Greiner Ch. 4 Study Guide 2

AP Human Geography
Chapter 4 Study Guide (Part 2)

1. Many geographers and historians believe that the diffusion of language
coincided with the diffusion of what other innovation?
2. What types of technology contributed to the global diffusion of

language?
3. What empire contributed greatly to the global diffusion of the English

language?
4. What other European countries have more speakers of their language

outside of their country than in as a result of colonization?
5. What economic factors have contributed to the diffusion of language at

the global scale?
6. Why is Mongolia attempting to make its people bilingual in Mongolian

and English?
7. What economic incentive often encourages immigrants to learn the

language of their new home country?
8. How has religion impacted the diffusion of the Arabic language?

9. What is linguistic dominance?
10.
What language commands the largest speech community in the
world?
11.
What language has a larger geographic range than Chinese?
12.
Which language is considered to more dominant?
13.
What factors may play a larger roles in linguistic dominance
than sheer size and numbers?
14.
What is meant by the term language gap?
15.
What defines a stateless language?
16.
What is a government saying when it declares one language as
its official language?
17.
What global organizations can play a role in linguistic
dominance?
18.
How many official languages does the U.N. recognize? List
them all.
19.
How many official languages does the E.U. recognize?
20.
In how many of these languages are their documents printed?
21.
Does the United States recognize an official language? Explain.
(Careful how you answer this. Look at Figure 4.10 for help!)
22.
What particular component of language changes often as new
innovations such as technology are created that never existed before?
23.
What is the term for the borrowing of words from another
language?
24.
Looking at Figure 4.11 on pg. 111, pick 3 languages that English
has borrowed words from and list them along with the words that
English borrowed.
25.
How can human mobility impact changes in languages?
26.
Why are pidgin languages developed?
27.
What determines how long pidgin languages last?
28.
What pidgin language was developed between the French and
Vietnamese when Vietnam was a French colony?
29.
What pidgin language was developed in the U.S. between
English speakers and Spanish speakers?
30.
Give at least 2 examples of words from this pidgin language
and their meanings.
31.
What to do linguist believe Spanglish is rather than a pidgin
language?
32.
What distinguishes a creole language from a pidgin language
(Think here! Dont just write down the first thing you read!)?
33.
What creole language exists in the United States, but is not
associated with Louisiana?
34.
How did this creole language develop?
35.
What creole language is one of the official languages in Haiti?
36.
What two languages is it derived from?
37.
How is a lingua franca different from both pidgin languages
and creole languages (Again, think this out!)?
38.
Give 3 examples of lingua francas and in what countries they
are used.
39.
What do many linguist consider to be the global lingua franca?
40.
In what particular fields is English the dominate language of
communication (list all)?
41.
For what two reasons do linguistic experts believe that English
will not become a universal language?
42.
At what rate are individual languages dying out globally?
43.
How many of the worlds languages can be considered
endangered?
44.
When do linguistic experts believe that we will see a mass
extinction of languages if steps are not taken soon to prevent it?
45.
What 3 regions of the world are losing languages most rapidly?
46.
What languages in particular are going extinct?
47.
According to Figure 4.14, what factors define a language
hotspot?
48.
According to Figure 4.14, what other global phenomenon has a
connection with a decline in linguistic diversity?
49.
What exactly does the linguistic diversity index measure?
50.
Is the LDI simply a measure of the number of languages found in
a country? Explain.
51.
According to Figure 4.15, what nation has the highest degree of
linguistic diversity?
52.
According to Figure 4.15, what country has the lowest degree of
linguistic diversity?
53.
What is the United States score on the LDI?
54.
How many languages do we have in the U.S.?
55.
What regions of the world have the lowest levels of linguistic
diversity?
56.
What accounts for these low levels?
57.
What common factor contributed to the decline of many
languages in these regions?

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AP Human Geography

Chapter 4 Study Guide (Part 2)

2. What types of technology contributed to the global diffusion of

3. What empire contributed greatly to the global diffusion of the English

4. What other European countries have more speakers of their language

5. What economic factors have contributed to the diffusion of language at

6. Why is Mongolia attempting to make its people bilingual in Mongolian

7. What economic incentive often encourages immigrants to learn the

8. How has religion impacted the diffusion of the Arabic language?

What language has a larger geographic range than Chinese?

Which language is considered to more dominant?

What is meant by the term language gap?

What defines a stateless language?

How many official languages does the E.U. recognize?

In how many of these languages are their documents printed?

How can human mobility impact changes in languages?

Why are pidgin languages developed?

What determines how long pidgin languages last?

How did this creole language develop?

What creole language is one of the official languages in Haiti?

What two languages is it derived from?

What do many linguist consider to be the global lingua franca?

At what rate are individual languages dying out globally?

What 3 regions of the world are losing languages most rapidly?

What languages in particular are going extinct?

What exactly does the linguistic diversity index measure?

What is the United States score on the LDI?

How many languages do we have in the U.S.?

What accounts for these low levels?

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