The Basque People, One of Europe's Most Distinctive Ethnic Groups

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Multiple Choice

The Basque people, one of Europe's most distinctive ethnic groups, have maintained a strong ethnic identity and a language that is unrelated to any other known language.Which of the following was a result of the forced assimilation campaign to ban speaking and using Basque in print?

• A)Ethnic pride in the Basque people is now diminished.
• B)Basque parents, ashamed of their ethnicity, are refusing to teach their children their language, opting for their full immersion in schools that teach in the national language.
• C)Speaking Basque became taboo among the Basque people.
• D)Strong nationalist sentiment and Basque terrorist groups were created in the Basque region.
• E)Basque is now an extinct language.

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