The king of Mazy May vocabulary

Match the following

• gold mining region along a tributary of the Yukon River

• Klondike

• glowing bands of light in night sky

• northern lights

• River flowing through northwest Canada

• Yukon

a piece of land staked out by a miner that had been stolen by someone else

• claim jumped

• prospectors

• toil

Which word means hard work?

• toil

• endured

Many people endured great hardships. Endured means

• celebrated

• relaxed

• suffered through

People who make their living searching for valuable ores, such as gold is a

• claim jumper

• prospectors

• lazy

The claim was liable to be jumped at any moment...Liable means

• likely

• not likely

• in trouble

The sled balanced on the runner. Another word for balanced is

• poising

• unstructured

• limited

What would be the highest part of the ice jam

• the base

• the summit

Commands used to tell an animal to turn to the right or left

• lets go

• haw or gee

• wooo

The boat capsized. This means

• it overturned

• it sank

• it flowed perfectly