Precursors of English
I-E History
Early History
Early/Old/Middle English
Modern English
100
a group of languages related to each other
What is a language family?
100
the earliest written form of Indo-European
What is Sanskrit?
100
Who lived in England prior to a major invasion around 40-50 CE?
What is the Celts?
100
the name of the North Germanic group who came to England with words like water and book?
What is the Vikings?
100
the first book printed in English
What is the King James Bible?
200
English is part of what language family?
What is Indo-European?
200
Name one similarity among IE languages.
What is numbers/body parts/natural phenomena/plant-animal names/cultural terms?
200
Who invaded England around 40-50 CE?
What is the Romans?
200
another term for Anglo Saxon English
What is Old English?
200
introduced words like tobacco and chocolate into English
What is New World exploration (or similar answer)?
300
What is the probable location of Indo-European?
What is Northern Central Europe/Southern Russia?
300
the first man to notice that languages were related
Who is Sir William Jones?
300
another name for Old English
What is Anglo Saxon?
300
What was the language of the common people in England for a period of time?
What is English?
300
the printing press was invented by
Who is William Claxton?
400
How many languages are in the Indo European family?
What is 140?
400
the language family that includes the Romance/Roman languages such as Spanish, Latin, and French
What is Italic?
400
Who arrived after the Romans left?
What is the West Germanic tribes (or Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Frisians)?
400
What was the language of the church?
What is Latin?
400
helped create 2000-3000 Latin based words in English
Who is William Shakespeare?
500
To what group within the Indo-European language does English belong?
What is Germanic?
500
Name any of the 10 groups within Indo European except the two previously mentioned in questions (if those questions have been asked).
What is Hellenic, Celtic, Albanian, Armenian, Indo-Iranian, Tocharian, Balto-Slavic, Anatolian (Germanic, Italic are okay if those questions haven't been asked)
500
Two countries where Frisian is still spoken
What is Germany and the Netherlands?
500
What brought French into England?
What is the Norman Conquest/Who is William, the Duke of Normandy?
500
Name the 5 countries where English is an official language.
What are the U.S., Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and England?
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