Fake News Vocabulary Quiz

What does sophisticated mean?

• Something that is detailed or complex

• Something that is easily understood

• Something that is brash or loud

• Something that is a lie

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What does navigate mean?

• To join the navy

• To carefully move through something

• To pilot a ship

• To close the gate on a dock

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is fake news? (One word answers)

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

When would you use the word distorted?

• When listening to music in headphones.

• For someone else's point of view.

• For information that is changed so it's no longer accurate.

• Looking into a clear mirror.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What does manipulating mean when talking about information?

• To present your point of view clearly

• To persuade with a good argument

• To influence in an unfair way

• To convince someone with facts

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

If someone is skeptical, they are...

• gullible

• untrustworthy

• honest

• not easily convinced

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

If you verify something you are...

• agreeing with it

• checking if it is true

• believing it at face value

• advertising it

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

A democracy is a kind of government that...

• has elections to choose the leaders

• has a dictator

• has a demi-god as leader

• never has elections

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

If something is authentic it is

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If something is transparent it...

• is see-through

• can be transferred

• is not hiding anything

• can be transported

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A