1) The Tower of Babel is a story about how humanity once spoke ........................... a) many languages b) a single language 2) There weren't so many languages in the past as we have now a) TRUE b) FALSE 3) In the past, groups of people that shared a single language and culture often ............................ a) stayed in the same place forever b) split into smaller tribes 4) People moved looking for ............................. a) fresh water and fertile land b) their families c) a dry place to build a new city 5) As people migrated and settled in new places, they became more similar to each other. a) TRUE b) FALSE 6) With time, dialects which used to be very similar, turned into different ...................... a) people b) languages 7) Modern linguists try to trace the origin of multiple languages to find their common .................... a) god b) ancestor c) tribe 8) A group of languages that share a common ancestor is called a ............................ a) language family b) brotherhood c) city of languages 9) We know if two languages belong to the same language family because of their word sounds a) TRUE b) FALSE 10) Linguistics cannot reveal any historical clues about ancient peoples. a) TRUE b) FALSE 11) Often the difference between languages and dialects is more connected with territory than with linguistics a) TRUE b) FALSE 12) We know that all human languages have a common ancestor. a) TRUE b) FALSE

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