1. SS6G11 The student will describe the cultural characteristics of Europe.

2. Cultural Characteristics of Europe

3. 1 200+ In the United States English is the one dominant language.
In Europe there are over two hundred
native languages.

4. Most languages of Europe can be categorized by its origin or where it started.

5. Language Chart Activity
As you read through the following slides, use the chart provided in your activities document to organize each language into the correct language family. Include important details and facts about each language family (origin, alphabet etc.)

6. 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.

7. Germanic 162 Million European native speakers German phrases
Guten Morgen
goot-en mor-gen
Good Morning
Guten Tag
goot-en tahk
Hello/Good Day

8. 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.

9. 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

10. SLAVIC Ex. Russian uses Cyrillic alphabet (not Roman alphabet)
Central & Eastern Europe

11. Slavic 140 Million European native speakers
Russian is the most common Slavic language
До свидания
duh-svee-dah-nya
Good Bye
Нет
Nyet No

12. SIGNS USING THE CYRILLIC ALPHABET

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. Write the question and correct answer in your activities document.
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.

16. Which major European language origin has the largest number of speakers?
A. Germanic
B. Romance
C. Slavic

17. 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.

18. 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

19. Languages Map
Using the following map, create a map key and color the language families on the blank map provided in your activity sheet. Use light colors in order to see which language family is dominant in each country.

20. Green- Germanic languages
Yellow- Romance languages
Orange- Slavic languages