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Global Typography and Script History study set below.
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1
Which 15th-century region is credited with the development of the 'Fraktur' typeface, which remained the standard for printed German language texts until the mid-20th century?
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A
Bavaria
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B
Saxony
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C
Prussia
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D
Swabia
2
The 'Inuktitut' syllabary, used in Northern Canada, was primarily adapted from a system originally devised for which other language group by James Evans in the 1840s?
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A
Cree
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B
Ojibwe
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C
Inuinnaqtun
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D
Dene
3
In the history of Japanese typography, what is the name of the 'Mincho' style's predecessor, which was introduced by Catholic missionaries in Nagasaki in the late 16th century?
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A
Gothic-style moveable type
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B
Katakana woodblock
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C
Hiragana print
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D
KinjirΕ script
4
Which script, used for the Amharic language of Ethiopia, is unique among African writing systems for being a 'abugida' that evolved from the ancient Ge'ez script?
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A
Tifinagh
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B
N'Ko
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C
Ethiopic
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D
Vai
5
The 'Armenian' alphabet, which significantly influenced the development of early Georgian typography, was created in 405 AD by which scholar?
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A
Mesrop Mashtots
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B
Gregory the Illuminator
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C
Vardan Mamikonian
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D
Eznik of Kolb
6
Which South Asian script, derived from the Brahmi script, serves as the primary basis for the typography of modern Thai and Lao languages?
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A
Khmer script
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B
Devanagari
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C
Pahlavi
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D
Sogdian
7
The 'Tifinagh' alphabet, currently official in Morocco for the Berber language, is a direct modern descendant of which ancient North African script?
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A
Libyco-Berber
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B
Phoenician
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C
Carthaginian
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D
Hieratic
8
Which mid-19th-century invention allowed for the mass production of the 'Naskh' and 'Nastaliq' calligraphic styles in the Ottoman Empire's printing presses?
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A
Lithography
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B
Linotype
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C
Phototypesetting
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D
Woodburytype
9
The 'Hangul' alphabet, created by King Sejong the Great in 1443, was specifically designed to be distinct from which foreign writing system that dominated Korean academic literature at the time?
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A
Hanzi
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B
Kana
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C
Siddham
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D
Phags-pa
10
Which region in the Caucasus is home to the 'Aghvan' script, an extinct writing system rediscovered in the 20th century in a palimpsest at St. Catherine's Monastery?
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A
Caucasus Albania
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B
Circassia
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C
Abkhazia
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D
Dagestan
11
The 'Baybayin' script was a traditional writing system used in the Philippines before it was largely displaced by the Latin alphabet during which era?
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A
Spanish colonial period
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B
British occupation
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C
Dutch East Indies era
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D
Portuguese maritime expansion
12
Which distinct typeface, known as 'Glagolitic', was developed in the 9th century to represent the sounds of Old Church Slavonic in Moravia?
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A
Cyril and Methodius
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B
Pannonia scholars
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C
Bulgarian Tsardom
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D
Byzantine diplomats
13
What is the name of the indigenous writing system of the Mende people in Sierra Leone, developed in the 1940s and known for its tonal notation?
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A
Vai script
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B
N'Ko
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C
Mende Kikakui
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D
Bassa Vah
14
The 'Ogham' alphabet, found on stone monuments throughout Ireland and western Britain, is characterized by its reliance on which geometric structural feature?
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A
Vertical stem-line
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B
Circular clusters
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C
Triangular brackets
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D
Spiral motifs
15
Which ancient writing system, discovered in the Indus Valley, remains one of the world's most significant undeciphered scripts, preventing the modern classification of its typography?
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A
Indus script
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B
Linear A
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C
Proto-Elamite
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D
VinΔa script
16
The 'Deseret' alphabet, a phonetic writing system for English, was developed in the 1850s in which US territory?
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A
Utah
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B
Oregon
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C
California
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D
Colorado
17
Which ancient script used by the Maya civilization is technically categorized as a logosyllabic system rather than a purely alphabetic one?
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A
Mayan hieroglyphs
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B
Zapotec script
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C
Isthmian script
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D
Mixtec script
18
The 'Syriac' alphabet, which branched off from the Aramaic script, is historically significant for being the liturgical language of which geographical region's Christian communities?
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A
Mesopotamia
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B
Anatolia
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C
Levant
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D
Persia
19
Which 19th-century inventor from the Cherokee Nation created a syllabary that allowed for the rapid spread of literacy among the Cherokee people in North America?
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A
Sequoyah
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B
John Ross
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C
Major Ridge
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D
Elias Boudinot
20
The 'Batak' script of Sumatra, Indonesia, is a direct descendant of which ancient script family that migrated via maritime trade routes?
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A
Pallava script
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B
Gupta script
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C
Kharosthi
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D
Brahmi
21
Which historical region is the birthplace of the 'Cuneiform' script, which transitioned from pictographic signs to abstract wedge-shaped characters?
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A
Sumer
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B
Assyria
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C
Babylon
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D
Elam
22
The 'Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics' are primarily used for which language family, characterized by their high degree of structural symmetry?
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A
Algonquian
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B
Athabaskan
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C
Salishan
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D
Siouan
23
Which script, used for the Tibetan language, was modeled on the Indian Brahmi-derived scripts during the 7th century?
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A
Uchen script
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B
Phags-pa
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C
Lepcha
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D
Newa
24
The 'Javanese' script, or 'Hanacaraka', shares structural similarities with which other Southeast Asian island script tradition?
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A
Balinese
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B
Tagalog
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C
Cham
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D
Burmese
25
The 'Old Italic' scripts, including Etruscan, served as the primary typographical precursor to the alphabet used by which major European power?
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A
Roman Republic
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B
Greek City-States
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C
Phoenician colonies
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D
Carthaginian Empire
