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Declaration of Independence Vocabulary

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

a)

unwarrantable jurisdiction

b)

alienable rights

c)

unalienable rights

d)

consanguinity

2.

Formally put an end to something.

a)

abolish

b)

prudence

c)

despotism

d)

usurpations

3.

Cautiousness, being careful.

a)

adventurous

b)

audacious

c)

prudence

d)

foolhearted

4.

Not long lasting/Not permanent

a)

magnanimity

b)

ostentatious

c)

enduring

d)

transient

5.

To make clear or to show

a)

vague

b)

evinces

c)

despotism

d)

redress

6.

To seize or exercise authority or possession wrongfully.

a)

petition

b)

inquire

c)

usurpations

d)

tyranny

7.

The exercise of absolute power, especially in a cruel and opposite way.

a)

prudence

b)

despotism

c)

transient

d)

congenial

8.

A leader to rules cruelly and oppressively

a)

President

b)

King

c)

Tyrant

d)

Philanthropist

9.

to make a formal request

a)

petition

b)

abolish

c)

invalid

d)

acquiesce

10.

to fix or make something right

a)

abbaration

b)

conjured

c)

redress

d)

denounce

11.

referring to fellow "Christian Brothers" in the Declaration of Independence

a)

brethren

b)

coven

c)

sorority

d)

consanguinity

12.

No justification to enforce laws in a certain area.

a)

Unwarrantable jurisdiction

b)

emancipation proclamation

c)

manifest destiny

d)

search and seizure

13.

Generous nature

a)

depleted

b)

miserly

c)

magnanimity

d)

despotism

14.

Beg and plead

a)

command

b)

prudence

c)

discourage

d)

conjure

15.

Descended from the same ancestor.

a)

consanguinity

b)

unrelated

c)

unassociated

d)

usurper

16.

Reluctantly accept without protest.

a)

hinder

b)

dispute

c)

despotism

d)

acquiesce

17.

Publicly declare something to be wrong or evil

a)

applaud

b)

denounce

c)

commend

d)

petition