Germanic Peoples and Languages
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Which region was once believed to be the homeland of the Indo-Europeans, but has serious weaknesses in terms of evidence from comparative philology?

  • Scandinavia (correct)
  • The Hungarian plain
  • Southern Ukraine
  • Anatolia
  • Where did the Mitanni, a non-Indo-European speaking people, live around 1500 BC?

  • Punjab
  • Upper Euphrates (correct)
  • Crete
  • Anatolia
  • Which Indo-European branch did the Aryas belong to?

  • Celtic
  • Indo-Iranian (correct)
  • Italic
  • Germanic
  • Which archaeological culture appeared in northern Italy around 1500 BC?

    <p>Italic-speaking peoples</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where did the Celtic-speaking peoples first become visible?

    <p>Region of the Alps</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where were the Germanic-speaking peoples mainly living during the first century BC?

    <p>East of the Rhine in parts of what are now Germany and the Netherlands</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary topic of the text provided?

    <p>Indo-European Languages</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When did our earliest records of Germanic languages come in the form of inscriptions?

    <p>Mainly from the fourth century AD onwards</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why was the Scandinavian theory of being the Indo-European homeland problematic?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which area has been suggested as the Indo-European homeland along with claims for Scandinavia, the Danube valley, and Anatolia?

    <p>Hungarian plain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What language was in use in Crete and on the Greek mainland by 1400 BC?

    <p>Mycenean Greek</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Indo-European-speaking groups have been known to have mother goddesses with Indo-European names, although not major ones?

    <p>Celtic and Germanic-speaking groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What product, highly valued in the Baltic region, lacked an Indo-European name, weakening the theory that Scandinavia was the Indo-European homeland?

    <p>Amber</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where were Slavic-speaking groups living north of the Carpathians mainly situated?

    <p>Between the Vistula and the Dnieper</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a significant source of evidence discussed in the text for determining the divergence of Indo-European languages?

    <p>The lexis of the languages themselves</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When is it likely that the divergence of Indo-European languages began based on information presented in the text?

    <p>By 3000 BC at the latest</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where do we not have significant written records of Slavic languages before according to the text?

    <p>Central Middle Ages</p> Signup and view all the answers

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