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Who gave us these state names: Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania
the English colonists and explorers
Who gave us these state names: Florida, Texas, California
Spanish explorers
What do San & Santa mean in Spanish?
saint
Which state was named after a French king?
Louisiana
Detroit means...
straits in French
Chicago means...
place of skunk smells in a Native langauge
Who gave us these Great Lakes names: Great Lakes: Huron, Michigan, Erie, Ontario
Native People
What did Mr. Caxton set up in England in 1476 that was responsible for "standardizing" spoken English?
the printing press
How many years were the Norman French in charge of England?
200 (2 centuries)
Who invaded England in 1066 during the Bloody Battle of Hastings?
William, the Duke of Normandy
Who started exploring the world, but avoided England and landed in Northern France instead?
the Norseman who became Normans
The Danes, also known as the ____, invaded & then stayed in England.
the Vikings
The foundation of modern English is based on this type of language.
Germanic
After the Romans, which 3 tribes moved in to help defend the citizens?
the Jutes, the Angles, the Saxons
Britain was invaded by this group who spoke Latin in 43 AD.
the Romans
How long ago were cave people in the island now known as England?
50,000 years ago
A method of transmitting messages by radio with a combination of dots and dashes is...
Morse Code
An invented language created to promote peace, but never really caught on is...
Esperanto
A system of raised dots on paper to represent letter and numbers is...
Braille
Deaf people communicate by...
sign language
Why do we use signs and symbols?
save time & space & are noticed & understood immediately
Pictures that are used to represent an object or idea are...
signs and/or symbols
The first form of language was signs and gestures...and what sounds?
grunts & growls
There are approximately how many languages spoken on Earth?
3000
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