Unit 4 Symbols and Monuments Vocabulary

1) Angry

• create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton

• mad

• the flag of the USA

• A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.

2) behave

• to act well

• an interpretation of observations

• government of people of the United States; derived from the United States of America - Uncle Sam, a businessman with initials on shipping boxes in 1800's

• the flag of the USA

3) contest

• A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society.

• a narrative handed down from the past, containing historical elements and usually supernatural elements

• competition

• an interpretation of observations

4) spider

• of or belonging to the people of a single country

• mad

• What is the identification mark that is put on all laws and treaties completed by the U.S.?

• an insect with eight legs

5) weave

• an insect with eight legs

• create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton

• of or belonging to the people of a single country

• to act well

6) myth

• an interpretation of observations

• a narrative handed down from the past, containing historical elements and usually supernatural elements

• A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society.

• to stand for or in place of

7) legend

• a narrative handed down from the past, containing historical elements and usually supernatural elements

• to act well

• to stand for or in place of

• freedom

8) explanation

• competition

• a narrative handed down from the past, containing historical elements and usually supernatural elements

• the flag of the USA

• an interpretation of observations

9) liberty

• competition

• the flag of the USA

• freedom

• This bell was rung in Philadelphia when the Declaration of Independence was read aloud.

10) monument

• a place to honor or respect someone famous

• of or belonging to the people of a single country

• What is the identification mark that is put on all laws and treaties completed by the U.S.?

• A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society.