Unfamiliar Words

Unfamiliar Words

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4th - 6th Grade

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1.

Multiple Choice

1 min

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The archeologist carefully removed the tome from its ancient resting and proceeded to read the pages related to marriage in ancient Greece. What does the word tome probably mean?

pen

weapon

book

jewel

2.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The Navajo . language is an unwritten language of extreme complexity with no alphabet or symbols, and is spoken only on the lands of the Navajo Nation in the American Southwest. During World War II a Navajo code was created for the U.S. Navy. This code was virtually indecipherable to anyone except the Navajo speaking persons. What does the word indecipherable most likely mean?

almost understandable

unable to decode

symbols

part of the language

3.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Lakes occupy less than two percent of the Earth’s surface, yet they help sustain life For instance lakes give us fish to eat irrigate life. For instance, lakes give us fish to eat, irrigate crops, and generate electrical power. What does the word sustain probably mean?

support

destroy

prolong

obstruct

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The ancient Greeks pioneered many of the kinds of writing we consider standard today. They wrote speeches, plays, poems, books about science and learning, long histories of the things that happened to them. What does the word pioneered probably mean?

complicated

developed

destroyed

explored

5.

Multiple Choice

1 min

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Fifty-five mostly prominent, male delegates attended the Philadelphia Convention in 1787. About seventy-five percent of the delegates had served in Congress and others were important people in their home states. These men are often referred to as the Framers of the Constitution. What does the word prominent probably mean?

unimportant

unknown

common

important

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