Declaration of Independence 4 Vocabulary Quiz

Click on the radio botton in front of the best definition for the word in each question. Your score will appear after you answer the last question.

 

1. annihilation
construction
 nomination
 announcement
 destruction

 

2. tenure
giving up for a time
 tendency
 holding something in one's possession for a time
 tenacious

 

3. obstructing
getting in the way of, hindering
 abstracting
 constructing a government
 instructing

 

4. appropriations
taking money from states, groups, agencies
 a law making body gives money to a state, group, agency
 giving money to foreign countries
 putting tariffs on imports

 

5. convulsions
violent acts of turmoil, shaking
 revulsions
 acts of kindness, giving
 compulsions

 

6. dissolutions
buildings
 amendments
 disappointments
 meltings, undoings of things

 

7. endeavoured
tried, attempted to do something
 gave up
 entreated, asked for
 disputed, argued

 

8. judiciary
judgment
 system of law making
 system of courts of law
 election

 

9. migration
leaving one's native land for another land
 forming a new government
 getting rid of a government
 appointment

 

10. naturalization
the process of taking citizenship from someone
 enlistment in an army
 revolution
 the process of granting citizenship to someone
is your scor!

 

 

 

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