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1) Drag and drop the vocabulary words to their definitions.


the language developed by Romans

a system of signals or symbols used to replace letters and numbers

a large tribe spread 27,000 miles across Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah

the ability to speak two languages well

developed their own 24-letter alphabet about 3,000 years ago

a group of individuals born about the same time
Choices
code
bilingual
generation
Navajo
Greeks
Latin



2) Select THREE ways written and spoken language helps a community.

It helps prepare for fighting a war.

It helps them communicate.

It helps them trade with other communities.

It helps with using tools.

It helps them record important information.



3) Select THREE facts about Phoenicians.

They conquered the Babylonian Empire.

Phoenicians lived on a coast near Mesopotamia.

They created the first widely-used alphabet.

Phoenicians traded and shared information with other early communities.

The Phoenician alphabet had 83 characters.



4) Choose the best answer.

The Greek alphabet later influenced the _____ alphabet.

Phoenician

French

Roman

American

Japanese



5) Choose the best answer.

_____ has influenced many other languages such as English, French, Spanish, and Italian.

Latin

Greek

Japanese

Chinese



6) Choose the best answer.

A Cherokee named _____ was the first Native American to develop a writing system.

Sitting Bull

Red Horse

Sequoyah

Powhatan

Chief Joseph



7) Choose the best answer.

The United States won World War II with the _____ help.

Code Talker's

Ultra Decoder's

California Coder's

Decoder Ring's



8) Choose the best answer.

This code was actually the _____ language of Navajo.

Cherokee

Seminole

Athabaska

Powhatan

1 answer

  1. Drag and drop the vocabulary words to their definitions.
  • the language developed by Romans - Latin
  • a system of signals or symbols used to replace letters and numbers - code
  • a large tribe spread 27,000 miles across Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah - Navajo
  • the ability to speak two languages well - bilingual
  • developed their own 24-letter alphabet about 3,000 years ago - Greeks
  • a group of individuals born about the same time - generation
  1. Select THREE ways written and spoken language helps a community.
  • It helps them communicate.
  • It helps them trade with other communities.
  • It helps them record important information.
  1. Select THREE facts about Phoenicians.
  • They created the first widely-used alphabet.
  • Phoenicians traded and shared information with other early communities.
  • Phoenicians lived on a coast near Mesopotamia.
  1. Choose the best answer.

The Greek alphabet later influenced the _____ alphabet.

  • Roman
  1. Choose the best answer.

_____ has influenced many other languages such as English, French, Spanish, and Italian.

  • Latin
  1. Choose the best answer.

A Cherokee named _____ was the first Native American to develop a writing system.

  • Sequoyah
  1. Choose the best answer.

The United States won World War II with the _____ help.

  • Code Talker's
  1. Choose the best answer.

This code was actually the _____ language of Navajo.

  • Athabaska