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2021 Words of the Year

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A revolt against the government

a)

insurrection

b)

woke

c)

cicada

2.

"Insurrection" described the storming of the _____ to overturn the presidential election.

a)

Lincoln Memorial

b)

US Capitol

c)

White House

3.

Never giving up

a)

perception

b)

perseverance

c)

persecution

4.

Perseverance was the name of the NASA rover that landed on ______

a)

Saturn

b)

Moon

c)

Mars

5.

Aware of injustice in society, especially racism.

a)

woke

b)

wiki

c)

wooki

6.

"Woke" is now being used to make fun of ________

a)

conservatives

b)

liberals or progressives

c)

refugees

7.

a person who does not stay long in the same place; a wanderer.

a)

cicada

b)

nomad

c)

cisgender

8.

The movie "Nomadland" won the _______ for Best Picture. (2 Answers)

a)

Oscar

b)

Academy Award

c)

Grammy

9.

equipment and structures (such as roads and bridges) needed for a country to function properly

a)

murraya

b)

infrastructure

c)

metastructure

10.

President Biden signed a $1.2 trillion Infrastructure bill into _____

a)

law

b)

vote

c)

business

11.

a large insect that makes a loud, high-pitched noise.

a)

cicada

b)

larva

c)

moth

12.

After living underground for ______, millions of Brood X cicadas emerged in 2021.

a)

51 weeks

b)

264 days

c)

17 years

13.

tropical plants having pinnate leaves and flowers with imbricated petals

a)

eponym

b)

cicada

c)

murraya

14.

14-year old Zaila Avant-garde spelled "murraya" correctly to win the Scripps National ________.

a)

Spelling Bowl

b)

Spelling Cup

c)

Spelling Bee

15.

describing people whose sense of personal identity and gender is the same as their birth sex

a)

cisgender

b)

transgender

c)

trigender

16.

Cisgender is used to describe people who are not ________

a)

trigender

b)

transgender

c)

post gender

17.

someone who protects or takes care of others

a)

meta

b)

gordian

c)

guardian

18.

The Cleveland Indians baseball team changed their name after being accused of ___________.

a)

cultural appropriation

b)

genocide

c)

cultural miscommunication

19.

Greek word meaning 'going beyond; transcending"

a)

muta

b)

meta

c)

mita

20.

Meta is the _______ of Facebook, Instagram, What's App, Oculus etc.

a)

child company

b)

sister company

c)

parent company