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Vocabulary Medieval Africa/The Giver

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The prefix "medi" means

a)

medical

b)

male

c)

middle

d)

much, or a lot

2.

Which of the following is most likely to be a "nurturer?"

a)

a soldier

b)

a dog-sledder

c)

a cousin

d)

a mother

3.

True or False:

This is a picture of a plateau.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

A traveling poet, musician, or storyteller who maintains a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa is known as a:

a)

shaman

b)

psychic

c)

Swahili

d)

griot

5.

If a person has an aptitude for something they:

a)

will swell if stung by that thing

b)

have a strong appetite for something

c)

have a natural ability to do something

d)

do not like to climb to tall heights

6.

Which word means an area of relatively high ground?

a)

peak

b)

plateau

c)

ravine

d)

valley

7.

You might visit these people to get advice:

a)

chemists

b)

elders

c)

bibliofiles

d)

epiphanies

8.

How can you tell this boat is called "dhow."

a)

The hull of the boat is blue.

b)

There are 11 people on the crew.

c)

There is only one sail.

d)

The sail is shaped like a triangle.

9.

You might pay this to enter a national park.

a)

fine

b)

ferret

c)

fee

d)

photography

10.

If this dog is listening closely to something, she might be:

a)

aggressive

b)

supersonic

c)

claustrophibic

d)

attentive

11.

To become less and less is to:

a)

diminish

b)

decipher

c)

disagree

d)

dangle

12.

The body builder was in the _______ of his life.

The body builder was in _______ condition.

The body builder's ________ goal was to gain muscles.

a)

height

b)

lackadaisical

c)

prime

d)

monstrous

13.

This word means king or sovereign, especially when in a Muslim state.

a)

genie

b)

saunter

c)

affiliate

d)

sultan

14.

Medieval means:

a)

partly evil

b)

mediocre

c)

middle times, or middle era

d)

ancient times

15.

The piano ________________ the violin in the musical piece.

I _______________ my sister to the park.

Fish is often ___________________ by rice.

a)

served

b)

played with

c)

accompanied

d)

accomplished

16.

A ___________ of eating vegetables is that is makes your body healthful.

a)

benefit

b)

detriment

c)

myth

d)

cure

17.

Reading, writing and math are basic __________ of school.

a)

energies

b)

echoes

c)

elements

d)

environments

18.

This group might contain aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents, among others.

(Choose the best answer)

a)

epicenter

b)

neighborhood

c)

extravagance

d)

extended family

19.

Matrilineal means:

a)

To share knowledge in a group.

b)

of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line.

c)

To nurture younger siblings.

d)

to wear the same clothing in a group.

20.

The collection and study of historical information using sound recordings of interviews with people having personal knowledge of past events is known as:

a)

idiosyncrasy

b)

education

c)

expression

d)

oral history

21.

Utopia and dystopia are antonyms (or opposites)?

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Dystopia means:

a)

a balm used to soothe insect bites.

b)

an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian or post-apocalyptic.

c)

an imagined state of things in which everything is perfect.

d)

a topic that should not be discussed.