Creole Exam Language History 3

Question 1

Tok Pisin, an English-based creole, is an official language of which country?

Accepted Answer

Papua New Guinea

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Fiji

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Samoa

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Vanuatu

Question 2

What distinguishes a creole language from a pidgin in terms of linguistic complexity?

Accepted Answer

Creoles have full grammatical systems and native speakers

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Creoles have fewer vowels

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Pidgins have more complex tense systems

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Pidgins are always written while creoles are spoken

Question 3

The word 'Creole' itself is believed to derive from the Portuguese word 'crioulo,' which originally meant:

Accepted Answer

A person of African descent born in the colonies

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A mixed language

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A type of sailing ship

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A form of trade goods

Question 4

Which 18th-century plantation system was most responsible for the intensive contact conditions that created many Atlantic creoles?

Accepted Answer

Sugar plantation slavery

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Sharecropping

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Indentured tobacco farming

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Fur trading posts

Question 5

Papiamentu, spoken in the ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao), is based primarily on which European language?

Accepted Answer

Spanish and Portuguese

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French

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Dutch

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English

Question 6

The substrate theory of creole formation emphasizes the role of:

Accepted Answer

The grammatical patterns of the enslaved speakers' native languages

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The colonial prestige language

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International trade jargons

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Missionary literacy programs

Question 7

Sranan Tongo, an English-based creole, developed in which South American country?

Accepted Answer

Suriname

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Guyana

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Brazil

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French Guiana