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Origins and History of Languages
Early Systems of Writing
Early Alphabets
The Languages of Europe
History of English and Language Richness of American Places
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Scientists believed that marked pebbles were examples of good luck charms and this.
What is writing.
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These people were the earliest people to develop a system of writing.
Who are the Sumerians.
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Writing became the job of these people:
Who are Scribes.
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This is the most widespread language family in the world.
What is Indo-European.
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The origins of English can be first traced to this group:
Who are the Celts.
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For thousands of years people expressed themselves through drawing, painting, and etching. This is known as:
What is cave art.
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The Sumerians lived in this ancient land.
What is Mesopotamia.
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The ancient Egyptians used symbols and signs called:
What is hieroglyphs.
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English belongs to which two language families.
What are Romance and Germanic.
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The result of Old English, French and Latin is known as:
What is Middle English
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Which came first, spoken language or written language?
What is spoken.
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The Sumerians had to develop a system of writing because of this reason:
What is life was becoming more complex.
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The Phoneician system of writing different from the Egyptians in this manner:
What is one symbol stood for a single consonant plus vowel sound.
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Name the five Romance languages:
What are Italian, Portuguese, French, Spanish, and Romanian.
300
Illinois, Massachusetts, and Minnesota got their names from:
Who are the Native Americans.
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Cave art can teach us these things:
What is how people lived, hunted, plowed, planted, built huts.
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The Sumerians advanced their lives by doing this: (name 2)
What is raise crops by irrigation, weave cloth, build houses, chariots, ships and sails, developed tools and weapons.
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These three letters did not exist in the Roman alphabet.
What is J, U, and W.
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Maestro and fiasco are words that English borrowed from this language.
What is Italian.
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Many East Coast cities are named after...
Who are the English.
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Cave paintings were found in Southern France and this country:
What is Spain. Altamira, Spain.
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The Sumerians efficient method of writing involved:
What is using pictures that stood for words.
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The Sumerians pressed their writing instruments into this in order to record their writing.
What are clay tablets.
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Name the 5 subgroups of the Indo-European Family.
What are Balto-Slavic, Celtic, Germanic, Greek and Romance.
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Agricola is a popular city name meaning "farmer" in the United States. Its origin is from this language.
What is Latin.