Dia de los Muertos Vocabulary (H)

What does the word 'lavish' mean?

• Simple

• Elaborate

• Small

• Ordinary

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Fill in the blank: The party was so ______ that it was the talk of the town.

• lavish

• plain

• dull

• boring

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The word 'indigenous' is used to describe people who have lived in a place since:

• The 20th century

• The arrival of colonists

• The earliest times

• The industrial revolution.

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Fill in the blank: The definition of 'indigenous' includes inhabiting a land from the _______ times.

• latest

• earliest

• middle

• modern

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

What is the definition of the word 'Deride'?

• To praise

• To mock or ridicule

• To ignore

• To celebrate

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Fill in the blank: Commoditization refers to the action or process of treating something to be _____.

• A) bought

• B) sold

• C) hidden

• D) created

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

What is a diaspora?

• a traditional Mexican dish consisting of fish and salt

• the spreading of people from their original homeland

• a person or thing regarded as a representative symbol

• the state of being whole and undivided

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Fill in the blank: A syncretic tradition is on ethat combines different forms of _____ or practice

• parties

• food

• belief

• music

Fill in the blank: If something is contemporary, it ____________

• is something that is easily stolen

• is something that does not last

• is occurring in the present

• is part of a tradition

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Fill in the blank: An ofrenda is a type of _____ decorated with items to honor deceased loved ones or ancestors

• hat

• altar

• food

• clothing

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CCSS.L.9-10.4