The Democracy Debate Vocabulary quiz
Authored by Isela Valenzuela
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6th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Socrates was one of the principal critics of government run by the people
What does the word principal mean in this sentence?
The basis on which something is developed
Help something grow or progress
The most important part
Something that came before something else
Tags
CCSS.L.5.5C
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The current Athenian leaders did not want some other "fair and wise" people aspiring to run their city.
What does the word aspiring mean?
To limit or confine something
Seeking to accomplish something
To have something resisted or held out against
Help something grow or progress
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
And speculation among the city's leaders included worries that he would encourage yount students to pick up his radical ideas.
Ideas or discussions about why something has happened or might have happened
The most important part
something that came before something else
the basis on which something is developed
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Aristotle wrote in his book 'Politics' that a government that tries to restrict power to a few educated men would not work.
What does the word restrict mean?
seeking to accomplish something
ideas or discussions about why something has happened or might happen
To have something resisted or held out against
To limit or confine something
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.W.5.2D
CCSS.W.6.2D
CCSS.W.7.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
They studied governments that had preceded ours and believed that the foundation of any new government should revisit Greek and Roman ideas.
What does the word preceded mean?
the basis on which something is developed
Something that came before something else
The most important part
to have something resisted or held out against
Tags
CCSS.L.3.4D
CCSS.L.6.4C
CCSS.L.7.4C
CCSS.L.8.4C
CCSS.L.9-10.4C
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
They studied governments that had preceded ours and believed that the foundation of any new government should revisit Greek and Roman ideas.
What does the word foundation mean?
Seeking to accomplish something
The basis on which something is developed
Something that came before something else
Help something grow or progress
Tags
CCSS.L.5.5C
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
For example, Thomas Paine wrote booklets to promote the idea that people should govern themselves.
What does the word promote mean?
To limit or confine something
To have something resisted or held out against
Help something grow or progress
Ideas or discussions about why something has happened or might happen
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RL.5.4
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