Quiz On Language Origins
15 Questions
| Total Attempts: 988
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Questions and Answers
- 1.Which writing system is usually used for the Russian language?
- A.
Arabic
- B.
Cyrillic
- C.
Greek
- D.
Latin
- 2.Which country's name comes from the Spanish word for "silver"?
- A.
Guatemala
- B.
Nicaragua
- C.
Paraguay
- D.
Argentina
- 3.Which country's name comes from an Iroquois word for "village"?
- A.
Cuba
- B.
Mexico
- C.
Belize
- D.
Canada
- 4.The name Costa Rica translates to what in Spanish?
- A.
Rum Coast
- B.
Sweet Coast
- C.
Beautiful Coast
- D.
Rich Coast
- 5.The Japanese loanword "kamikaze" translates literally to what?
- A.
Divine Wind
- B.
Last Whisper
- C.
Curled Fist
- D.
Unstoppable Force
- 6.The name for New York's Coney Island comes from the Dutch word for which animal?
- A.
Cockroach
- B.
Rabbit
- C.
Squirrel
- D.
Seagull
- 7.The words "maven" and "golem" are loanwords from which language?
- A.
Hebrew
- B.
German
- C.
Chinese
- D.
Sanskrit
- 8.The words "bog" and "slogan" are loanwords from which language?
- A.
Russian
- B.
Greek
- C.
Arabic
- D.
Irish Gaelic
- 9.What is the term for a word that represents an audible sound?
- A.
Epistrophe
- B.
Onomatopoeia
- C.
Elision
- D.
Simile
- 10.Which of the following is the best description for the typology of English?
- A.
Subject没verb没object
- B.
Subject-object-verb
- C.
Object没verb没subject
- D.
Verb没object没subject
- 11.In which of the following countries is English not an official language?
- A.
Tonga
- B.
The United States
- C.
Fiji
- D.
Malta
- 12.As of 2012, what is the most populous country where Portuguese is an official language?
- A.
Angola
- B.
Mozambique
- C.
Brazil
- D.
Portugal
- 13.As of 2012, what is the most populous country where English is an official language?
- A.
Nigeria
- B.
United States
- C.
Pakistan
- D.
India
- 14.The term hieroglyphs is usually used in relation to the writing system of which civilization?
- A.
Roman
- B.
Egyptian
- C.
Persian
- D.
Almohad
- 15.The Scandinavian version of which writing system is sometimes called "futhark"?
- A.
Khom
- B.
Cuneiform
- C.
Runes
- D.
Hieroglyphics
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