Grade 4 Wordly Wise Lesson 1

White people kept taking over more and more of the land that belonged to the Cherokees. They felt that they did not have _____ land for their needs.

• project

• developed

• uttered

• sufficient

Sequoya wanted the Cherokees to take pride in their past. He showed his _____ by giving them a way to record the history of their nation.

• benefits

• recommended

• patriotism

• remarkable

The difference between spoken and written language is that written words are read, while spoken words are _____.

• ease

• uttered

• lacked

• hailed

Sequoya is remembered today mainly for one thing. He is the only person in history to have invented a(n) _____ alphabet.

• complete

• represent

• project

• dismayed

Sequoya enjoyed working with his hands as well as his mind. He took pride in whatever he did, whether as a painter or as a(n) _____ silversmith.

• master

• patriotism

• uttered

• ease

Sequoya invented the written Cherokee language with his daughter's help. The two of them _____ the language over a twelve-year period.

• dismayed

• developed

• represent

• benefits

Sequoya hoped that the Cherokee leaders would believe in what he was doing. He would have been _____ if they had turned down his idea.

• sufficient

• complete

• recommended

• dismayed

Sequoya showed his invention to the Cherokee leaders. They told him to go ahead with his _____.

• ease

• master

• project

• lacked

The Cherokee alphabet is different from the English one. In English, some of the letters _____ more than one sound.

• represent

• remarkable

• benefits

• project

The Cherokee leaders were impressed with Sequoya's invention. They _____ it as a great step forward for their people.

• lacked

• hailed

• master

• remarkable