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Three Native Nations: Vocabulary

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

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1.

What does the word alliance mean in this sentence?


The legend explains how five native nations in what later became New York state set aside centuries of warfare to form an alliance.

a)

army

b)

meeting

c)

question

d)

union

2.

What word is similar in meaning to alliance?

a)

enemy

b)

individual

c)

relationship

d)

argument

3.

What does the word descendants mean in this sentence?


Longhouses are still important to the descendants of the Haudenosaunee.

a)

friends

b)

chirldren

c)

ancestors

d)

grandparents

4.

Which word is an antonym for descendants?

a)

grandchildren

b)

neighbors

c)

cousins

d)

ancestors

5.

What does the word revered mean in this sentence?


The buffalo were so large and fearless that they were revered by the warriors.

a)

ignored

b)

treated

c)

disliked

d)

respected

6.

What word is a synonym for revered?

a)

hated

b)

shamed

c)

honored

d)

mastered

7.

What does the word festivals mean?

a)

party

b)

quiet

c)

class

d)

movie

8.

Which is the definition to the word reservation?

a)

having to wait for something

b)

an area of land set aside for living

c)

playing in the woods

d)

calling a person on the phone

9.

what is the definition of nourished?

a)

making a gift for someone

b)

when dog is feeling happy

c)

going to school on a Saturday

d)

provided with food or other goods necessary for growth

10.

irrigation

a)

to harvest the crops

b)

the supply of water to land or crops

c)

to provide housing for all the people

d)

to feed the animals of the land