Culture Unit (Language)

Question 0

Although there are 18 official languages in this country, the most widely spoken language is Hindi. It is the cultural hearth of Hinduism. Even though it has been illegal for many years, the social caste system is still practiced in some areas of the county.

Answer 0

India

South Asia

Question 1

The Pyrenees mountains of this country serve as an isolating factor for the language of the Basques. Roman Catholicism diffused from this country to the Americas through colonization.

Answer 1

Spain

Western Europe

Question 2

This multilingual state has four main languages: French, Italian, German and Romansch.

Answer 2

Switzerland

Western Europe

Question 3

The distance of this island country from Europe has kept its language from being altered by other languages.

Answer 3

Iceland

Western Europe

Question 4

The two official languages of this country are Hebrew and Arabic. Hebrew was revived when the Jews were granted this country as their homeland after WWII.

Answer 4

Israel

Southwest Asia

Question 5

The Flemings in the north of this country speak Dutch, while the Walloons in the South speak French. Hospitals, schools an other institutions are divided by language.

Answer 5

Belgium

Western Europe

Question 6

The language of this country is a creole which originated when the French colonized this island.

Answer 6

Haiti

Caribbean

Question 7

There are 493 languages spoken in this country - so communicating with a pidgin language is helpful.

Answer 7

Nigeria

Sub-Saharan Africa

Question 8

Catalan, considered to be an official Romance language, is the official language of this tiny country of 70,000 people. It is locate in the Pyrenees Moutains.

Answer 8

Andorra

Western Europe

Question 9

Originally Swahili developed through interaction between African groups and Arab traders, and is one of the few African languages with an extensive literary tradition. It is the official language of this country.

Answer 9

Tanzania

Sub-Saharan Africa

Question 10

Nearly 60% of this country’s citizens speak English, 23% speak French and 17% speak both. This bilingualism has caused conflict in the country to the point of one province seriously considering secession from the country.

Answer 10

Canada

North America

Question 11

Despite fistfights in this country’s legislature, demonstrations and hunger strikes, Russian became the official language of this former Soviet republic in 2012. Much of the opposition was that this was a political move by the Prime Minister to boost popularity among Russian speaking citizens.

Answer 11

Ukraine

Eastern Europe

Question 12

This country has 43 national languages, but like Brazil, the official language is Portuguese. Portuguese as spoken in this country is different than other areas of the world as its grammar and vocabulary are influenced by ethnic languages and English.

Answer 12

Mozambique

Sub-Saharan Africa

Question 13

Although Spanish is more commonly spoken in this country, English is the official language. It is the only country in the reign to have a British colonial heritage.

Answer 13

Belize

Central America

Question 14

The languages if this country used to be the lingua franca for most EU businesses, but with the expansion of the EU to 27 member states the majority prefer English. This has been met with much dismay from this country as they wished to protect the purity of their language from English influences.

Answer 14

France

Western Europe