Quiz 1

• Why are Portuguese and Spanish the official national languages
  of South American states?
• Why are varieties of Dutch among the official national
  languages of Indonesia and South Africa?
• Why is English the official national language of the USA,
  Australia, New Zealand?

---> colonal expansion

In which African countries are the following Indo-European
languages among the official national languages?

• English
• French
• Portuguese

See the following table: IE_languages_Africa (html, 1 KB)

Quiz 2

Where did the Celts originate?

hypothesis:

• Pontic-Caspian steppes
• Basque people
• Urnfield culture (preeminent in Central Europe during late Bronze Age)

Name 3 Celtic town names in the area of modern
Germany and give their meanings:

• Remagen ( meaning "king's field"/"king's area")
• Dormagen
• Andernach

Where do the Celts live now?

• Brittany
• Cornwall
• Ireland
• Isle of Man
• Scotland
• Wales

What is their significance for English studies?

• influence of English (e.g. many town names have a Celtic origin)
• Celts --> Gaelic language (now spoken in Ireland and in North-West Scotland), Welsh