AP Human Geography Chapter 5 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
language - CORRECT ANSWER - a system of communication through speech, a
collection of sounds that a group of people understands to have the same meaning
institutional language - CORRECT ANSWER - used in education, work, mass media, and
governments
official language - CORRECT ANSWER - used by government for laws, reports, and
public objections
developing language - CORRECT ANSWER - spoken in daily use by people of all ages;
has a literacy distribution, though not as widely used
vigorous language - CORRECT ANSWER - spoken in daily use by people of all ages, but
lacks literacy tradition
language family - CORRECT ANSWER - a collection of languages related through a
common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history
language branch - CORRECT ANSWER - a collection of languages within a family
related through a common ancestral language that existed several thousand years ago
language group - CORRECT ANSWER - a collection of languages within a branch that
shares a common origin in relatively recent past and display many similarities in grammar and
vocabulary
Where is Indo-European spoken? - CORRECT ANSWER - Spoken in Europe, South Asia,
and North and Latin America
, What are some common languages in the Indo-European language family? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Indo-Iranian; Germanic; Romance; and Balto-Slavic
Where is Sino-Tibetan spoken? - CORRECT ANSWER - Spoken in the People's Republic
of China and Southeast Asia
Austronesian - CORRECT ANSWER - 6% of the world's population speak it
What is a common language spoken in the Austronesian language family? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Javanese
Where is Tai Kadai spoken? - CORRECT ANSWER - Thailand and parts of China
Where is Japanese spoken? - CORRECT ANSWER - Japan
What system of writing does Japan use? - CORRECT ANSWER - 2 systems of phonetic
symbols
Where does more than half of Korean's vocabulary come from? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Chinese words
Dravidian - CORRECT ANSWER - Principle language of southern India
Where did Dravidian originate? - CORRECT ANSWER - Unknown
What are two widely used languages of Dravidian? - CORRECT ANSWER - Telugu and
Tamil
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
language - CORRECT ANSWER - a system of communication through speech, a
collection of sounds that a group of people understands to have the same meaning
institutional language - CORRECT ANSWER - used in education, work, mass media, and
governments
official language - CORRECT ANSWER - used by government for laws, reports, and
public objections
developing language - CORRECT ANSWER - spoken in daily use by people of all ages;
has a literacy distribution, though not as widely used
vigorous language - CORRECT ANSWER - spoken in daily use by people of all ages, but
lacks literacy tradition
language family - CORRECT ANSWER - a collection of languages related through a
common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history
language branch - CORRECT ANSWER - a collection of languages within a family
related through a common ancestral language that existed several thousand years ago
language group - CORRECT ANSWER - a collection of languages within a branch that
shares a common origin in relatively recent past and display many similarities in grammar and
vocabulary
Where is Indo-European spoken? - CORRECT ANSWER - Spoken in Europe, South Asia,
and North and Latin America
, What are some common languages in the Indo-European language family? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Indo-Iranian; Germanic; Romance; and Balto-Slavic
Where is Sino-Tibetan spoken? - CORRECT ANSWER - Spoken in the People's Republic
of China and Southeast Asia
Austronesian - CORRECT ANSWER - 6% of the world's population speak it
What is a common language spoken in the Austronesian language family? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Javanese
Where is Tai Kadai spoken? - CORRECT ANSWER - Thailand and parts of China
Where is Japanese spoken? - CORRECT ANSWER - Japan
What system of writing does Japan use? - CORRECT ANSWER - 2 systems of phonetic
symbols
Where does more than half of Korean's vocabulary come from? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Chinese words
Dravidian - CORRECT ANSWER - Principle language of southern India
Where did Dravidian originate? - CORRECT ANSWER - Unknown
What are two widely used languages of Dravidian? - CORRECT ANSWER - Telugu and
Tamil
