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Vocabulary For Historical Events and Disasters

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Colegio de Bachilleres del Estado de Chihuahua

Docente: Mikelyn Anderson


Ingles III
Semestre 2020-B

Name ____________________________________ Date __________________


Grupo ________ Turno ___________

Historical Events Vocabulary


Fill in the vocabulary word that is defined below. Then attach an image that represents each
word.
assassination, holocaust, rebellion, overthrown, discovery, invention, coronation, defeat,
massacre, natural disasters

1. The murder of someone, usually an important politician, president or ruler for political
reasons is called __________________
2. The event which causes a huge loss of life especially due to burning is called a
____________________
3. If lots of people fight against a government or refuse to follow the existing authority, it's
called a _____________________
4. If the above was successful and the government was caused to fall, it would have been
__________________
5. If something or place is found for the first time it is called a ___________________
6. If something is thought-up or created for the first time it is an ________________
7. The event whereby the heir or heiress to the throne is crowned is called a
___________________
8. To lose in a battle is to suffer a ___________________
9. The merciless mass killing of defenseless people is an event known as a
_______________
10.What two-part word describes events such as typhoons, floods, droughts and
earthquakes? ________________
Disaster Vocabulary

blizzard, drought, famine, earthquake, tidal wave/tsunami, riot, explosion, tornado, epidemic,
pollution

1. A violent and heavy snowstorm is called a _________________


2. When crops fail and livestock die through lack of water because of no rain there is
a _________________________
3. The above situation could cause massive starvation through lack of food. This
situation is called a _____________________
4. When the land violently moves or shakes especially around fault lines it's called
an _____________________
5. When the above situation causes a huge body of seawater to move in towards the
shore it is known as a _______________________
6. When there is a violent outbreak of lawlessness by people it's called a
__________________
7. A loud noise and sometimes huge force created by something like a bomb is
known as an _______________________
8. A violent wind that twist round and round and causes massive destruction is
called a ___________________________
9. A disease that spreads rapidly amongst a lot of people in the same area is called
an ____________________________
10. Something that makes the air, rivers, or seas dirty is known as
_______________________________

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