Place name.
4. Language family
A: A group of contiguous dialects where the dialects nearest to each other geographically are the most similar
B: The variant of a language that a countrys political and intellectual elite seek to promote as the norm for use
C Group of languages with a shared but distant origin.
D: The theory that the Proto-Indo-European language spread with the diffusion of agriculture.
5. Agriculture Theory
A: A group of contiguous dialects where the dialects nearest to each other geographically are the most similar
B: Language used for trade or cultural interaction among people who speak different languages.
C: The variant of a language that a countrys political and intellectual elite seek to promote as the norm for use
D The theory that the Proto-Indo-European language spread with the diffusion of agriculture.
6. Language subfamilies
A Divisions within a language family where commonalities are more definite and the origin is more recent.
B: A geographic boundary where linguistic features occur.
C: A group of contiguous dialects where the dialects nearest to each other geographically are the most similar
D: Language used for trade or cultural interaction among people who speak different languages.
Geography | 2024/25 Edition marvin m. gurolla
Chapter 6 Quiz
Compiled By Marvin M. Gurolla
Edition: 2024/25
, Geography / APHumanGeography II of V pages
Circle the letter of the Answer that corresponds to the displayed Question.
1. Language convergence
A: A language that began as a pidgin language and was later adopted as the mother tongue of a people.
B Process where two languages collapse into one language. Happens when people speaking two languages
C: Ability of two people to understand each other when speaking.
D: Tracking sound shifts and hardening consonants backward to uncover an original language.
2. Language divergence
A: A geographic boundary where linguistic features occur.
B Process where discrete, new languages are eventually formed from one language. Happens when people
two dialects of a language are relatively isolated from each other and have little spatial interaction; the
C: A language that began as a pidgin language and was later adopted as the mother tongue of a people.
D: Group of languages with a shared but distant origin.
3. Cognate
A: A group of contiguous dialects where the dialects nearest to each other geographically are the most similar
B: The variant of a language that a countrys political and intellectual elite seek to promote as the norm for use
C A word in one language that shares its origin with a word in another language. Cognates have similar
D: Place name.
4. Language family
A: A group of contiguous dialects where the dialects nearest to each other geographically are the most similar
B: The variant of a language that a countrys political and intellectual elite seek to promote as the norm for use
C Group of languages with a shared but distant origin.
D: The theory that the Proto-Indo-European language spread with the diffusion of agriculture.
5. Agriculture Theory
A: A group of contiguous dialects where the dialects nearest to each other geographically are the most similar
B: Language used for trade or cultural interaction among people who speak different languages.
C: The variant of a language that a countrys political and intellectual elite seek to promote as the norm for use
D The theory that the Proto-Indo-European language spread with the diffusion of agriculture.
6. Language subfamilies
A Divisions within a language family where commonalities are more definite and the origin is more recent.
B: A geographic boundary where linguistic features occur.
C: A group of contiguous dialects where the dialects nearest to each other geographically are the most similar
D: Language used for trade or cultural interaction among people who speak different languages.
Geography | 2024/25 Edition marvin m. gurolla
