Unit 1 Vocabulary Quiz

Our class visited the museum on the last day of a(n) _______ exhibit of ancient Greek vases.

• temporary

• permanent

• rotating

• traveling

Because the vases were so old and _______, we weren’t allowed to touch them.

• fragile

• sturdy

• modern

• cheap

Security guards kept visitors a few feet from the display cases, so there was no chance that someone could _______ into them.

• blunder

• stumble

• crash

• bump

Choose the word from the box that best completes each item. Then write the word on the line provided. (You may have to change the word’s ending.) The guide told us that the pictures painted on some of the vases were not of real people but of characters from legends and _______.

• myths

• stories

• fables

• tales

Choose the word from the box that best completes each item. Then write the word on the line provided. (You may have to change the word’s ending.) One picture showed a(n) _______ warrior fighting off a band of attackers.

• solitary

• brave

• cowardly

• timid

In refusing to accept English rule, the writers of the Declaration of Independence _______ the claim that Parliament had power over the American colonies.

• rejected

• accepted

• ignored

• supported

Those who supported the cause of American independence quickly printed and _______ copies of the Declaration throughout the thirteen colonies.

• distributed

• collected

• destroyed

• ignored

The original _______ is now on view at the National Archives building.

• document

• painting

• sculpture

• artifact

Two days of _______ rain had turned the soccer field into a sea of mud and threatened to spoil the opening game of the season.

• continuous

• sporadic

• intermittent

• occasional

Before the game began, a _______ broke out in the stands when a few home-team fans came to blows with those rooting for the visiting team.

• scuffle

• discussion

• celebration

• silence