Evolution of the English Language Quiz
Authored by Jorge Vela
English
1st - 5th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which language family does Old English belong to?
Romance languages
Indo-European languages
Germanic languages
Celtic languages
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What major event brought a massive amount of French and Latin vocabulary into the English language?
The Viking invasion
The Norman invasion of England in 1066
The Anglo-Saxon settlement
The arrival of the Jutes
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which language is considered the reconstructed ancestor of the Indo-European family?
Old Norse
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Indo-European
Latin
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What sound shift occurred in German words after the 6th century?
From 'p' to 'pf'
From 'f' to 'p'
From 'sk' to 'sh'
From 't' to 'd'
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Where was Proto-Indo-European spoken approximately 6000 years ago?
Modern day France
Modern day Ukraine and Russia
Modern day Italy
Modern day China
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which language family includes nearly all languages historically spoken in Europe?
Celtic languages
Indo-European languages
Germanic languages
Romance languages
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the nature of the languages spoken in Europe prior to the arrival of Indo-European languages?
Celtic languages
Germanic languages
Romance languages
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