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The History of Halloween Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

of or relating to people who lived in ancient Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and western Europe

a)

Puritans

b)

consumers

c)

Celtic

d)

immigrants

2.

Which word is NOT an adjective?

a)

tradition

b)

Celtic

c)

malicious

d)

medieval

3.

Which word is NOT a noun?

a)

consumers

b)

supernatural

c)

predictions

d)

immigrants

4.

people who buy or rent goods or services and use them

a)

immigrants

b)

predictions

c)

consumers

d)

traditions

5.

people who come to live in a new country, especially for the purpose of settling there

a)

merchandise

b)

pranks

c)

consumers

d)

immigrants

6.

hateful and harmful

a)

predictions

b)

merchandise

c)

medieval

d)

malicious

7.

medieval

a)

people who come to live in a new country, especially for the purpose of settling there

b)

guesses about what might happen in the future

c)

of or relating to the Middle Ages, the time period in European history from ad 500 to 1500

d)

beyond what can be explained by natural laws; often relating to religion

8.

supernatural

a)

people who come to live in a new country, especially for the purpose of settling there

b)

guesses about what might happen in the future

c)

of or relating to the Middle Ages, the time period in European history from ad 500 to 1500

d)

beyond what can be explained by natural laws; often relating to religion

9.

merchandise

a)

people who buy or rent goods or services and use them

b)

the place where dead souls go in some myths

c)

tricks or practical jokes

d)

items that are bought or sold

10.

pranks

a)

people who buy or rent goods or services and use them

b)

the place where dead souls go in some myths

c)

tricks or practical jokes

d)

items that are bought or sold

11.

Puritans

a)

members of a British Protestant religious group that opposed the Church of England and came to North America seeking religious freedom

b)

people who come to live in a new country, especially for the purpose of settling there

c)

people who buy or rent goods or services and use them

d)

a belief or custom that is passed down from year to year and generation to generation

12.

tradition

a)

members of a British Protestant religious group that opposed the Church of England and came to North America seeking religious freedom

b)

people who come to live in a new country, especially for the purpose of settling there

c)

people who buy or rent goods or services and use them

d)

a belief or custom that is passed down from year to year and generation to generation

13.

predictions

a)

the place where dead souls go in some myths

b)

items that are bought or sold

c)

tricks or practical jokes

d)

guesses about what might happen in the future

14.

underworld

a)

the place where dead souls go in some myths

b)

items that are bought or sold

c)

tricks or practical jokes

d)

guesses about what might happen in the future

15.

Bonus Question: What was the Halloween tradition from the past that we no longer do today? (Hint: we talked about this in your reading center).

a)

bobbing for apples at parties

b)

dressing up with costumes

c)

using jack-o-lanterns & putting candles inside to light them up

d)

girls looking in a mirror to find out who their future husband will be