=>ANSWER: FALSE
1. The word “thousand” has Anglo-Saxon origins.
Keywords: thousand, Anglo-Saxon
The writer refers to the Anglo-Saxon language in paragraph 4.He makes a list of words and their origins. Only the numbers 10 and 100 are mentioned, but “thousand” is not referred to.
=>ANSWER: NOT GIVEN
1. In general, people in seventh-century Europe had poor counting ability.
Keywords: seventh-century Europe, counting ability
Continue to examine paragraph 4, and we find that: “The average person in the seventh century in Europe was not asfamiliar with numbers as we are today. In fact, to qualify as a witness in a court of law a man had to be able to count to nine.” So, people in seventh-century Europe had poor counting ability.
=>ANSWER: TRUE
1. In the Tsimshianlanguage , the number for long objects and canoes is expressed with the same word.
Keywords: Tsimshian, long objects , canoes
In paragraph 6, it is written that: “The numeration system of the Tsimshian language….contains seven distinct sets of words..: .for long objects and trees, for canoes…” So the words expressing the number for long objects and canoes are different.
=>ANSWER: FALSE
1. The Tsimshian language contains both older and newer systems of counting.
Keywords: Tsimshian, older and newer
After listing seven distinct sets of words for numbers according to the class of item inthe Tsimshian language, the writer says: “It seems that the last is a later development while the first six groups show the relics of an older system.” The last set is used “…for counting when no particular object is being numerated”.
+ system of counting = numeration system
So the Tsimshian language contains both older and newer systems of counting.
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