3. German in the World - First Encounters Quiz Answers

3.  German in the World - First Encounters  Quiz Answers

1   German is spoken in only a few parts of the World    False!

2   The 3 countries where German is spoken every day are: 

     a. Germany        b. Austria           c. Switzerland

3    A local language (perhaps slang) is called a dialect

4    People in the North of Germany may not understand people from the South. True!

5    Plattdeutsch is a dialect spoken in North Germany (lit. Flat (land) German)

6    Bayerisch is Bavarian, one of the dialects spoken in South Germany (Bavaria)

7    Standard German (taught in schools) is called  Hochdeutsch

8    This form of the language was the language used by Martin Luther

9    When he wrote the Bible

10  This was a translation from which language Latin

11  This translation was a great help to the German People and could be read not only by scholars

12  Hochdeutsch is sometimes referred to as Schriftdeutsch meaning Written German

 14  Switzerland has 3 official languages and they are:     a. German    b. French     

      c. Rätoromanisch (a language of Gypsy origin spoken in the south east of Switzerland)

15  The Swiss version of Swiss German is called Schwyzerdütsch

16  The capital of Switzerland is Bern(e)

17  The capital of Austria is Vienna (Wien)

18  The capital of Germany is Berlin

19  The former capital of Germany was Bonn

20  Die Deutsche Demokratische Republik was the former East Germany

21  Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland is the current Germany (Federal Republic of Germany)

22  Germany has 16 Bundesländer.

23  3 of the above are cities. They are:  a. Berlin    b.  Hamburg    c. Bremen

24  Like Australia, Germany has a Federal system of government.

25  The current Chancellor of Germany is Angela Merkel