AP Human Geography Final Exam Review
(multiple choice) Questions With
Complete Solutions
Belgium is a _______ speaking country.
a. Belgae (a Celtic language)
b. Flemish (a Germanic language)
c. French (a Romance language)
d. Both B and C - Correct Answers ✅D
Which of the following European countries has a rather sharp
division between Flemish speakers in the north and Walloon
speakers in the south?
a. the Netherlands
b. Belgium
c. Denmark
d. Andorra - Correct Answers ✅B
The French government has _________ to protect French
language and culture.
a. banned foreign words in advertising and on radio and
television
b. established the Académie Française to standardize the
language
c. passed a law levying fines on those using foreign terms
d. all of the above - Correct Answers ✅D
,AP Human Geography Final Exam Review
(multiple choice) Questions With
Complete Solutions
Hawaii is an example of state with
a. no linguistic variation
b. official "English only" policies.
c. official bilingual policies.
d. no official language policies - Correct Answers ✅C
Which is NOT true of Quebec?
a. First Nations people of the province speak languages other
than Quebecois French
b. The provincial government passed laws banning or
controlling the use non-French languages in advertising
c. Quebec contains areas dominated by non-French speaking
minorities.
d. It is almost 100% French speaking - Correct Answers ✅D
In technically advanced societies there is likely to be
a. a standard language
b. many basic languages
c. limited expansion of language
d. standard pronunciation - Correct Answers ✅A
Dialects are distinguished by differences in
a. accents and pronunciation
,AP Human Geography Final Exam Review
(multiple choice) Questions With
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b. vocabulary
c. syntax
d. all of the above - Correct Answers ✅D
A geographic boundary within which a particular linguistic
feature occurs is called
a. an isogloss
b. a sound shift
c. an international border
d. a cultural boundary - Correct Answers ✅A
The most likely distributed language family is ______________
a. Saharan
b. Sino-Tibetan
c. Indo-European
d. Dravidean - Correct Answers ✅C
The most widely used Indo-European language today is
a. English
b. German
c. Spanish
d. Chinese - Correct Answers ✅A
, AP Human Geography Final Exam Review
(multiple choice) Questions With
Complete Solutions
The language most widely used as a secondary language by
hundreds of millions of people in India, Africa and elsewhere
is
a. Spanish
b. French
c. Arabic
d. English - Correct Answers ✅D
Latin octo (eight) became Italian otto, Spanish ocho, and
French huit. This is an example of a ___________ , which is a
word that has the same linguistic derivation as another word.
a. deterioration
b. cognate
c. dialect
d. isogloss - Correct Answers ✅B
The language tree diagram of language divergence has some
branches with dead ends. These represent
a. standardized or non-changing languages
b. language subfamilies
c. isolated languages
d. extinct languages - Correct Answers ✅D
(multiple choice) Questions With
Complete Solutions
Belgium is a _______ speaking country.
a. Belgae (a Celtic language)
b. Flemish (a Germanic language)
c. French (a Romance language)
d. Both B and C - Correct Answers ✅D
Which of the following European countries has a rather sharp
division between Flemish speakers in the north and Walloon
speakers in the south?
a. the Netherlands
b. Belgium
c. Denmark
d. Andorra - Correct Answers ✅B
The French government has _________ to protect French
language and culture.
a. banned foreign words in advertising and on radio and
television
b. established the Académie Française to standardize the
language
c. passed a law levying fines on those using foreign terms
d. all of the above - Correct Answers ✅D
,AP Human Geography Final Exam Review
(multiple choice) Questions With
Complete Solutions
Hawaii is an example of state with
a. no linguistic variation
b. official "English only" policies.
c. official bilingual policies.
d. no official language policies - Correct Answers ✅C
Which is NOT true of Quebec?
a. First Nations people of the province speak languages other
than Quebecois French
b. The provincial government passed laws banning or
controlling the use non-French languages in advertising
c. Quebec contains areas dominated by non-French speaking
minorities.
d. It is almost 100% French speaking - Correct Answers ✅D
In technically advanced societies there is likely to be
a. a standard language
b. many basic languages
c. limited expansion of language
d. standard pronunciation - Correct Answers ✅A
Dialects are distinguished by differences in
a. accents and pronunciation
,AP Human Geography Final Exam Review
(multiple choice) Questions With
Complete Solutions
b. vocabulary
c. syntax
d. all of the above - Correct Answers ✅D
A geographic boundary within which a particular linguistic
feature occurs is called
a. an isogloss
b. a sound shift
c. an international border
d. a cultural boundary - Correct Answers ✅A
The most likely distributed language family is ______________
a. Saharan
b. Sino-Tibetan
c. Indo-European
d. Dravidean - Correct Answers ✅C
The most widely used Indo-European language today is
a. English
b. German
c. Spanish
d. Chinese - Correct Answers ✅A
, AP Human Geography Final Exam Review
(multiple choice) Questions With
Complete Solutions
The language most widely used as a secondary language by
hundreds of millions of people in India, Africa and elsewhere
is
a. Spanish
b. French
c. Arabic
d. English - Correct Answers ✅D
Latin octo (eight) became Italian otto, Spanish ocho, and
French huit. This is an example of a ___________ , which is a
word that has the same linguistic derivation as another word.
a. deterioration
b. cognate
c. dialect
d. isogloss - Correct Answers ✅B
The language tree diagram of language divergence has some
branches with dead ends. These represent
a. standardized or non-changing languages
b. language subfamilies
c. isolated languages
d. extinct languages - Correct Answers ✅D
