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Worksheets"An Incomplete Revolution" Vocabulary Game
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Define incomplete as used in the title:
"An Incomplete Revolution"
unplanned fight or battle
the act or process of being set free
not complete; unfinished
an event
Define skirmish as used in the sentence below:
The skirmish, known as the Boston Massacre, was one of several incidents that led to the American Revolution.
a silvery fish
the act or process of being set free
sign up or serve in the military
unplanned fight or battle
Define massacre as used in the sentence below:
The skirmish, known as the Boston Massacre, was one of several incidents that led to the American Revolution.
killing a large number of people without cause
excited with fear or worry
exact; without error or mistake
paid back
Define reimbursed as defined in the sentence below:
In some states, the master would receive the slave soldier’s pay or even be reimbursed if his “property” were killed.
to call forth
to run away from battle
to be paid back
to sign up or serve in the military
Define enlist as used in the sentence below:
Lord Dunmore, British governor of the colony of Virginia, enlisted 500 slaves in what became known as “Lord Dunmore’s Ethiopian Regiment.”
excited with fear or worry
exact; without error or mistakes
to sign up or serve in the military
to give
Define invoke as used in the sentence below:
“Whoever invoked the image of liberty, be he American or British,” wrote historian Benjamin Quarles, “could count on a ready response from African Americans.”
to refer to something in support of your ideas
excited with fear or worry
a silvery fish
to pay someone back
Define regiment as used in the sentence below:
Lord Dunmore, British governor of the colony of Virginia, enlisted 500 slaves in what became known as “Lord Dunmore’s Ethiopian Regiment.”
excited with fear or worry
a military unit made of groups of soldiers
to pay someone back
exact; without error or mistakes
Define rebel as used in the sentence below:
Slave owners feared that slaves might rebel if they were given guns.
to go hunting
to sell them away
to share them with others
to oppose or fight against a government
Define ideals as it is used in the sentence below:
Some did so because they believed in the ideals of freedom and liberty.
to pay someone back
documents that describe something
an idea or standard of perfection or excellence
a meeting of important people
Define the word appeals as used in the sentence below:
The Virginia Gazette published frantic appeals for the loyalty of slaves.
important questions
ideas related to freedom
a school of silvery fish
serious requests for help or support
