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Holidays Around the World: Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

true or false: every person all over the world celebrates Christmas

a)

true

b)

false

2.

One of the oldest recorded winter holidays in human history, Saturnalia, celebrated....

a)

weddings

b)

winter solstice

c)

summer solstice

d)

Easter

3.

"Winter Solstice" represents the day of the year with.....

a)

the shortest night

b)

the most interesting day

c)

the longest night/most hours of darkness

d)

the longest day

4.

noun; changes the LETTERS or characters from one alphabet, into the similar/related characters in another language

a)

transliteration

b)

translitigation

c)

illiterate

d)

illegitimate

5.

adverb; a transition word, used when someone has more to say after a connected thought

a)

actual

b)

incidentally

c)

accidentally

d)

fortunate

6.

noun; subregion in Northwestern Europe, including Denmark, Sweden, & Norway

a)

Argentina

b)

Pangea

c)

Scandinavia

d)

New England

7.

"_____________" is a Swahili word that means "first," celebrating the first fruits of the harvest.

a)

Christmans

b)

Hanukkah

c)

St Lucia Day

d)

Kwanzaa

8.

The farmer practiced _______________________ every day, working to grow healthy crops and raise healthy animals.

a)

irgenomics

b)

agriculture

c)

statistics

d)

planting

9.

noun; group of people living together in a community

a)

bicentennial

b)

society

c)

scribe

d)

nomenclature

10.

noun; a Jewish holiday, celebrated November into December, for 8 days and 8 nights

a)

Christmas

b)

Kwanzaa

c)

Hanukkah

d)

fedora

11.

During the holidays, many families come together, eat good food, and rejoice!

The word "rejoice" is a......

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

12.

True or false: You are a wonderful human! ❤️

a)

true

b)

false