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SS6G11 The student will describe the cultural characteristics of Europe.
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Cultural Characteristics of Europe
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1 200+ In the United States English is the one dominant language.
In Europe there are over two hundred native languages.
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Most languages of Europe can be categorized by its origin or where it started.
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Language Foldable Follow your teachers instructions to create your languages foldable.
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GERMANIC Example. English and German Largest group of native speakers
Northwest & Central Europe Germanic languages use the Roman alphabet. That’s the alphabet you learned in preschool.
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Germanic 162 Million European native speakers German phrases
Guten Morgen goot-en mor-gen Good Morning Guten Tag goot-en tahk Hello/Good Day
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ROMANCE Ex. French, Italian, and Spanish
Comes from Latin (the language of the Ancient Roman Empire) South & West Europe Romance languages use the Roman alphabet.
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Romance 130 Million European native speakers French greeting
Latin is no longer spoken as a native language French greeting Bonjour Hello / Good day / Good morning Italian greeting Ciao Hi / Hello / Bye
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SLAVIC Ex. Russian uses Cyrillic alphabet (not Roman alphabet)
Central & Eastern Europe
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Slavic 140 Million European native speakers
Russian is the most common Slavic language До свидания duh-svee-dah-nya Good Bye Нет Nyet No
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SIGNS USING THE CYRILLIC ALPHABET
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with people who cannot communicate with each other.
For Europe, having so many languages can be a problem. It makes it difficult to: Work Trade Live with people who cannot communicate with each other.
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These are some of the things Europe is doing to try and solve the problem of having so many languages School children learn at least languages. 2. The EU (European Union) has adopted “official languages”. 3. There are special laws to protect all languages.
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How are the languages of French and Italian similar?
Write the question and correct answer underneath your language map in your composition notebook. How are the languages of French and Italian similar? The two countries are close to each other. Both languages are Romance Languages. They share roots of Germanic languages.
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Which major European language origin has the largest number of speakers?
A. Germanic B. Romance C. Slavic
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3. What have Europeans done to solve the problems presented by so many different languages? A. They do not trade with people who do not speak the same language. B. Made laws that proclaim English is the only official language of the EU. C. Require students in school to learn at least two languages.
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4. Which language(s) come from the ancient Roman Empire. A
4. Which language(s) come from the ancient Roman Empire? A. English and Dutch B. Russian and Polish C. Latin D. French, Italian, Spanish
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Languages Map Use the colors orange, yellow and green to color in your map. Paste the map in your composition notebook.
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Green- Germanic languages
Yellow- Romance languages Orange- Slavic languages
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