APHG Language Review

Toponymy is the study of

• place names
• extinct languages
• religious affiliations
• dialects

The Indo-European language family has its distant origins in the area around the

• Baltic Sea
• Iberian PEninsula
• Black Sea
• Italian Peninsula

A condition in which many languages are spoken, each by a relatively small number of people, is called

• syncretism
• lingustic relativisim
• linguistic fragmentation
• bilingualism

The field that studies the relationship between the natural environment and culture is called

• environmental determinism
• cultural diffusion
• syncretism
• cultural ecology

Which of the following is NOT a place name in the United States that reflects geographical origins?

• New York
• New Jersey
• Germantown, Pennsylvania
• Pottstown

Linguistic geographers use isoglosses to mark

• the creation of pidgins
• the area in which an extinct language is use
• the limits for an area in which particular words are used
• the extent to which a lingua franca is used in a particular area

Which of the following is NOT an example of an endangerd language that people are trying to preserve?

• Quechua
• Welsh
• Celtic
• Gothic

Which of the following languages is NOT part of the Indo-European family?

• Spanish
• English
• Hindi
• Thai

Which of the following is an example of a multilingual state?

• Switzerland
• France
• Ireland
• Iceland

Which of the following is an example of an isolated language?

• Irish
• Basque
• Flemish
• German