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WorksheetsWit & Wisdom Module 1 Lessons 9-12 Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 42mins
Sustenance
Cultural history and ancestry passed down through generations by word of mouth, often through storytelling.
Food; something that supports or strengthens life.
A flat area on top of a hill or mountain.
That which supports life or continued operation.
Semi-subterranean
An open grassland.
A flat area on top of a hill or mountain.
That which supports life or continued operation.
Halfway or part of the way underground (part way up from the ground)
Oral Tradition
To support, nourish; to undergo for a period of time.
To work together with others to accomplish something.
Cultural history and ancestry passed down through generations by word of mouth, often through storytelling.
Food; something that supports or strengthens life.
Descendants
To work together with others to accomplish something.
To describe in detail; to give examples
Those related to a person or animal or group of people or animals who lived in the past.
Took away from; did not allow to have.
To explain in detail; to give examples
Elaborate
Collaborate
Beliefs
Brilliant
To work together with others to accomplish something
Beliefs
Invasion
Personification
Collaborate
Eating or swallowing in a greedy way; to eat ferociously; to do something with great passion.
Expansion
Natural Resources
Devour/Devouring
Descendants
Took away from; did not allow to have
Descendants
Devour/Devouring
Deprived
De (Prefix)
Compare
To examine two or more things for differences
To examine two or more things for similarities
To add extra support
Arguments or debates
To examine two or more things for differences.
Contrast
Compare
Disputes
Reinforce
Giving human qualities to an inanimate object or being.
Culture
Descendants
Personification
Alliteration
The detective asked me to ________________ on what the robber was wearing.
Collaborate
Elaborate
Personification
Compare
A dog is thought to be a ______________ of a wolf.
Descendant
Personification
Deprived
Chieftain
The roof, unable to _____________ the weight of all the snow collapsed.
Sustain
Sustenance
Subsistence
Semi-subterranean
The starving dog was ______________ his dinner.
Deprived
Devour/Devouring
De (Prefix)
Devastating
The prisoner was _________________ of a cell phone or outside communication.
Devour/Devouring
Deprived
De (Prefix)
Devastated
"from," "away from," or "off"
De (Prefix)
Deprived
Descendants
Devour/Devouring
When deciding what type of pet to get, Amy ______________ their qualities.
Contrasted
Elaborate
Collaborated
Compared
The castaway was so hungry after drinking only water for many days that he began to look for something with more ______________.
Sustain
Subsistance
Sustenance
Semi-subterranean
Careful ________________ of the twins shows many differences.
Comparing
Contrast
Personification
Descendants
Authors often make animate objects come to life by using ________________ in their writing.
Figurative Language
Similes
Metaphors
Personification
Passing down stories through their _______________________ was common among Native American tribes.
Oral Traditions
Fables
Myths
Legends
The brothers often resolved their ________________ with rock, paper, scissors.
compare
contrast
conflict
controversy
Conflict is...
an argument or fight between two opposing sides.
when you examine two or more things for similarities
when you examine two or more things for differences
an artistic representation of a person
A measurement of a week, weeks, or a month
suns
snows
Thursday
moons
A measurement of twenty-four hours or one day...
moons
snows
summers
suns
Two __________ ago we were many towns back on our journey.
suns
stars
moons
solar systems
My father instructed us that we would need to find a deer before the next ______________.
sun
moon
star
snow
Wealth and riches
Prosperous
Thriving
Prosperity
making it rain
The ______________ of Jamestown was larger due to the tobacco plant.
Prosperity
Abundant
Prosperous
Sustain
An area of land given to Native Americans by the U.S. Government as payment for taking the land of their original homes. The government forced Native Americans to move to and live on this land.
homeland
Lapwai
Wallowa Valley
reservation
Native Americans were forced to move to __________________ during the westward expansion.
rental property
the Old Lady's Country
Wallowa Valley
reservations
The Mona Lisa is a famous ______________ found at the Louvre.
selfie
polaroid
sculpture
portrait
An artistic representation of a person...
portrait
selfie
sculpture
polaroid
The head of a group or tribe
warrior
Chief Joseph
Leader
Chieftain
The definition of Warrior is...
the head of a group of tribe
someone who fights like a soldier
Swan Necklace as a Red Coat
people who died in battle against the Blue Coats
The definition of Heed is...
To pay attention to; to take notice of
to obey
to comply with a command
to submit to the authority of
Words that are clear and easy to understand
technical terms
scientific language
plain words
text speech
The chief spoke in ______________ so that the settlers would not confuse her words.
technical terms
scientific language
two tongues
plain words
If a person speaks with _____________, he does not tell the truth; he says one thing but means another.
speak with two tongues
plain words
technical terms
scientific language
Obey means
comply with the command, direction, or request of (a person or a law); submit to the authority of
to notice
to pay attention to
to do whatever you want
Please ______________ the police officer's directions, and go around the crash.
heed
obey
notice
submit
