Navajo Code Talkers Vocabulary

What is the meaning of the word reservation in Navajo Code Talkers?

• to hold a table at a restaurant

• to have doubts about something

• public land set aside for a group of people to live

What is the meaning of the word headquarters in Navajo Code Talkers?

• place from which a commander sends out orders

• a place that is the center of operations

• the different parts of a person's head

What is the meaning of advance in Navajo Code Talkers?

• to be better at a certain skill than someone else

• to work slowly

• ahead of time or in front of

Why didn't very many people know about the work of the code talkers?

• They all died in the war.

• The code wasn't successful so the military didn't want people to know about it.

• The U.S. military wanted to keep it a secret in case they needed to use the code again.

• No one remembered using the code because it wasn't important.

What is the meaning of the word exhausting in Navajo Code Talkers?

• when all resources are completely used up

• to cause someone to be extremely tired

• the smoke that comes from a car

Why were the Navajo chosen as Code Talkers, according to the letter?

• Their language was the hardest to dicipher

• They were the most willing to fight in the war

• It was the only language not infiltrated by German students

• It was the only language Americans could speak

What was the name of the man who came up with the idea to use Navajo to create a code?

• Phillip Houston

• Phil Jackson

• Philip Johnston

• Franklin Roosevelt

What is the meaning of the word 'communication' in Navajo Code Talkers?

• A) the act of talking to someone

• B) the exchange of information

• C) a method of transportation

• D) a type of military strategy

What role did the Navajo Code Talkers play during World War II?

• A) They were frontline soldiers

• B) They were medics

• C) They developed an unbreakable code

• D) They were pilots

What is the meaning of the word 'cipher' in Navajo Code Talkers?

• A) a type of dance

• B) a secret or disguised way of writing

• C) a musical instrument

• D) a type of food