In addition to geographical separation, how do different dialects become completely different languages?
A) social restrictions preventing regular communication between the two groups
B) intentional distinction by the speakers of the two groups
C) educational differences between speakers of the two dialects
D) religious beliefs restricting the use of one of the dialects
A
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A. They are all trained in formal, state-controlled schools for the arts. B. They tend to get more feedback during the artistic process than in Western societies. C. They tend to be iconoclastic and antisocial. D. They are just copying Western art forms. E. They are nonexistent.
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a. Horticulture. b. Industrialism. c. Foraging. d. Pastoralism. e. Fishing.
For most of the history of our species, human lived by which form of human subsistence?
A) Transhumant pastoralism B) Horticulture C) Agriculture D) Foraging E) Industrialism
Scientists estimate that around 10,000 year ago, only about _____ people inhabited the earth
a. 5 billion b. 5 trillion c. 5 thousand d. 5 million e. zero (earth was created 6,000 years ago)