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WorksheetsContext Clue Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 24mins
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1.
Use chapter 4 (pages 74 – 86) in your social studies book to define the words below or choose the correct answer as it is used in the text. Refer back to the text to use context clues before answering.
1. reservations:
1. reservations:
a)
to set aside a table in a restaurant for dinner at a specific time.
b)
all of the land in every city and town in Arizona.
c)
a pre-determined place for Native Americans to live that is assigned to them by government officials.
d)
a city or town
2.
Directions: Use chapter 4 (pages 74 – 86) in your social studies book to define the words below or choose the correct answer as it is used in the text. Refer back to the text to use context clues before answering.
2. warriors:
2. warriors:
a)
the Athapascan Tribe only.
b)
Native Americans who moved to places with fresh water and plants.
c)
Native Americans who fought with other tribes for their rights to their land.
d)
Native Americans who fought with the desert farming people over water.
3.
Directions: Use chapter 4 (pages 74 – 86) in your social studies book to define the words below or choose the correct answer as it is used in the text. Refer back to the text to use context clues before answering.
3. mesa:
3. mesa:
a)
1,000 year old ancestors of the Pueblo Indians.
b)
a hill with a flat top.
c)
a town in Arizona
d)
Hopi homes
4.
Directions: Use chapter 4 (pages 74 – 86) in your social studies book to define the words below or choose the correct answer as it is used in the text. Refer back to the text to use context clues before answering.
4. nation:
4. nation:
a)
the land where a group of people live
b)
people who share common lifestyles, beliefs, and ways of living
c)
a small group of people
d)
the same language that a group of people speak
5.
Directions: Use chapter 4 (pages 74 – 86) in your social studies book to define the words below or choose the correct answer as it is used in the text. Refer back to the text to use context clues before answering.
5. hogans:
5. hogans:
a)
Hulk, Linda, and Nick
b)
mud that was used to make their home
c)
the walls that form a circle
d)
a dwelling in which the Navajo lived
6.
Directions: Use chapter 4 (pages 74 – 86) in your social studies book to define the words below or choose the correct answer as it is used in the text. Refer back to the text to use context clues before answering.
6. clan:
6. clan:
a)
baby
b)
a related group
c)
people
d)
the same house
7.
Directions: Use chapter 4 (pages 74 – 86) in your social studies book to define the words below or choose the correct answer as it is used in the text. Refer back to the text to use context clues before answering.
7. silversmiths:
7. silversmiths:
a)
a person with the last name Silver who married someone with the last name Smith
b)
weavers and rug makers
c)
people who make things out of silver
d)
people who mine silver
8.
Directions: Use chapter 4 (pages 74 – 86) in your social studies book to define the words below or choose the correct answer as it is used in the text. Refer back to the text to use context clues before answering.
8. sacred:
8. sacred:
a)
harmony with the earth
b)
Navajo people look for beauty all around them
c)
some dances are held to cure sickness
d)
something that is holy and treated with reverence (respect)
9.
Directions: Use chapter 4 (pages 74 – 86) in your social studies book to define the words below or choose the correct answer as it is used in the text. Refer back to the text to use context clues before answering.
9. chants:
9. chants:
a)
a song or words used in ceremonies
b)
a blessing that was used to cure sickness or dedicate a new home
c)
a singer
d)
sand paintings in the dirt
10.
Directions: Use chapter 4 (pages 74 – 86) in your social studies book to define the words below or choose the correct answer as it is used in the text. Refer back to the text to use context clues before answering.
10. wickiups:
10. wickiups:
a)
the door that faced east
b)
huts made of poles covered with grass or brush
c)
the name for the Apache warriors who knew how to hide themselves
d)
groups that did not stay in one place for long
11.
Directions: Use chapter 4 (pages 74 – 86) in your social studies book to define the words below or choose the correct answer as it is used in the text. Refer back to the text to use context clues before answering.
11. kachinas:
11. kachinas:
a)
dancers
b)
dolls
c)
ancestors
d)
gods and/or spirits
12.
Directions: Use chapter 4 (pages 74 – 86) in your social studies book to define the words below or choose the correct answer as it is used in the text. Refer back to the text to use context clues before answering.
12. astronomy:
12. astronomy:
a)
the Kitt Peak National Observatory
b)
places to look at stars and planets
c)
the study of stars and planets
d)
a research center
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