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Switzerland has four official languages. What conditions exist in Switzerland that allows the peaceful coexistence of the four official languages?
 
  A) There is a strict policy of national government control that keeps the peace.
  B) Switzerland created a government that places considerable power in small communities.
  C) The Swiss government established the four languages in the constitution when the country was formed.
  D) The people of Switzerland voted for a law that says that if a given language represents 10 of the total, the language will become an official language.
  E) The languages do not really coexist in peace, there is constant protest by the majority of people in Switzerland to declare two official languages: French and German.

Question 2

According to Ethnologue, a language is considered to be ________ if the only fluent people are older than ________ age. A language is considered ________ if it ceases to be used by people in daily activities.
 
  A) dying, 50 year of, endangered
  B) dying, child-rearing, extinct
  C) extinct, 50 year of, extinct
  D) extinct, child-rearing, endangered
  E) endangered, 50 year of, dying



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B



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