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What is the only language family that is dominant in some regions on every inhabited continent?
Indo-European
Which language family provides a cultural link between peoples of North Africa and Southwest Asia?
Afro-Asiatic
The spatial distribution of which language family provides evidence of a common cultural bond between the peoples of Turkey and those of Central Asia (i.e., the region from Caspian Sea east to Mongolia)?
Altaic
Among the following pairs of language families, which pair's members are each associated primarily with areas of very low population density?
Austronesian and Tai-Kadai
Uralic and Caucasian
Eskimo-Aleut and Aboriginal Australian
Amerindian and Paleo-Siberian
Nilo-Saharan and Khoisan
Uralic and Caucasian
Eskimo-Aleut and Aboriginal Australian
Amerindian and Paleo-Siberian
Nilo-Saharan and Khoisan
The origins of Islam were in Arabia, among speakers of an Afro-Asiatic language. The religion spread to speakers of several other language families. Which of the following language families does NOT have a significant Muslim population?
Sino-Tibetan
Altaic
Austronesian
Indo-European
Niger-Congo x
Altaic
Austronesian
Indo-European
Niger-Congo x
Speakers of languages in which family are LEAST likely to have good access to the Internet?
Papuan
Which pair of language families generally is experiencing the most rapid rates of population growth?
Afro-Asiatic and Niger-Congo
Which two languages are spoken on the majority of the islands in the Lesser Antilles?
Spanish and English
In Belize, the dominant language is
English
Along coastal Suriname and Guyana the dominant ethnic group is ______________, while the interior of these countries is ___________________
Asiatic/African, Indian
The most likely historical reason why Indians are not a dominant ethnic group in this country is
migration of the Indian population to another island
large-scale decline of the Indian population due to disease and warfare
a small Indian population to begin with
migration of the Indian population to a region outside the Caribbean x
forced migration of the Indian population to work on African plantations
large-scale decline of the Indian population due to disease and warfare
a small Indian population to begin with
migration of the Indian population to a region outside the Caribbean x
forced migration of the Indian population to work on African plantations
What country is predominantly French speaking as well as ethnically African and European/African?
Haiti
What languages are spoken in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China?
Mandarin Chinese
Mongolian
Uyghur
Kazakh
Mongolian
Uyghur
Kazakh
Which of Iran's ethnic groups appears to have the largest total population?
Persian (61% of Iran's total population)
Which two historic empires were located in areas where Nilo-Saharan languages are dominant?
Kanem-Borno and Dalfur