Benchmark Advance 4th Grade Unit 1 Week 1 Vocabulary

This type of government enforces laws for the nation or countrry

• school

• local

• State

• Federal

In the United States , citizens elect their government representatives. The word elect means

• purchase

• represent

• choose

• members

The decline of shellfish hurt the state's economy. Economy means

• the government

• funds or money

• citizens

• producer

State governments enforce laws for states. Enforce means

• economy

• government

• floods

• force something to happen

The goal of the initiative was to improve the situation. The word initiative means

• proposal

• government

• school

• federal

The war devastated the town. The word devastated means

• cancelled

• visited

• destroyed

• emerged

The people emerged tired and hungry from the underground city. The word emerge means

• come out

• eat

• sleep

• rest

Inspite of being feeble, the people managed to travel far. The word feeble means

• strong

• determined

• weak

• foreign

The inhabitants of the town did not want to feed them. The word inhabitants means

• visitors

• feeble

• people

• hundreds

They had no possessions to carry. The word possessions means.

• belongings

• storehouse

• poster

• plaza